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