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Question
Assertion (A): There is no chance of malaria to a man on the bite of male Anopheles mosquito.
Reason (R): It carries a non-virulent strain of Plasmodiuт.
Options
Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are false.
MCQ
Assertion and Reasoning
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Solution
Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
Explanation:
The male Anopheles mosquito feeds on plant juices and does not bite humans, so it does not transmit malaria. Its harmlessness is not due to carrying a non-virulent strain of Plasmodium.
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