Question
Assertion : Plasmodium vivax is responsible for malaria.

Reason : Malaria is caused by polluted water.

Answer

b
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium whose sexual phase occurs in the mosquito Anopheles.  When female Anopheles feed on blood, they can serve as vector host for malarial parasite.

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