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Malaria is caused by an organism belonging to which group?
AProtozoan
BBacterium
CFungus
DHelminth
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Protozoan
1. The causative organism of malaria is Plasmodium.
2. Plasmodium is described as a tiny protozoan.
3. So malaria is a protozoan disease, not bacterial or fungal.
4. Ringworm is the fungal example and ascariasis the helminth example in the same chapter.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Biology Ch7 'Human Health and Disease', section 7.1_
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