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The VitaminsMultiple choice questions

Please choose one correct answer

1. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for pyruvate dehydrogenase?a) Folate

b) Niacinc) Riboflavind) Thiamine) Vitamin B6

2. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for reduction reactions in fatty acidsynthesis?

a) Folateb) Niacinc) Riboflavind) Thiamine) Vitamin B6

3. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for transamination of amino acids?a) Folate

b) Niacinc) Riboflavind) Thiamine) Vitamin B6

4. Which of the following vitamins provides the cofactor for transfer of one-carbon units?a) Folate

b) Niacinc) Riboflavind) Thiamine) Vitamin B6

5. Which of the following vitamins is essential for gluconeogenesis from lactate?a) Biotin

b) Folatec) Pantothenic acidd) Vitamin B6e) Vitamin B12

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6. Which of the following vitamins is essential for fatty acid synthesis?a) Biotin

b) Folatec) Vitamin B6d) Vitamin B12e) Vitamin C

7. Which of the following vitamins is essential for fatty acid synthesis?a) Folate

b) Pantothenic acidc)

Vitamin B6d) Vitamin B12

e) Vitamin C8. Which one of these vitamins is involved in calcium homeostasis?

a) Vitamin B12b) Vitamin B6c) Vitamin Dd) Vitamin Ee) Vitamin K

9. Which one of these vitamins is involved in blood clotting?a) Vitamin B6

b) Vitamin B12c) Vitamin Dd) Vitamin Ee) Vitamin K

10.Deficiency of which one of these vitamins may lead to megaloblastic anaemia?a) Vitamin B6

b) Vitamin B12c) Vitamin Dd) Vitamin Ee) Vitamin K

11.Deficiency of which one of these vitamins may lead to hypochromic anaemia?a) Vitamin B6

b) Vitamin B12c) Vitamin Dd) Vitamin Ee) Vitamin K

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12.Deficiency of which one of these vitamins may lead to haemolytic anaemia?a) Vitamin B6

b) Vitamin B12c) Vitamin Dd) Vitamin Ee) Vitamin K

13.Which one of these vitamins may mask the anaemia of vitamin B12 deficiency?a) Biotin

b) Folatec) Riboflavind) Thiamine)

Vitamin B6

14.Deficiency of which one of these vitamins is a major cause of blindness?a) Vitamin A

b) Vitamin B12c) Vitamin B6d) Vitamin De) Vitamin K

15.Which one of these vitamins is required for DNA synthesis?a) Biotinb) Folatec) Pantothenic acidd) Vitamin B6e) Vitamin B12

16.Which one of these vitamins has a role in oxidation and reduction reactions?a) Folate

b) Niacinc) Pantothenic acidd) Vitamin Ae) Vitamin B6

17.Which one of these vitamins has a role in oxidation and reduction reactions?a) Biotin

b) Folatec) Riboflavind) Vitamin Ee) Vitamin K

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18.Which one of these vitamins has a role as an antioxidant?a) Biotin

b) Folatec) Niacind) Pantothenic acide) Vitamin E

19.Which one of these vitamins is involved in controlling cell differentiation and proliferation?a) Vitamin A

b) Vitamin B12c) Vitamin B6d) Vitamin Ee)

Vitamin K

20.Which one of these vitamins is involved in controlling cell differentiation and proliferation?a) Vitamin B12

b) Vitamin B6c) Vitamin Dd) Vitamin Ee) Vitamin K

The Nutrition Society Textbook Series,Introduction to Human Nutrition, Second Edition

2009, 2002 by The Nutrition Society.

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Answers

1. D.2. B.3. E.4. A.5. A.6. A.7.

B.

8. C.9. E.10.B.11.A.12.D.13.B.14.A.15.B.16.B.17.C.18.E.19.A.20.C.