Previous year MCQs

General science UPPSC 2007 GS-I
Question

Keeping pigs away from the human habitat is helpful in eradication of:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Japanese encephalitis

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Japanese encephalitis”.
Keeping pigs away from human habitats can be helpful in the eradication of Japanese encephalitis. Japanese encephalitis is a mosquito-borne viral infection, and pigs are amplifying hosts for the virus.

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