Write 'True' and 'False' against each of the following statements :

1. Malaria is an infectious disease.
2. Rickets is caused due to the deficiency of vitamin A.
3. Viruses carry germs from garbage and sewage.
4. Filarial germs are transmitted by the bite of female Culex mosquito.
5. Nightblindness is the disease in which people are not able to see at night even if light is available.

1. True
   Reason — Malaria is a disease caused by a protozoan transmitted by mosquito bites, making it an infectious disease.

2. False
   Reason — Rickets is caused due to the deficiency of vitamin D.

3. False
   Reason — Houseflies, not viruses carry germs from garbage and sewage. Viruses infect cells and replicate within them.

4. True
   Reason — Filarial germs are transmitted by the bite of female Culex mosquito.

5. True
   Reason — Nightblindness is the Vitamin A deficiency disease in which people are not able to see at night even if light is available.