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Question
CBSEENBI12002625

Which of the following is a pair of viral diseases?

  • Ringworm, AIDS

  • common cold, AIDS

  • Dysentery, common cold

  • Typhoid, tuberculosis

Solution

B.

common cold, AIDS

Common cold and AIDS are viral diseases, occur due to myxovirus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) respectively.
The causative agents of ringworm disease are fungi Trichophyton and Microsporum.
Typhoid and tuberculosis are bacterial diseases caused by salmonella typhi and mycobacterium tuberculosis respectively.