Biology PYQ 187 of 227 · Human Health, Diseases & Immunity

The disease caused due to deficiency of iron is known as

  1. AColour-blindness
  2. BNight-blindness
  3. CAnaemia
  4. DTuberculosis

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Correct answer: (c) Anaemia

Explanation

Anaemia is a fall in red blood cells (erythrocytes) or in haemoglobin, reducing oxygen transport.

Deficiency of iron, needed to make haemoglobin, causes iron-deficiency anaemia (pallor, fatigue).

Night-blindness is from vitamin A deficiency, not iron.

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