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NDA 2019 GAT · General Knowledge · Nutrition, Diseases and Health · easy

Vaccination stimulates the body to produce antibodies against a pathogen. 2. Antibiotics are effective in curing the common cold.

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Consider the following statements:
1. Vaccination stimulates the body to produce antibodies against a pathogen.
2. Antibiotics are effective in curing the common cold.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1. A. 1 only
  2. B. 2 only
  3. C. Both 1 and 2
  4. D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (A) 1 only

Vaccines contain weakened or killed organisms or their parts, which prepare the immune system with memory cells and antibodies, so statement 1 is correct. The common cold is viral and antibiotics act only on bacteria, so statement 2 is wrong.
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