NEET 2020
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2020
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Human Health and Diseases
NEET 2020 · Zoology · Human Health and Diseases
Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select...
Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option.
| Column-I | Column-II | ||
| (a) | Typhoid | (i) | Wuchereria |
| (b) | Pneumonia | (ii) | Plasmodium |
| (c) | Filariasis | (iii) | Salmonella |
| (d) | Malaria | (iv) | Haemophilus |
Options
- A(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
- B(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
- C(a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)
- D(a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
Correct answer
A. (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
Step-by-step solution
| Disease | Causative organism |
| Typhoid | Salmonella typhii |
| Pneumonia | Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus pyogenes, Mycoplasma pneumoniae (in children) |
| Filariasis | Wuchereria bancrofti, Wuchereria malayi or Filaria bancrofti |
| Malaria | Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium ovale |