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.