2022 · Q23
Deficiency of iron causes
General KnowledgeBiology
- AAnaemia
- BScurvy
- CRickets
- DCholera
Explanation
Iron is essential for haemoglobin synthesis, and its deficiency impairs red blood cell formation, causing anaemia. Scurvy results from vitamin C deficiency and rickets from vitamin D deficiency. Cholera is a bacterial infection, unrelated to iron. Hence iron deficiency causes anaemia.