Discussion
The vitamin present in vegetable oils and its deficiency causes muscular weakness is
Answer: B
The vitamin is vitamin-E.
Vitamin E (tocopherols) is fat-soluble and occurs in vegetable oils such as wheat germ and sunflower oil. In the NCERT summary of vitamins, its deficiency is associated with increased fragility of red blood cells and muscular weakness.
Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness and xerophthalmia, vitamin D deficiency causes rickets, vitamin B6 deficiency causes convulsions, and vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anaemia.
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