Which of the following preventive measures, can help in preventing malaria?

Drinking clean and boiled water.

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Wearing a mask.

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Using mosquito repellants.

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Eating cooked food.

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The correct option is C Using mosquito repellants.
Malaria is spread through the bite of an Anopheles mosquito that carries the pathogen Plasmodium. To avoid malaria, one can use mosquito repellants, sprinkle kerosene on stagnant water, introduce Gambusia in water bodies and even use insecticides to kill the mosquitoes.

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