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Assertion : There is no chance of transmission of malaria to a man on the bite of a male anopheles mosquito.
Reason : It carries a non virculent strain of plasmodium.

A

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

C

Assertion is true, but Reason is false

D

Assertion is false, but Reason is true

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The correct Answer is:
C
Malaria connot be trasmitted by the bite of anopheles mosquito as it does not carry any active stage of plasmodium
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