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UPPSC PCS 2017 · Question 88 of 149

Deficiency of Iodine causes:

Current Affairs

  1. ANight Blindness
  2. BCancer
  3. CGoitreCorrect
  4. DOsteoporosis

Answer: C. Goitre

Explanation

Iodine deficiency can cause goitre, retardation, low intellectual ability, disability and dwarfism, deafness, dumbness, squint. Apart from this, frequent miscarriage and stillbirth can also be due to iodine deficiency.

Source: edurev.in UPPSC Prelims 2017 GS Paper I with Answer Key and Solutions

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