Assertion : Plasmodium causes disease in female Anopheles mosquitoes.
Reason : Female Anopheles mosquitoes feel on human blood.

Options

A. If both the assertion and the reason ate true but the reason is not correct explanation of the assertion
B. If both the assertion and the reason ate true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
C. If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D. If the assertion is false but the reason is true

Answer

D

Explanation

The sexual phase of the malarial parasite occurs in the Anopheles mosquito. As the female Anopheles mosquitoes feed on blood, only they can serve as vector hosts of malarial parasites. The parasites does not harm the mosquito.