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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 186

Q186

Night blindness is caused by the deficiancy of

A.
Vitamin-A
Answer
B.
Vitamin-B
C.
Vitamin-C
D.
Vitamin-D

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin-A.
Night blindness is the difficulty for the eyes to adjust to dim light. Affected individuals have poor vision in the darkness but see normally when adequate light is present.
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) or hypovitaminosis A is a lack of vitamin A in blood and tissues.
Vitamin A deficiency is the most common cause of blindness in developing countries. The WHO estimated in 1995 that 13.8 million children had some degree of visual loss related to VAD.