NEET Previous Year Question

Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid.

Topic: NEET PYQ

Answer: D. Full step-by-step solution below.

  1. APlasmodium vivax / UTI test
  2. BStreptococcus pneumoniae / Widal test
  3. CSalmonella typhi / Anthrone test
  4. DSalmonella typhi / Widal test

Correct answer: D

Solution

(d) Salmonella typhi is the causative agent. Confirmatory test is Widal test, which is based on antigen antibody reaction.

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