Discussion
Scurvy disease is caused by
Answer: D
Scurvy is caused by deficiency of Vitamin 'C'.
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is needed to make collagen. Without it, connective tissue weakens, causing bleeding and swollen gums, easy bruising and slow healing of wounds; citrus fruits and amla prevent it.
Deficiency of vitamin A causes night blindness, of vitamin B12 pernicious anaemia, and of vitamin D rickets in children. Those are the diseases linked with the other options.
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