Microbes In Human Welfare Question 61

Question: A scientist associated with ‘antibiotic’ is [NCERT 1984]

Options:

A) Brown

B) Flemming

C) Leeuwenhock

D) Koch

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Sir Alexander Flemming (1881-1955) of Britain discovered the first antibiotic `penicillin’ in 1929.

He was awarded Nobel prize for the same in 1945.