Which of the following vitamins is used as an antidote to anticoagulant poisons?
- AVitamin A
- BVitamin D
- CVitamin E
- DVitamin K
- ENone of the above/More than one of the above
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Correct answer: (d) Vitamin K
Explanation
Vitamin K is needed to make the clotting factors in the liver, so it is called the anti-haemorrhagic vitamin.
Anticoagulant poisons (such as warfarin-type rat poisons) block vitamin K, so vitamin K is their antidote.