Question

Given below are four situations that are conducive to mosquito breeding.
Identify with any one situation that you are familiar with and answer the
questions that follow.
A — building construction site
B — Children playing near an open drain /nallah
C — Tea stall with used paper cups and plates strewn around allowing water
accumulation
D — House with leaking roof and water puddles around

Answer 1

A. There occurs much pollution in the construction site which may lead to the breeding sites of the mosquitoes.

B. Open drains are the major sites for the breeding of mosquitoes. Children playing near those drains are most likely to get malaria disease if any infected mosquito bites them.

C. Large numbers of cups as well as plates are thrown from the tea stalls. Sometimes dirty water gets accumulated in those cups and plates which acts as the sites for breeding of mosquitoes.

D. Houses with leaking roof are also a way in which the infected mosquitoes may multiply there.