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Which of these combinations is correct about protozoans?
Options
- AEntamoeba - Sporozoan; Paramecium - Ciliated protozoan
- BPlasmodium - Sporozoan; Trypanosoma - Ciliated protozoan
- CParamecium - Ciliated protozoan; Trypanosoma - Flagellated protozoan
- DEntamoeba - Ciliated protozoan; Plasmodium - Flagellated protozoan
Correct answer
C. Paramecium - Ciliated protozoan; Trypanosoma - Flagellated protozoan
Step-by-step solution
Entamoeba is an intestinal parasite in humans and is a part of amoeboid protozoans. Plasmodium causes malaria and is a sporozoan since it has a spore-like infective stage in its life cycle. Trypanosoma which causes sleeping sickness has flagella, and hence, it is a flagellated protozoan. Paramecium is an aquatic, actively moving organism because of the presence of thousands of cilia. Hence, it is a ciliated protozoan.