AIIMS2018ZoologyDigestion and Absorption
Assertion : Balantidium coli lives in intestine of human beings. Reason : Balantidium is harmless to human beings.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
Step-by-step solution
Balantidium coli is a ciliate protozoan parasite of intestine of man, monkeys, pigs, etc. It may invade colon and can cause balantidial dysentery in these organisms.