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Organisms that spreads disease - class-V

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The pathogen transmitted through female mosquito causing chronic inflammation of the lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs in man is__________

  1. Ascaris sp.

  2. E. histolytica

  3. Streptococcus pneumoniae

  4. W. malayi


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

W.malayi also called as brugia malayi are the important agents of bancroftian and brugian(it is sometimes referred to as Malayan)filariasis. In contrast to many other mosquito-borne infections of medical significance, lymphatic filariae are transmitted by not just one but by several genera of mosquitoes.

So, the correct option is 'W.malayi'.

The mouth parts of Anopheles are adapted to

  1. Biting and chewing type feeding

  2. Piercing and sucking type feeding

  3. Chewing type feeding

  4. Sucking type feeding


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Female mosquito have mouthparts that pierce food items to enable sucking of internal fluids. In female mosquitoes, all mouthparts are elongated. The labium encloses all other mouthparts like a sheath. The labrum forms the main feeding tube, through which blood is sucked. Paired mandibles and maxillae are present, together forming the stylet, which is used to pierce an animal's skin. During piercing, the labium remains outside the food item's skin, folding away from the stylet. Saliva containing anticoagulants, is injected into the food item and blood sucked out, each through different tubes.

So, the correct option is B. ( Piercing and Sucking type )

Which state of Plasmodium is infective for mosquito?

  1. Sporozoite

  2. Ookinete

  3. Trophozoite

  4. Gametocyte


Correct Option: A

The difference between Culex and Anopheles is

  1. Culex sits antiparallel to the substratum

  2. Anopheles sits at an angle to the substratum

  3. Anopheles sits parallel to the substartum

  4. Culex sits at an angle to the substratum


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Culex causes filariasis, bird malaria. Its body rests parallel to the surface or substratum. Whereas Anopheles causes malaria. The body is slender and rests at an angle to the surface or substratum.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Spread of Malaria can be best controlled by ______________.

  1. Killing adult mosquito only.

  2. Proper medical treatment only.

  3. Making the mosquito breeding places unsuitable for completion of life-cycle.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A malaria control method that targets mosquito larvae and pupae as they mature in standing water could be an important supplementary measure in the fight against the disease. Larval source management (LSM) is a method that targets immature mosquitoes, found in standing water before the females develop into flying adults that are capable of transmitting malaria. This is done by permanently removing standing water, for example by draining or filling land; making temporary changes to mosquito habitats to disrupt breeding, for example by clearing drains to make the water flow; or larviciding by adding chemicals or biological larvicides to standing water to kill larvae.

The parasite which has been recently eradicated from India is?

  1. Leishmania donovani

  2. Dracunculus medinensis

  3. Toxoplasma gondii

  4. Taenia solium


Correct Option: A

Which among the following is anti-malaria?

  1. Phenol

  2. Quinine

  3. Salol

  4. Aspirin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Quinine and other cinchona alkaloids including quinidine and cinchonine are effective against malaria.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Quinine'.

Female Anopheles mosquito cannot transmit elephantiasis because 

  1. Filarial worms (microfilaria) do not enter Anopheles mosquito.

  2. Microfilaria worms are digested in the gut of Anopheles.

  3. Anopheles mosquito does not bite humans suffering from filariasis.

  4. Mouth part of Anopheles mosquito are not compatible to microfilaria.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Female Anopheles mosquito is a vector of the parasite called Plasmodium that causes malaria. Female Anopheles mosquito picks up the parasite from infected people when they bite to obtain blood needed to nurture their eggs. It cannot transmit elephantiasis because the filarial worms like wuchararia do not enter Anopheles mosquito.
So the correct answer is 'filarial worms (microfilaria) do not enter Anopheles mosquito'.

Fish which eradicates mosquito larvae is

  1. Rohu

  2. Anabas

  3. Clarius

  4. Gambusia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) is a species of freshwater fish, also known commonly as simply mosquitofish. Mosquitofish were introduced directly into ecosystems in many parts of the world as a biocontrol to lower mosquito populations, which in turn negatively affected many other species in each distinct bioregion. Based on diet, mosquitofish are classified as larvivorous fish. Their diet consists of zooplankton, small insects and insect larvae, and detritus material. Mosquitofish feed on mosquito larvae at all stages of life. Adult females can consume hundreds of mosquito larvae in one day.

Which stage of Plasmodium is infective for Mosquito

  1. Trophozoite

  2. Gametocyte

  3. Ookinete

  4. Sporozoite


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gametocyte is infective stage for female anopheles mosquito because optimum temperature for growth of gametocyte is present in their body.

