Human Health And Diseases Ques 92
92. Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option.
[2020]
$ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline & \text { Column-I } & & \text { Column-II } \\ \hline \text { (a) } & \text { Typhoid } & \text { (i) } & \text { Wuchereria } \\ \hline \text { (b) } & \text { Pneumonia } & \text { (ii) } & \text { Plasmodium } \\ \hline \text { (c) } & \text { Filariasis } & \text { (iii) } & \text { Salmonella } \\ \hline \text { (d) } & \text { Malaria } & \text { (iv) } & \text { Haemophilus } \\ \hline \end{array} $
$ \begin{array}{lllll} & \text { (A) } & \text { (B) } & \text { (C) } & \text { (D) } \\ \text { (a) } & \text { (iii) } & \text { (iv) } & \text { (i) } & \text { (ii) } \\ \text { (b) } & \text { (ii) } & \text { (i) } & \text { (iii) } & \text { (iv) } \\ \text { (c) } & \text { (iv) } & \text { (i) } & \text { (ii) } & \text { (iii) } \\ \text { (d) } & \text { (i) } & \text { (iii) } & \text { (ii) } & \text { (iv) } \end{array} $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 92.( a )
Solution:
- (a) Typhoid fever in humans is caused by pathogenic bacterium Salmonella typhi. Pneumonia is caused by Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. Filariasis or elephantiasis is caused by the filarial worm, Wuchereria bancrofti and Wuchereria malayi. Malaria is caused by different species of Plasmodium.