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Consider the following statements:
1. Antibiotics are effective in treating viral infections such as influenza.
2. Penicillin was discovered by Louis Pasteur.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. Antibiotics are effective in treating viral infections such as influenza.
2. Penicillin was discovered by Louis Pasteur.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. Both 1 and 2
- D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (D) Neither 1 nor 2
Antibiotics act on bacterial structures and processes, such as cell-wall synthesis, which viruses do not have, so they do not cure viral infections; statement 1 is false. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, while Louis Pasteur is known for the germ theory, pasteurisation and the rabies vaccine; statement 2 is false. Neither statement is correct.
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