Motile elongate zygote of Plasmodium occurs in

  1. Human RBCs

  2. Human liver

  3. Salivary glands of mosquito (Anopheles)

  4. Gut of mosquito (Anopheles)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The motile zygote formed by fertilization of macro gameteby a micro gameteis called ooKinete. It  occurs in gut of mosquito. 

We should not allow mosquitoes to breed in our surroundings because they

  1. Multiply very fast and contaminate food

  2. Are vectors for many diseases.

  3. Bite and cause skin diseases.

  4. Are not important insects.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism. Mosquito acts as a vector for the bacteria and viruses, responsible for the diseases such as malaria, dengue, encephalitis and yellow fever etc. When mosquito bites a human it causes severe skin irritation through an allergic reaction to the mosquito's saliva, this is what causes the red bump and itching.

Vector of malarial parasite is____________.

  1. Male Culex

  2. Female Anopheles

  3. Female Aedes

  4. Female Culex


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites. The parasites are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes, called "malaria vectors."

So, the correct answer is 'Female Anopheles'.

Which of the following pair is correct?

  1. E. Coli - parasitic

  2. Culex - elephantiasis

  3. Bed bug - kala-azar

  4. Plasmodium - sleeping sickness


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Elephantiasis is painful, swelling of the legs and genital organs. It is a classic sign of late-stage disease. It is caused by Culex mosquito which carries filarial worms. 
E.coli lives in our intestine and it is not parasitic.
Kala-azar is a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of infected female sandflies.
Sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei.
So the correct option is 'Culex- elephantiasis'.

State whether the following statements are true or false.
Malaria is caused by female anopheles.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The causative agent of malaria is Plasmodium vivax and female anopheles act as a vector. 

So, the correct option is 'False'.

Female Anopheles mosquito is carrier of a pathogen that causes

  1. malaria

  2. dengue

  3. yellow fever

  4. filariasis.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Malaria is caused by the toxins produced in the human body by malarial parasite Plasmodium. Malarial parasite is carried from the infected to the healthy persons by the female Anopheles mosquito.

What is common in both Culex and Anopheles?

  1. Both sit obliquely while resting on a plane

  2. Both have dark spotted wings

  3. Both have three pairs of legs, last pair is held up in the air while sitting

  4. Both lay eggs in rafts


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Culex is a genus of mosquitoes which carries worms of filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, and avian malaria. 
Anopheles is a genus of mosquito first described and named by J. W. Meigen in 1818. About 460 species are recognized, while over 100 can transmit human malaria. Both Culex and Anopheles have three pairs of legs, the last pair is held up in the air while sitting. 

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
In the malarial parasite, oocyst is formed in the:

  1. erythrocytes of man

  2. liver cells of man

  3. stomach wall of the female mosquito

  4. blood of the female mosquito


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The female Anopheles mosquito, when it withdraws blood the infected malarial patient, the male and female gametes enter into the mosquito gut, when the two male and female gametes fuse together and form a zygote, which develops into ookinetes that burrow into the mosquito midgut wall to develop into oocysts.

So, the correct option is 'stomach wall of the female mosquito'.

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
The vector of sleeping sickness is:

  1. house fly

  2. sand fly

  3. mosquito

  4. tsetse fly


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are the two parasites causes sleeping sickness. Tsetse flies which acts as a carrier of the infection. 

So, the correct option is 'tsetse fly'.

Mosquito larvae can be prevented to grow in ponds$/$ rice fields by inoculating them with

  1. Microcystis

  2. Aphanizomenon

  3. Oscillatoria

  4. Aulosira


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

There are different ways to prevent mosquito larvae to grow in ponds and rice fields. These can be done by not allowing the water to get stagnant. Also, it can be prevented by inoculating it with Microcystis cyanobacteria. Microcystis aeruginosa causes death of the larvae by producing neurotoxins and hepatotoxins.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Microcystis.'

Mosquito breeding occurs in 

  1. Stagnant water.

  2. Sea.

  3. River.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Mosquitoes breed in stagnant, standing fresh water oftentimes found around the home. In tin cans, buckets discarded tires and other artificial containers that hold stagnant water. In untended pools, birdbaths, clogged rain gutters, and plastic wading pools that hold stagnant water.

So, the correct answer is 'Stagnant water.'.

