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Question
Assertion (A): AIDS disease is caused by a virus carried by AEDES mosquitoes.
Reason (R): AIDS is a disease caused by a virus which damages the immune system of a person making his body so weak that it cannot protect itself against even common infections.
Options
Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of the assertion.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.
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Solution
A is false but R is true.
Explanation:
AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is transmitted through infected blood, unprotected sexual contact, sharing contaminated needles, or from an infected mother to her child. It is not transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Therefore, Assertion (A) is false.
AIDS is caused by HIV, which damages the immune system, making the body unable to fight even common infections. Therefore, Reason (R) is true.
Hence, Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
