Antibiotics and their uses - class-XI
Description: antibiotics and their uses | |
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Penicillin was first discovered by
Pencillin is given to a patient in order to
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, while working with
Penicillin was discovered by
Who coined the term antibiotics?
The fungus contaminant of Staphylococcus culture of Fleming was
The cultures of Alexander Fleming consisted of
Penicillin will be unaffective against ___________________.
Fleming discovered Penicillin from
In 1928, a scientist discovered the first effective antibiotic. Scientist and antibiotics are
Ernest Chain and Howard Florey's contribution was.
The culture and fungal invader in discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming are
Choose the correct combination.
a | Walter Sutton | $1$ | Discovered penicillin |
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b | Thomas Hunt Morgan | $2$ | Discovered chromosomal basis of heredity |
c | James Watson | $3$ | Described the phenomenon of linkage and crossing over |
d | Alexander Fleming | $4$ | Discovered double helical structure of DNA |
Which of the following statement is incorrect about antibiotics?
Match the following and find the correct option.
I | II | ||
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(a) | Cristian Haneen | (i) | Vaccination |
(b) | Waksman | (ii) | Penicillin |
(c) | Edward Jenner | (iii) | Purification of enzyme zennet |
(d) | Alaxander Fleming | (iv) | streptomycin |
The term antibiotic was coined by
Which of the following statement is correct?
Which of the following statements regarding antibiotics is not correct?
i) Antibiotic is the attenuated microorganisms which in small concentrations, can kill or retard the growth of other harmful microorganisms.
ii) Penicillin was the first antibiotic to be discovered by Alexander Fleming (1928) while working on bacterium Staphylococcus aureus.
iii) The full potential of penicillin as an effective antibiotic was established by Ernest Chain and Howard Florey.
iv) Fleming, Chain, and Florey were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1945.
Penicillin kills bacteria by ________________.
Name an antibiotic manufactured from fungi.
Match column-I with Column-II and select the option having correct matching.
Column-I | Column-II |
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A. Streptokinase | i. Penicillium notatum |
B. Statins | ii. Monascus purpureus |
C. Cyclosporin-A | iii. Streptococcus |
D. Penicillin | iv. Trichoderma |
An antibiotic such as penicillin
The wonder drug penicillin was discovered by