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B
Man
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C
Mosquito
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D
Larva of mosquito
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Solution
The correct option is C Mosquito
The parasite which causes malaria, Plasmodium requires two different hosts a vertebrate intermediate host, such as a human, and an insect definitive host, also known as the vector.
For the types of malaria which infect humans and other mammals, the vector is always a mosquito of the genus Anopheles.
Hence, Intermediate host of malarial parasite is Mosquito.