The most common carrier of communicable diseases in :

(a) ant (b) housefly (c) dragonfly (d) spider

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The correct option is B)
The diseases, which spread from one person to another person or from animal to person are called communicable diseases. It is also termed an infectious or contagious disease. The housefly is a major factor in contributing to communicable diseases. Housefly comes in contact with waste products and eatables. When it flies from wastes to eatables, it transports bacterial agents from wastes to eatables. Due to the consumption of such eatables, the persons infected with microbes of various diseases, a person gets sick.

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The most common carriers of communicable diseases is

a) ant
b) housefly
c) dragonfly
d) spider

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(a)Yeast is used in the production of

(i)sugar (ii) alcohol (iii) hydrochloric acid (iv) oxygen

(b)The following is an antibiotic

(i)Sodium bicarbonate (ii) Streptomycin (iii)Alcohol (iv) Yeast

(c)Carrier of malaria-causing protozoan is

(i)female Anopheles mosquito (ii)cockroach (iii)housefly (iv) butterfly

(d)The most common carrier of communicable diseases is

(i)ant (ii) housefly (iii)dragonfly (iv) spider

(e)The bread or idli dough rises because of

(i)heat (ii) grinding (iii)growth of yeast cells (iv) kneading

(f)The process of conversion of sugar into alcohol is called

(i)nitrogen fixation (ii) molding (iii)fermentation (iv) infection

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