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