MCQ
Payel is completed her science chapter where she wrote some statements. She wants to know whether the statements are correct or not? Payel wants to take help from you:
  • A
    Thyroid is a large endocrine gland in the neck.
  • B
    Thyroid gland makes a hormone called thyroxine which contains iodine.
  • C
    The deficiency of thyroxine hormone causes a disease known as “goitre”.
  • People are advised to take iodised salt which contains appropriate amount of sodium chloride.

Answer

Correct option: D.
People are advised to take iodised salt which contains appropriate amount of sodium chloride.
We know that the deficiency of thyroxine hormone causes a disease known as goitre. The main symptom of goitre disease is that the neck of the person suffering from goitre appears to be swollen. People are advised to take iodised salt for cooking food so as to prevent goitre disease. Iodised salt contains appropriate amount of iodine compounds such as potassium iodide which can provide all the iodine needed by thyroid gland to make sufficient thyroxine hormone for our body.

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