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A worker eats polished rice only for years and develops beri beri. He lacks a:

AProteins
BMinerals
CVitamin
DRoughage
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Vitamin
1. Beri beri follows a long shortage of one nutrient group. 2. That group is the vitamins, here Vitamin B. 3. So he lacks a vitamin. _Source: syllabus Science Class VI, Chapter 2, Components of Food._
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