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The polluted water can cause the disease of


A

Malari

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Diarrhoea

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Cancer

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Heart diseases

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Solution

The correct option is B

Diarrhoea


The explanation for the correct option:

(b)Diarrhoea:

  • If polluted water is consumed by humans or animals it causes diseases like dysentery, diarrhea, jaundice, cholera, typhoid, etc.

The explanation for the incorrect option:

(a)Malaria:

  • Malaria is caused because of a microorganism called plasmodium which is transmitted by the bite of a female anopheles mosquito.

(c)Cancer :

  • Cancer is caused due to mutation in genes not because of water pollution.

(d)Heart diseases:

  • Heart disease is not caused because of polluted water.

Therefore, Option (b) i.e Diarrhoea is the correct answer.


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