“The vitamin is found in Liver, milk, eggs, and fish. It helps in forming RBC. Deficiency of this vitamin causes Anemia.”

Which vitamin is being referred to in the above statement?

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SSC CPO 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 9 Nov 2022 Shift 2) [Answer Key]

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The correct answer is Vitamin B12.

Key Points

Anemia is when you lack enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your body's tissues.
Having anemia, also referred to as low hemoglobin, can make you feel tired and weak.
Pernicious anemia is a type of vitamin B12 anemia.
The body needs vitamin B12 to make red blood cells.
You get this vitamin from eating meat, poultry, shellfish, eggs, and dairy products.
A special protein, called intrinsic factor (IF), binds vitamin B12 so that it can be absorbed in the intestines.
B12 is the vitamin found in the Liver, milk, eggs, and fish. It helps in forming RBC and deficiency of this vitamin causes anemia.

Additional Information

Vitamin	Vitamers	Solubility	Diseases	Sources
Vitamin A	Retinol, retinal, and four carotenoids	Fat	Night blindness, Hyperkeratosis, and Keratomalacia	Orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach, liver
Vitamin B12	Cyanocobalamin, hydroxycobalamin, methylcobalamin	Water	Megaloblastic anemia	Meat and other animal products
Vitamin C	Ascorbic acid	Water	Scurvy	Many fruits and vegetables, liver
Vitamin D	Cholecalciferol	Fat	Rickets and Osteomalacia	Fish, eggs, liver , mushrooms
Vitamin E	Tocopherols, tocotrienols	Fat	Deficiency is very rare; with mild hemolytic anemia in newborn infants.	Many fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds
Vitamin K	phylloquinone, menaquinones	Fat	Bleeding diathesis	Leafy green vegetables such as spinach, egg yolks, liver