The lifespan of housefly is upto 

  1. 30 days

  2. 3 weeks

  3. 3 days

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Houseflies live for up to 3 weeks and are active during the warmer part of the year. An adult female deposits 50 to 100 eggs at a time and about 500 eggs over her lifetime. The eggs are deposited in rotting organic matter. They hatch after about 12 hours and the larvae, or maggots, feed on the rotting organic material. A maggot passes through three larval stages and then forms a pupa, or cocoon. The adult fly emerges from the cocoon. Houseflies typically develop from egg to adult within 10 days. 

The most common carrier of communicable diseases is

  1. Ant

  2. Housefly

  3. Dragonfly

  4. Spider


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The diseases, which spread from one person to another person or from animal to person are called as communicable diseases. It is also termed as infectious or contagious diseases. Housefly is a major factor in contributing communicable diseases. Housefly comes in contact with waste products and eatables. When it flies from wastes to eatables, it transports bacterial agents from wastes to eatables. Due to consumption of such eatables, the persons infected with microbes of various diseases, person gets sick. 

Which of the following is the most common carrier of pathogens?

  1. Bees

  2. Mosquito

  3. Housefly

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

House flies are the vectors of several infectious agents. The pathogen may attach with flies when they sit on the waste materials. They cause typhoid, cholera, salmonellosis, dysentery, tuberculosis, anthrax, and parasitic worms carried to human food on the fly’s body parts or in its regurgitations or defecations.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

One of the first measures taken to control houseflies is 

  1. The use of aerosols.

  2. Maintaining sanitation.

  3. Setting up fly traps.

  4. The use of insecticides.


Correct Option: B

The life cycle of the common housefly follows which pathway?

  1. Egg $\rightarrow $ Pupa $\rightarrow $ Larva $\rightarrow $ Adult fly

  2. Egg $\rightarrow $ Adult fly $\rightarrow $ Larva $\rightarrow $ Pupa

  3. Egg $\rightarrow $ Larva stage 1 $\rightarrow $ Larva stage 2 $\rightarrow $ Adult fly

  4. Egg $\rightarrow $ Larva $\rightarrow $ Pupa $\rightarrow $ Adult fly


Correct Option: D

The housefly also acts as a ___________.

  1. Nutritional source for humans

  2. Predators

  3. Scavengers

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

House Flies are generally, found feeding and breeding on trash and rotten food where they get attached to several pathogens which is further transmitted by these flies to a healthy host.  As houseflies and their larvae feed, on dead remains of plants and animals. So, they act as a scavenger.

What sanitation measures should be taken to eliminate housefly?

  1. Food should be covered properly.

  2. Garbage cans should have tight lids.

  3. Buildings should be screened.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: D

Which of the following measures can be taken to control housefly?

  1. Mouse traps

  2. Use of sunlight

  3. Use of insecticides

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C

Pressurised irrigation system has the advantage of.

  1. Washing away pests from the plants

  2. Conservation of water to maximum extent

  3. Conservation of fertilizer in the soil

  4. Production of hydroelectricity


Correct Option: A

The thorax of housefly contains ........... pairs of legs.

  1. One

  2. Two

  3. Three

  4. Zero


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Housefly belongs to the largest phylum known as arthropoda which is characterized by joint appendages. The thorax of housefly contains three pairs of legs. The legs have sharp claws and spines which help the fly to cling to objects.

So, the correct answer is option C.

Houseflies are important in breaking down of 

  1. Food

  2. Carbon bonds

  3. Decaying material

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Houseflies belong to a group of flies called filth flies because they get food from breaking down decaying material. Such type of nutrition is called a saprophyte. If there were no saprophytes, then there would be no top soil for plants to grow in. 

Adult housefly can also be known as

  1. Pupa

  2. Imago

  3. Puparium

  4. Maggot


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Housefly undergoes several phases during metamorphosis. The mature egg turns into a larva which grows to pupa which finally forms an imago. Imago is generally colourless. Its wings are colourless and immobile.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Head of housefly bears .......... compound eyes.

  1. One

  2. Two

  3. Three

  4. Four


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Compound eyes mainly provide the mosaic pattern of vision as they don't have the well-developed brain to analyze the formed image. The image is formed as repeating units known as ommatidia. The head of the housefly bears two compound eyes.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Why are houseflies not considered as biological vectors?

  1. They do not spread diseases

  2. They do not transmit disease directly

  3. They are parasites and not vectors

  4. They transmit the diseases directly


Correct Option: D

Housefly cannot take food unless it is in

  1. Digested state

  2. Liquid state

  3. Semisolid state

  4. Solid state


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Once a housefly sniffs something interesting and tastes it with its feet and palps, the time has come to gobble up the delicious morsel. If the meal in question happens to be liquid already, then the task is easy. Since the housefly's mouth parts are designed to sponge and ingest liquefied food, it's just a matter of turning on the suction. The food goes straight into the fly's stomach. Solid food is slightly more difficult. Houseflies can't bite or chew -- they simply don't have the proper equipment.

