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Assertion :Plasmodium causes disease in female
Anopheles mosquitoes Reason: Female Anopheles mosquitoes feed on
human blood

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If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason
is a correct explanation of the assertion

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If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is
not a correct explanation of the assertion

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If the assertion is true but the reason is false

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If both the assertion and reason are false

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Solution

The correct option is A If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason
is a correct explanation of the assertion
The sexual phase of the malarial parasite occurs in the Anopheles mosquito .As the female Anopheles mosquitiones feed on blood , only they can serve as vector hosts of malarial parasites. The parasite does not harm the mosquito .

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