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.