Human Health And Disease Question 146
Question: Malaria is transmitted by ‘Anopheles’. This was discovered by [DPMT 1985]
Options:
A) A. Laveran
B) Ronald Ross
C) Pasteur
D) Huxley
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
Ronald Ross a British scientist in 1898, showed that malarial parasite is carried by the `anopheles’ mosquito.
He was awarded Nobel prize for the same in 1902.