Kerala PSC Repeated Questions | Category :  General Science - Vitamins - About Vitamins - Vitamins and Scientific Names - Vitamins and Deficiency diseases - Diseases and causative organism - Bacterial diseases - Viral diseases  
Which of the following is a water soluble vitamin?
  1. Vitamin A
  2. Vitamin B Complex
  3. Vitamin D
  4. Vitamin K
Correct Answer : Option [B] Vitamin B Complex
More facts :
  1. VITAMINS :A vitamin is an organic compound and a vital nutrient that an organism needs in limited quantities.
  2. It was Casimir Funk who named Vitamins.
  3. In 1912, Sir HG Hopkins first identified vitamins in milk.
  4. It was Casimir Funk who named Vitamins.
  5. Vitamins are of two types- Water Soluble Vitamins and Fat Soluble Vitamins.
  6. Vitamin B Complex and Vitamin C are Water Soluble Vitamins.
  7. Vitamin A, D, E and K are Fat Soluble Vitamins.
Vitamins and Scientific Names
  1. Vitamin B1 - Thiamine
  2. Vitamin B2 - Riboflavin
  3. Vitamin B3 - Niacin
  4. Vitamin B6 - Pyridoxine
  5. Vitamin B12 - Cyanocobalamin
  6. Vitamin C - Ascorbic Acid
  7. Vitamin A - Retinol
  8. Vitamin D - Calciferol
  9. Vitamin E - Tocopherol
  10. Vitamin K - Phylloquinone
Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases
  1. Vitamin B - Beri Beri, Pellagra,
  2. Vitamin C - Scurvy
  3. Vitamin A - Night Blindness, Xerophthalmia (Dry eyes)
  4. Vitamin D - Rickets
  5. Vitamin E - Sterility
  6. Vitamin K - Delay in Blood Clotting.

Diseases and Causative Organisms

Bacterial Diseases [ diseases 
  1. Anthrax - Bacillus Anthracis
  2. Whooping Cough - Bordetella Pertussis
  3. Botulism, Acute food poisoning - Clostridium Botulinum
  4. Tetanus - Clostridium Tetani
  5. Diphtheria - Corynebacterium Diphtheriae
  6. Diarrhea - Escherichia Coli
  7. Peptic Ulcer - Helicobacter Pylori
  8. Leprosy - Mycobacterium Leprae
  9. Tuberculosis - Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
  10. Gonorrhea - Nisseria Gonnorrhoeae
Viral Diseases [ diseases caused by virus]
  1. Hepatitis
  2. Herpes
  3. AIDS
  4. Influenza
  5. Common Cold 
  6. Mumps 
  7. Measles
  8. Polio
  9. Rabies, 
  10. Varizella
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