Deficiency Diseases — Homi Bhabha Class 6 Biology MCQs with Solutions
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Questions with solutions
Q1 — Deficiency Diseases · easy · theory
A disease caused by not getting enough of a nutrient for a long time is called a —
A. Communicable disease
B. Injury
C. Cold
D. Deficiency disease ✓ Correct
Solution: When a needed nutrient is missing for long, the body develops a deficiency disease.
Q2 — Deficiency Diseases · easy · theory
Lack of Vitamin A in our food causes —
A. A broken bone
B. A cold
C. Toothache
D. Night blindness ✓ Correct
Solution: Vitamin A keeps our eyes healthy; without it a person cannot see well in dim light (night blindness).
Q3 — Deficiency Diseases · easy · theory
Our body makes Vitamin D with the help of —
A. Sunlight ✓ Correct
B. Loud noise
C. Cold water
D. Moonlight
Solution: Sunlight on our skin helps the body make Vitamin D, which is needed for strong bones.
Q4 — Deficiency Diseases · easy · theory
A person who does not get enough nutrients for a long time suffers from —
A. Malnutrition ✓ Correct
B. Extra energy
C. Good health
D. Strong muscles
Solution: Not getting enough nutrients leads to malnutrition, which makes the body weak and unhealthy.
Q5 — Deficiency Diseases · medium · theory
Bleeding gums and loose teeth are signs of a lack of —
A. Vitamin A
B. Fat
C. Water
D. Vitamin C ✓ Correct
Solution: Lack of Vitamin C causes scurvy, with bleeding gums; eating amla and citrus fruits prevents it.
Q6 — Deficiency Diseases · medium · theory
A lack of iron in the diet causes tiredness and weakness due to a disease called —
A. Scurvy
B. Goitre
C. Rickets
D. Anaemia ✓ Correct
Solution: Iron is needed to make blood; too little iron causes anaemia, with weakness and tiredness.
Q7 — Deficiency Diseases · medium · theory
Goitre, a swelling in the neck, is caused by the lack of which mineral?
A. Iodine ✓ Correct
B. Iron
C. Sugar
D. Calcium
Solution: Lack of iodine causes goitre; using iodised salt in food helps prevent it.
Q8 — Deficiency Diseases · medium · theory
Rickets, in which children have weak and bent bones, is caused by a lack of Vitamin D and —
A. Roughage
B. Sugar
C. Water
D. Calcium ✓ Correct
Solution: Vitamin D and calcium build strong bones; without them children may get rickets with bent bones.
Q9 — Deficiency Diseases · hard · theory
A child eats plenty of rice but very little dal, milk or eggs. Which deficiency disease is he most likely to get?
A. Kwashiorkor (protein deficiency) ✓ Correct
B. Night blindness
C. Goitre
D. Scurvy
Solution: Dal, milk and eggs give protein; missing them for long causes kwashiorkor, a protein-deficiency disease.
Q10 — Deficiency Diseases · hard · theory
Which pair correctly matches a vitamin with the disease caused by its lack?
A. Vitamin C — Goitre
B. Vitamin D — Night blindness
C. Vitamin C — Scurvy ✓ Correct
D. Vitamin A — Rickets
Solution: Lack of Vitamin C causes scurvy. Rickets is from Vitamin D, night blindness from Vitamin A, goitre from iodine.