Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Human Health and Disease

Question:

Which one of the following disease is not caused by bacteria?

Options:

Dysentry

Diptheria

Common cold

Plague

Correct Answer:

Common cold

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Common cold 

The disease that is not caused by bacteria is Common cold. It is caused by a virus, typically a rhinovirus, not a bacterium.

The others are caused by bacteria:

  • Dysentery can be caused by Shigella or Entamoeba histolytica (a protozoan, but still an infection).
  • Diphtheria is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
  • Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis.