Biology
Prakash is a resident of hilly region where iodine is deficient in soil and hence in the food grown there. He started developing swelling in the neck. This was due to
- simple goitre
- cretinism
- myxoedema
- exophthalmic goitre
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Assertion (A): Hypersecretion of adrenal cortex causes Cushing's syndrome.
Reason (R): Symptoms of Cushing's syndrome are obesity, hyperglycemia, weakness, osteoporosis, salt and water retention.
- Both A and R are true
- Both A and R are false
- A is true and R is false
- A is false and R is true
Which of the following vitamin is essential for the production of prothrombin?
- Vitamin-E
- Vitamin-K
- Vitamin-C
- Vitamin-A
The condition affecting the older people who cannot see nearby objects clearly is called
- presbyopia
- cataract
- astigmatism
- hyperopia
The cellular elements found in highest number in blood are
- RBCs
- lymphocyte
- eosinophils
- basophils