Question

Match the following diseases with their causative organisms:

Column-I	Column-II
a. Filariasis	(i) Entamoeba
b. Amoebiasis	(ii) Plasmodium
c. Malaria	(iii) Salmonella
d. Typhoid	(iv) Wuchereria

• A. a(i). b(ii). c(iii). d(iv).
• B. a(iv). b(i). c(ii). d(iii).
• C. a(iii). b(iv). c(ii). d(i).
• D. a(iii). b(iv). c(i). d(ii).

Answer 1

The correct option is B a(iv). b(i). c(ii). d(iii).

Column-I	Column-II	Remarks
a. Filariasis	(iv) Wuchereria	Filariasis is an uncommon tropical infectious disease caused by the roundworm parasites Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi (nematodes). Inflammatory reactions to the mature worms are the primary cause of symptoms.
b. Amoebiasis	(i) Entamoeba	Amoebiasis is a gastrointestinal infection. Entamoeba histolytica, a tiny parasite, causes it.
c. Malaria	(ii) Plasmodium	The Plasmodium parasite causes malaria. Infected mosquitoes can transmit the parasite to humans through bites.
d. Typhoid	(iii) Salmonella	Typhoid fever is a potentially fatal infection caused by the Salmonella Typhi bacteria.