Given below are two statements: Statement I: When an infected female Anopheles mosquito bites, it releases gametocytes of Plasmodium into the healthy person. Statement II: The female Anopheles mosquito takes up sporozoites of Plasmodium with blood meal from an infected person, suffering from malaria.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Which fish selectively feed on larvae of mosquitoes?

In higher vertebrates, the immune system can distinguish between self-cells and non-self. If this property is lost due to genetic abnormality and it attacks self–cells, then it leads to:

During injury, mast cells secrete:

During viral infection, the protein formed in host cells to resist is:

Cirrhosis of the liver is caused by the chronic intake of:

Which one of the following acts as a physiological barrier to the entry of microorganisms in a human body?

To which type of barriers under innate immunity, do the saliva in the mouth and the tears from the eyes, belong?

Short-lived immunity acquired from mother to foetus across the placenta or through mother's milk to the infant is categorised as: