NTSE Sample Paper NTSE SAT Practice Test-12

  • question_answer
    Antibiotics do not act on viruses because

    A) Viruses produce compounds that inactivate the antibiotics

    B) Viruses have very few biochemical pathways of their own on which antibiotics can act      

    C) Viruses have an inert chemical structure that cannot be affected by the antibiotics

    D) There is some unknown reason for this

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b] Viruses have very few biochemical pathways of their own on which antibiotics can act as they are parasites and use the biochemical pathway of the host to carryout their function.                   


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