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Which of the following is a parasitic protozoan?

A
Amoeba
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Paramecium
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C
Plasmodium
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D
Euglena
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Solution

The correct option is B Plasmodium
Plasmodium are parasitic protozoan as they are single-celled microscopic organisms which lives in the body of other host organisms. It has an exogenous sexual phase where multiplication occurs in certain Anopheles mosquitoes and an endogenous asexual phase where multiplication occurs in the vertebrate host like human.
So, the correct answer is option C.

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