Question

1. Assertion: In many species of mosquitoes, only the females feed on warm-blooded animals, including
humans.
Reason: Female mosquitoes are vectors of many diseases.

Answer 1

Both assertion and reason are true but reason  is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• Mosquitoes are one of the most common vectors from which diseases are transferred.
• The females need food because they need energy. They get this energy from warm-blooded animals.
• When mosquitoes feed on from one organism to another, they transfer diseases from one organism to another.
• Hence, both the assertion ad reason are correct.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.