So, the correct answer is 'Liquid state'.

Housefly feeds on sugar by

  1. Crushing its crystals and then sucking the powder

  2. Crushing and eating

  3. Sucking

  4. Dissolving in saliva and sucking.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Adult houseflies never have chewing mouthparts. They use saliva to change solids to liquids. Sponge-like mouthparts pick up semi-liquid foods, such as feces and decaying matter.
  • Hence Housefly feeds on sugar by Dissolving in saliva and sucking because they do not have chewing mouthparts.
  • So, the correct answer is '.Dissolving in saliva and sucking'.

Mature larva of Housefly is

  1. Caterpillar

  2. Wriggler

  3. Grub

  4. Maggot.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • The female housefly usually mates only once and stores the sperm for later use. She lays batches of about 100 eggs on decaying organic matter such as food waste, carrion, or faeces. These soon hatch into legless white mature larvae, known as maggots.
  • This larval stage is further followed by pupa and adult stages.
  • Hence Mature larva of Housefly is Maggot.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Maggot'.

Pupa occurs in the life cycle of

  1. Cockroach

  2. Housefly

  3. Honey Bee

  4. Earthworm.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • The pupal stage occurs only in holometabolic insects i.e those that undergo a complete metamorphosis, going through four life stages; egg, larva, pupa, and imago(adult). For example, Housefly, Beetle, Butterfly, moths, wasps, etc.
  • During the time of pupation, that the adult structures of the insect are formed whilst the larval structures are broken down.
  • Hence Pupa occurs in the life cycle of Housefly.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Housefly',

Common House Fly (Musca nebulo) lays eggs on

  1. Cow/Horse dung

  2. Stagnant water

  3. Hanging ropes

  4. Open meats and sweets.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • The female housefly usually mates only once and stores the sperm for later use. She lays batches of about 100 eggs on decaying organic matter such as food waste, carrion, or feces.
  • House fly eggs are laid in almost any warm, moist material that will supply suitable food for the larvae. For example, Cow/Horse dung.
  • Hence Common House Fly (Musca nebulo) lays eggs on Cow/Horse dung.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Cow/Horse dung.

Immature stage of housefly is

  1. Caterpillar

  2. Nymph

  3. Grub

  4. Maggot.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Metamorphosis is defined as the series of changes that occur during the development of adult(mature stage) from the larva(immature stage). The order of metamorphosis in Housefly is Egg, larva or maggot, pupa, and adult.
  • The female housefly usually mates only once and stores the sperm for later use. She lays batches of about 100 eggs on decaying organic matter such as food waste, carrion, or faeces. They hatch after about 12 hours and the larvae, or maggots(immature stage), feed on the rotting organic material. A maggot passes through three larval stages and then forms a pupa or cocoon. The adult fly emerges from the cocoon. Houseflies typically develop from egg to adult(mature stage) within 10 days.
  • Hence Immature stage of a housefly is Maggot(larva).
  • So, the correct answer is 'Maggot'.

Maggot of Housefly is

  1. Pupa

  2. Larva

  3. Chrysalis

  4. Imago.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Metamorphosis is defined as the series of changes that occur during the development of adult from the larva. The order of metamorphosis in Housefly is Egg, larva or maggot, pupa, and adult.
  • The female housefly usually mates only once and stores the sperm for later use. She lays batches of about 100 eggs on decaying organic matter such as food waste, carrion, or faeces. These soon hatch into legless white mature larvae, known as maggots.
  • Hence Maggot of Housefly is larva.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Larva'.

The order of metamorphosis in Housefly is

  1. Egg, nymph, pupa and adult

  2. Egg, larva, nymph and adult

  3. Egg, larva, pupa and adult

  4. Egg, pupa, larva and adult.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Metamorphosis is defined as the series of changes that occur during the development of adult from the larva.
  • The order of metamorphosis in Housefly is Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Egg, larva, pupa, and adult'.

Houseflies act as a ___________ source for birds.

  1. Protein

  2. Carbon

  3. Mineral

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Houseflies are generally found feeding and breeding on trash and rotten food where they get attached to several pathogens which are further transmitted by these flies to a healthy host. Housefly pupae contain large amounts of protein and are thus especially beneficial to the various birds, reptiles, and insects that prey on them. 

So, the correct answer is option A.

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