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

A

If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

B

If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

C

If the assertion is true but the reason is false

D

If the assertion is false but reason is true

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The correct Answer is:
D

Plasmodium causes disease malaria in secondary host i.e. man Female Anopheles mosquito is only a vector which inject sporozoites of plasmodium when mosquito bite a human.
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