Animal Kingdom Question 711

Question: Assertion : There is no chance of malaria to a man on the bite of male Anopheles mosquito. Reason : It carries a non-virulant strain of Plasmodium. [AIIMS 1998]

Options:

A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false

D) If both the assertion and reason are false

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Malaria can not be transmitted by the bite of male Anopheles mosquito it does not carry active stage of Plasmodium.