NEETZoologyHuman Health and Diseases
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Malignant malaria is the least serious type of malaria. Reason: Plasmodium falciparum, which causes malignant malaria, can be fatal.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DAssertion is false, but Reason is true
Correct answer
D. Assertion is false, but Reason is true
Step-by-step solution
Some of the human diseases are caused by protozoans too. You might have heard about malaria, a disease man has been fighting since many years. Plasmodium, a tiny protozoan is responsible for this disease. Different species of Plasmodium (P. vivax, P. malaria and P. falciparum) are responsible for different types of malaria. Of these, malignant malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum is the most serious one and can even be fatal. Let us take a glance at the life cycle of Plasmodium (Figure 7.1). Plasmodium enters th