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Consider the following statements about malaria:
1. It is caused by a bacterium.
2. It is transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
1. It is caused by a bacterium.
2. It is transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. Both 1 and 2
- D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (B) 2 only
Malaria is caused by the protozoan Plasmodium, not by a bacterium, so statement 1 is wrong. The parasite is transmitted by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito, so statement 2 is correct. Dengue and chikungunya are spread by Aedes, and these are viral diseases.
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