Question

Assertion : Balantitdium coli lives in intestine of human beings.

Reason : Balantidium is harmless to human beings.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A and R are false

Answer 1

Correct option (c) A is true but R is false

Explanation :

Balantidium coli ts a ciliate protozoan parasite of intestine of man, monkeys, pigs, etc. It may invade colon and can cause balantidial dysentery in these organisms.