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Exclusively endoparasitic protozoan is?

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Paramecium
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Amoeba
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Plasmodium
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None of these
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Solution

The correct option is C Plasmodium
C. Plasmodium
Solution : Plasmodium the causative organism of malaria is an exclusively endoparasitic protozoan as it cannot live without any host. It uses female Anopheles and Human as its two hosts to complete its lifecycle. Amoeba and Paramoecium can be free living in waterbodies.
So the correct answer is " Plasmodium"

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