Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Human Health and Disease

Question:
Assertion: There is no chance of malaria to a man on the bite of male Anopheles mosquito.
Reasoning:: It carries a non-virulant strain of Plasmodium.
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:
Male Anopheles mosquito do not have piercing and sucking type of mouth parts. So, they can not inject malarial parasite into man.