Nutrition: practice question

A Pediatrics question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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Pediatrics · Nutrition

Sample item

Which vitamin deficiency can cause angular cheilitis and glossitis in a child?

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The answer and the reasoning

D. Riboflavin deficiency

Riboflavin deficiency can produce angular cheilitis, glossitis, and oral mucosal changes because flavin coenzymes are required in many oxidative metabolic reactions.

Option by option

  • A. Vitamin A deficiency

    Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness and xerophthalmia.

  • B. Vitamin D deficiency

    Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets or osteomalacia.

  • C. Vitamin K deficiency

    Vitamin K deficiency impairs clotting-factor activation.

  • D. Riboflavin deficiency (correct)

    Correct: riboflavin deficiency can cause cheilitis and glossitis.

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What is the answer to this Pediatrics question?

The best answer is D, Riboflavin deficiency. Riboflavin deficiency can produce angular cheilitis, glossitis, and oral mucosal changes because flavin coenzymes are required in many oxidative metabolic reactions.

Why is "Vitamin A deficiency" not the answer?

Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness and xerophthalmia.

Why is "Vitamin D deficiency" not the answer?

Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets or osteomalacia.

Why is "Vitamin K deficiency" not the answer?

Vitamin K deficiency impairs clotting-factor activation.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Nutrition in Pediatrics. The correct option holds because: Correct: riboflavin deficiency can cause cheilitis and glossitis.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Nutrition?

Memorise milestones and the vaccine schedule as tables and revise them often. Then use the flashcards and the other Pediatrics questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.