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NDA 1 2025 GAT, question 113

Topic: Biology

Q113

The vector of malaria parasites is

  1. (a) Male Anopheles mosquito
  2. (b) Male Culex mosquito
  3. (c) Female Anopheles mosquitoCorrect answer
  4. (d) Female Culex mosquito

Solution.

Answer: (c) Female Anopheles mosquito

  1. An infected female Anopheles mosquito transmits Plasmodium parasites when it takes a blood meal.
  2. The mosquito is the vector; Plasmodium is the disease-causing parasite.
  3. Male mosquitoes do not take the blood meals responsible for this transmission.