NEET 1999 · Class 11

Chemical Coordination and Integration

Diabetes is due to

  1. (A)enzyme deficiency
  2. (B)iodine deficiency
  3. (C)Na+ deficiency
  4. (D)hormonal deficiency

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Insulin deficiency and/or insulin resistance result in a disease called diabetes mellitus.

Chapter
Chemical Coordination and Integration
Section
intro Column II
Page
11
Words matched
12 of 12

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0, emb=0.7027, combined=0.8216). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'Insulin deficiency... result in a disease called diabetes mellitus', directly linking diabetes to a hormonal (insulin) deficiency, which matches option D and distinguishes it from enzyme, iodine, or Na+ deficiencies.

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