NEET Previous Year Question
Which one of the following is categorized as a parasite in true sense ?
Topic: NEET PYQ
Answer: C. Full step-by-step solution below.
- AThe female Antopheles bites and sucks blood from humans.
- BHuman foetus developing inside the uterus draws nourishment from the mother.
- CHead louse living on the human scalp as well as laying eggs on human hair.
- DThe cuckoo (koel) lays its eggs in crow's nest.
Correct answer: C
Solution
(c) A true parasite lives on or inside a host organism for a significant part of its life cycle and depends on it for both shelter and nutrition. Female mosquitoes are not true parasites because they only visit the host briefly for a blood meal to produce eggs and do not live on the human bodyThe human fetus is not a parasite because it is the same species as the mother, and the cuckoo represents brood parasitism, which is a specialized behavioral relationship
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