MCQ
Choose the correct statement
  • A
    Filariasis occurs by Trichoderma
  • Housefly is the vector of amoebiasis
  • C
    Culex acts as vector for malaria
  • D
    Ascariasis occurs by droplet infection

Answer

Correct option: B.
Housefly is the vector of amoebiasis
b
Amoebiasis is also known as amoebic dysentery, which involves abdominal pain, and diarrhea. It is caused when houseflies spread the disease by acting as vector.

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Similar questions

Petromyzon is a connecting link between
A low frequency recombination indicates that the genes are: :
Industrial melanism is an example of
$ABO$ blood groups in humans are controlled by the gene $I$. It has three alleles ­$ I^A, I^B$ and $i$. Since there are three different alleles, six different genotypes are possible. How many phenotypes can occur?
Match the correct pair

$\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline Column-I  & Column-II  \\ \hline P\;-\;Cartilage & 1\;-\;PCT  \\ \hline Q\;-\;Cuboidal\;epithelium & 2\;-\;Bronchioles  \\ \hline R\;-\;Compound\;epithelium & 3\;-\;limbs  \\ \hline S\;-\;Cilliated\;epithelium & 4\;-\;Pharynx \\ \hline   & 5\;-\;Muscles\;of\;eyes \\ \hline \end{array}$

 

Under normal physiological conditions in human being every $100 ml$ of oxygenated blood can deliver $ml$ of $O _{2}$ to the tissues.
Erythropoietin is secreted by...
Given below are four statements $(A-­D)$ each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in two statements. Statements :

$(A)$ Wings of butterfly and birds look alike andare the results of ___$(i)$___ evolution.

$(B)$ Miller showed that $CH_4 , H_2 , NH_3$ and ___$(i)$___ when exposed to electric discharge in a flaskresulted in formation of ___$(ii)$___ .

$(C)$ Vermiform appendix is a ___$(i)$___ organ and an ___$(ii)$___ evidence of evolution.

$(D)$ According to Darwin evolution took placedue to ___$(i)$___ and ___$(ii)$___ of the fittest.

The genes concerned with the production of cancer are called
$A$ : Annelids, arthropods and molluscs are protostomial coelomates.

$R$ : All the three phyla include members with bilateral symmetry and true coelom.