Which of the following organisms spreads disease?

Parthenium

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Dodder

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Lice

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Cuscuta

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Solution

The correct option is C
Lice

Lice are animal parasites which spread diseases mostly by close contact.
Dodder and parthenium are weeds, Cuscuta grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth, weakening the host plant.

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In which of the following groups of organisms, food material is broken down outside the body and absorbed?

(a) Mushroom, green plants, Amoeba
(b) Yeast, mushroom, bread mould
(c) Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta
(d) Cuscuta, lice, tapeworm

Q. This is the only bacterial disease spread by vectors like ticks, mites and lice. Which of the following statements about this disease are correct?
1. It is not deadly.
2. It was discovered by C. Ricketts.
3. Its symptoms appear similar to measles.
4. This organisms is a connecting link between virus and bacteria.

One of the following organisms has a saprophytic mode of nutrition. This organism is :
(a) mushroom (b) malarial parasite (c) leech (d) lice

Name one disease which spreads by breathing in air containing micro-organisms.

Q. Which one of the following is a parasite?
(a) Mushroom
(b) Dodder
(c) Fungi
(d) Pitcher's plant

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Which of the following organisms spreads disease?

The correct option is C Lice Lice are animal parasites which spread diseases mostly by close contact. Dodder and parthenium are weeds, Cuscuta grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth, weakening the host plant.

The correct option is C
Lice

Lice are animal parasites which spread diseases mostly by close contact.
Dodder and parthenium are weeds, Cuscuta grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth, weakening the host plant.