African sleeping sickness or Gambiense fever is caused by
Entamoeba
Trypanosma
Leishmania
Trichomonas
Correct Answer :
B. Trypanosma
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Kala-azar is a disease caused by
Trypanosma gambiense transmitted by Tsetse fly
Leishmania donovani transmitted by sandfly
Taenia solium transmitted by infected pork
Wuchereria bancrofti transmitted by Culex
Inoculation in malaria is out of question because
Plasmodium produces minute bodies
Plasmodium produces antitoxins
Plasmodium produces antitoxins and antibodies
All of these
The life cycle of Plasmodium in human blood is called
schizogony
syngamy
exo-erythro cytic schizogony
sporogony
Gametocytes of Plasmodium are formed in
liver of man
blood of man
RBC of man
stomach of female mosquito
Nitrogenous wastes in Amoeba are expelled through
plasmalemma
pseudopodia
hyaline cap
contractile vacuole
In the life cycle of Plasmodium, man is the
primary host
intermediate host
secondary host
alternative host
If a fresh water Amoeba for some reason in unable to form contractile vacuole, it will
stop forming pseudopodia
stop manufacturing metabolic water
burst consequent to osmotic swelling
become static for some time
When kerosene is sprayed on the stagnant water wherein the larvae of Anopheles develop, it
burns the body wall of the larvae
diffuses through the body wall and kills them
suffocates them to death
prevents contact of spiracles with air
The pseudopodia of Amoeba are meant for
feeding
offence and defence
locomotion
both (a) and (c)
The digestive enzymes in Paramecium are secreted in
food vacuoles directly
lysosomes and then released into food vacuole
endoplasm and then pass into food vacuole
both lysosomes and endoplasm
The catabolic wastes in Amoeba consist of
water and CO2
water, CO2 and minerals
Water, CO2, minerals and urea
all of these
The infective stage of Entamoeba histolytica is
sporozoite
minuta form
mature cyst
trophic form
The disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is
sleeping sickness
chaga's disease
kala azar
oriental sore
The erthrocytic phase of the life cycle of Plasmodium passes in
the stomach of female amopheles mosquito
parenchymatous cells of liver of man
erythrocytes of man
erythrocytes and blood of man
Trypanosoma is transmitted by
contamination
kissing
contagination
inoculation
The sexual phase of life cycle of Plasmodium is completed in
blood of man
liver of man
stomach of female anopheles
salivary glands of female anopheles
n Amoeba, when transferred from pond water to distilled water, forms
contractile vacuoles at a slower rate
contractile vacuoles at a faster rate
contractile vacuoles at the same rate
no contractile vacuoles
Sleeping sickness in man is caused by Trypanosoma by the bite of the infective
female Tsetse fly
male Tsetse fly
both male and female Tsetse flies
male and female aedes mosquito
Schuffner's granules or dots are found in
trophozoite
sporozoite
schizont
merozoite
The feeding stage in the life cycle of PlasA tnodium is
merozoite
sporozoite
cryptozoite
trophozoite
According to Whittaker's system of classification, all the living organisms are classifed into 5 kingdoms and Viruses are placed under
Monera
Protista
Protoctista
None of these
The type of pseudopodia found in Amoeba are
reticulopodia
lobopodia
actinopodia
aropodia
All stages in the life cycle of malarial parasite are haploid except
gamout
ookinete
schizont
sporont
The pseudopodia ar formed in Amoeba
when it comes in contact with food particles
by movement of surrounding water
by exchange of salts with the medium
by sol-gel transformation of cytoplasm
The Trx/panosoma causes sleeping sickness in man. It finally involves
liver
blood
brain
cerebro-spinal fluid
Sporogony of malaria parasite occurs in
liver of man
RBC of man
stomach wall of mosquito
salivary glands of mosquito
Mild tertian malaria is caused by
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium malariae
The process of reconstitution of macro-nulceus in Paramecium without any change in micro-nucleus is called
Cytogamy
Hemimixis
Endomixis
Autogamy
If an Amoeba is placed in salt water, its contractile vacuole will
enlarge
disappear
multiple
burst
Incubation period of Plasmodium vwax is about
6-8 weeks
10-12 days
15-20 days
20-40 days