Q.

Match List I with List II                               [2023]

  List I   List II
(A) Typhoid (I) Protozoan
(B) Elephantiasis (II) Salmonella
(C) Ringworm (III) Aschelminthes
(D) Malaria (IV) Microsporum

 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1 (A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)  
2 (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)  
3 (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)  
4 (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)  

Ans.

(3)

Typhoid is caused by a pathogenic bacterium Salmonella typhi. Elephantiasis is caused by filarial worm Wuchereria bancrofti and W. malayi which are aschelminthes. Ringworm is caused by fungi belonging to genera Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton. Malaria is caused by a protozoan Plasmodium.