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DPP UNIT VII & VIII GENETICS AND EVOLUTION UNIT VIII BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE NEET VOLUME 5>Chapter 6 - Microbes in Human Welfare>TOPICWISE QUESTIONS>Q 33
Antibiotics have greatly improved our capacity to treat the following deadly disease, except
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DPP UNIT VII & VIII GENETICS AND EVOLUTION UNIT VIII BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE NEET VOLUME 5>Chapter 6 - Microbes in Human Welfare>TOPICWISE QUESTIONS>Q 34

Read the following statements with respect to antibiotics, and state true (T) or false (F).

A. Antibiotic means “prolife” in the context of disease-causing organisms.

B. Waksman discovered streptomycin and coined the term antibiotics.

C. Therapeutic value of penicillin was established by Chain and Florey.

D. Most of the antibiotics are obtained from Actinomycetes.

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DPP UNIT VII & VIII GENETICS AND EVOLUTION UNIT VIII BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE NEET VOLUME 5>Chapter 6 - Microbes in Human Welfare>TOPICWISE QUESTIONS>Q 35
The chemicals that are pro life with reference to human beings
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DPP UNIT VII & VIII GENETICS AND EVOLUTION UNIT VIII BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE NEET VOLUME 5>Chapter 6 - Microbes in Human Welfare>TOPICWISE QUESTIONS>Q 36
All of the following are characteristics of a good antibiotic except:
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DPP UNIT VII & VIII GENETICS AND EVOLUTION UNIT VIII BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE NEET VOLUME 5>Chapter 6 - Microbes in Human Welfare>TOPICWISE QUESTIONS>Q 37
Butyric acid is produced by (A), and lactic acid is produced by (B). Microbes are also used in the commercial production of certain organic acids.
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DPP UNIT VII & VIII GENETICS AND EVOLUTION UNIT VIII BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE NEET VOLUME 5>Chapter 6 - Microbes in Human Welfare>TOPICWISE QUESTIONS>Q 38
Citric acid is obtained through the fermentation carried out by
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DPP UNIT VII & VIII GENETICS AND EVOLUTION UNIT VIII BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE NEET VOLUME 5>Chapter 6 - Microbes in Human Welfare>TOPICWISE QUESTIONS>Q 39
Select the incorrectly matched pair.
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DPP UNIT VII & VIII GENETICS AND EVOLUTION UNIT VIII BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE NEET VOLUME 5>Chapter 6 - Microbes in Human Welfare>TOPICWISE QUESTIONS>Q 40
Acetic acid is mainly produced by