NEET 1997 · Class 12

Human Health and Disease

Diphtheria is caused by

  1. (A)nematodes
  2. (B)bacteria
  3. (C)virus
  4. (D)none of these.

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Dysentery, plague, diphtheria, etc., are some of the other bacterial diseases in man.

Chapter
Human Health and Disease
Section
7.1 COMMON DISEASES IN HUMANS
Page
4
Words matched
13 of 13

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'diphtheria' is among 'bacterial diseases in man', directly identifying the causative agent as bacteria.

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