Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Human Health and Disease

Question:
Assertion: Pork should be properly cooked to avoid Taenia infection.
Reasoning:: Pork contains hexacanth and cysticeric larvae.
Options:
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.
If both Assertion (A) and Reasoning are false (F )
Correct Answer:
Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.
Explanation:
Human infection is direct and oral. It occurs by eating raw or under-cooked measly pork (Pig muscle with cysticerus larvae of Taenia). Infection in vegetarians occurs through improperly washed vegetable. So proper cooking of pork and properly washed vegetable to avoid Taenia infection.