Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
- 1. In which year did Sir Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
A) 1928
B) 1943
C) 1956
D) 1901
- 2. Who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir Alexander Fleming for the discovery of penicillin?
A) Gregor Mendel and Thomas Hunt Morgan
B) Ernst Boris Chain and Howard Florey
C) Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins
D) Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch
- 3. What is the primary mechanism of action of penicillin against bacteria?
A) Disruption of cell membrane integrity
B) Inhibition of cell wall synthesis
C) Inhibition of DNA replication
D) Inhibition of protein synthesis
- 4. Which World War significantly increased the demand for penicillin as an antibiotic?
A) Vietnam War
B) Korean War
C) World War I
D) World War II
- 5. Penicillin was the first commercially available ______?
A) Antifungal
B) Antibiotic
C) Antiviral
D) Antiparasitic
- 6. The discovery of penicillin laid the foundation for the development of what field of medicine?
A) Radiology
B) Homeopathy
C) Antibiotics
D) Surgery
- 7. What was the name of the patient who was successfully treated with penicillin by Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain in 1941?
A) David Davis
B) Sarah Smith
C) Emily Evans
D) Albert Alexander
- 8. What effect did the discovery of penicillin have on the mortality rate of bacterial infections?
A) Eliminated it completely
B) Had no effect
C) Significantly reduced it
D) Increased it
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