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AIIMS 2010
Exam
AIIMS
Year
2010
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Organisms and Populations

AIIMS 2010 · Zoology · Organisms and Populations

Assertion : All pathogens are parasites but all parasites are not...

Assertion : All pathogens are parasites but all parasites are not pathogens. Reason : Majority of the parasites confer benefits to the host.

Options

  1. AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
  2. BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
  3. CIf assertion is true but reason is false
  4. DIf both assertion and reason are false.

Correct answer

C. If assertion is true but reason is false

Step-by-step solution

Parasitism is a relationship between two living organisms of different species in which one organism called parasite obtains its food directly from another living organism called host. Majority of the parasites harm the host; they may reduce the survival, growth and reproduction of the host and reduce its population density. Pathogens are disease-causing microorganisms which get benefit by causing harm to host organism. Pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoans, helminths, insects etc., reproduce or multiply inside the host organism and therefore, they get the opportunity to complete the life cycle and spread their population.
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