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Human Health and Disease — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYHuman Health and Disease1 Mark
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For question, two statements are given$-$one labelled Assertion and the other labelled Reason. Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes $(a), (b), (c)$ and $(d)$ as given below.
Assertion : There is no chance of transmission of malaria to man on the bite of a male Anopheles mosquito.
Reason: It carries a non$-$virulent strain of Plasmodium.
  • A
    Both assertion and reason are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  • B
    Both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  • ✓
    Assertion is true, but reason is false.
  • D
    Both assertion and reason are false.
✓

Answer

Correct option: C.
Assertion is true, but reason is false.
There is no chance of transmission of malaria to man on the bite of a male Anopheles mosquito. The mouthparts of male mosquito is organised in such a manner that they cannot suck the human blood. They feed mainly on the leaf and fruit juices. Thus spreading malaria through male Anopheles is next to impossible.

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