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| English 12th Chapter 13 - Sir Alexander Fleming Questions Bank |
English 2nd Year Chapter 13 - Sir Alexander Fleming Solved MCQs, Important Short Questions and Long Questions Bank
MCQs
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1. A mould spore dropped on the plate. Here the word mould means
2. And regretfully Fleming turned to other things. Here the word regretfully means
3. At twenty, Fleming received a share in legacy. Here the word legacy means
4. Experiments gave way to the next. Here the word gave way means
5. Flaming protest that such gratitude was not given to him. Here the word gratitude means
6. Flaming provoked other scientists to seek new antibiotics. Here the word seek means
7. Flaming was suffering from catarrh. Here the word catarrh means
8. Flaming modesty called his discovery of lysozyme an accident. Here the word modesty means
9. Flaming provoked others to seek new antibiotics. Here the word provoked means
10. Fleming always insisted that he discovered penicillin by chance. Here the word insisted means
11. Fleming got a share in the legacy. Here the word legacy means
12. Fleming made the discovery by what he modestly called an accident. Here the word modestly means
13. Fleming plated the mould on meat broth. Here the word broth means
14. Fleming protested that such gratitude was not due to him. Here the word gratitude means
15. Fleming protested that such gratitude was not due to him. Here the word gratitude means
16. Fleming protested that such gratitude was not due to him. Here the word gratitude means
17. Fleming provoked other scientists to seek new antibiotics. Here the word provoked means
18. Fleming was not happy in the limelight. Here the word limelight means
19. Fleming was not happy with the limelight. Here the word limelight means
20. For eight years he sought to find means to aid leukocytes. Here the word sought means
21. France and Germany plunged into war. Here the word plunged means
22. He discovered the body is natural armour against disease. Here the word against means
23. He discovered the body’s natural armor against disease. Here the word armor means
24. He protested vigorously against the idea that pencil was a man made the invention. Here the word vigorously means
25. He tried to concentrate the drug but failed. Here the word concentrate means
26. In peacetime, an aseptic method was adequate. Here the word adequate means
27. In peacetime, the antiseptic method was adequate. Here the word adequate means
28. In practice, there was one obstacle. Here the word obstacle means
29. In the war, explosives were used extensively. Here the word extensively means
30. Infection was a tremendous problem in the past. Here the word tremendous means
31. Inflammation of wounds caused amputation necessary. Here the word amputation means
32. Injecting carbolic acid was abandoned soon. Here the word abandoned means
33. Instead of chemicals heat was used to sterilize instruments. Here the word sterilize means
34. It breeds on damp bread, cheese and preserves. Here the word breeds means
35. It breeds on damp bread cheese and preserves. Here the word damp means
36. It is very much to his credit. Here the word credit means
37. It may have come from the larder of a forgetful housewife. Here the word larder means
38. It stimulated other scientists to study the habits of germs. Here the word stimulated means
39. It was a flame of indignation. Here the word indignation means
40. It was not just modesty that made him say this .Here the word modesty means
41. It was the strongest weapon to get forged in the fight of disease. Here the word forged means
42. It would be no exaggeration to say that. Here the word exaggeration means
43. It breeds on damp bread, cheese and preserves. Here the word breeds means
44. Lister’s aim was the prevention of disease. Here the word prevention means
45. Lister’s aim was the prevention of disease. Here the word prevention means
46. Lister's aim was the prevention of disease. Here the word prevention means
47. Lysozyme was the forerunner of penicillin. Here the word forerunner means
48. Lysozyme was the forerunner of penicillin. Here the word forerunner means
49. M. Roux recorded an episode. Here the word episode means
50. Malaria was rampant in England. Here the word rampant means
51. Malaria was rampant in England. Here the word rampant means
52. Microbes began to disappear. Here the word Microbes means
53. One of Alexander fleming brothers was qualified oculist. Here the word oculist means
54. Penicillin had no toxic effect on leukocytes. Here the word toxic means
55. Penicillin was hailed as a wonder drug. Here the word hailed means
56. Presumably, the fungus was blown through the window. Here the word Presumably means
57. The discovery of penicillin stimulated new research to find something better. Here the word stimulated means
58. The explosive were used extensively. Here the word extensively means
59. The fame of his success stirred up other scientists. Here the word stirred means
60. The germs could be destroyed by antiseptics. Here the word antiseptics means
61. The substance does not alter. Here the word alter means
62. Their culture plates were never contaminated. Here the word contaminated means
63. There was fierce competition in the school. Here the word fierce means
64. There was no solution- and the problem was tremendous. Here the word tremendous means
65. They rush to join battle with the invader. Here the word invader means
66. Today the sight of this parchment is odious to me. Here the word odious means
67. Virulent germs spread diseases. Here the word Virulent means
Short Questions
1. Carbolic acid could kill germs inside human body. Why was it not injected into humans then?
2. Describe how Fleming discovered penicillin?
3. Did Lysozyme prove useful in the treatment of wound infection?
4. Fleming discovered penicillin by chance. Comment.
5. Fleming’s achievement paved the way for other discoveries in the medical field. What are they?
6. For how much time did Fleming work in Wright’s laboratory and what was his field of search there?
7. Give an account of the early life of Fleming?
8. How can germs be destroyed?
9. How did a man in Italy express his thanks for Fleming?
10. How did Fleming become famous ?
11. How did Fleming discover lysozyme?
12. How did Fleming discover penicillin?
13. How did Fleming fight against infected wounds before discovering penicillin?
14. How did Fleming start his early career?
15. How did Fleming start his work in fighting Infected wounds?
16. How did Fleming’s family become a medical family?
17. How did Lister kill germs?
18. How did Lister sterilize his surgical Instruments.
19. How did Pasteur and Lister revolutionize the theory and practice of medicine?
20. How did the Flemings come to be known as a medical family?
21. How did the Oxford team make penicillin more effective?
22. How did the surgeons infect their patients in the past?
23. How did the world come to know about the discovery of penicillin?
24. How was Fleming acknowledged and honoured for his discovery of penicillin?
25. In what respect is penicillin better than the chemical antiseptics?
26. Was Fleming proud of his discovery?
27. What are antiseptic method?
28. What are antiseptics and what is the antiseptic method?
29. What did Fleming do to produce the anti-bacterial substance free of the mould?
30. What did Fleming say about the laboratories in Detroit?
31. What did Lister do to prove his patients from being infected with germs?
32. What did Pasteur discover about disease?
33. What did the discovery of lysozyme bring Fleming?
34. What did Wright and Fleming discover about the chemical antiseptics, and what did they insist?
35. What do you know of the Oxford team?
36. What helped Fleming to train for a career, and wbo pushed him into medicine?
37. What is aseptic method?
38. What is Lysozyme and how Fleming discovered it?
39. What is the difference between a septic and antiseptic method ?
40. What is the role of leucocytes?
41. What part is played by the white cells in the blood of a human body?
42. What was disease according to Metchnikoff?
43. What was it that Fleming Came face to face with when be joined RAM.C. In 1914?
44. What was the benefit of the discovery of lysozyme to Fleming?
45. What was the chief defect of antiseptic method?
46. What was the greatest benefit of penicillin according to Fleming?
47. What was the major problem during the warfare?
48. What were the early attempts of medical officers in treating wounds?
49. What were the surgeons ignorant of in the past?
50. When and by what was Lister's antiseptic method of surgery replaced?
51. When and how did Fleming discover the first natural antiseptic, and what did be call it?
52. When and where was Alexander Fleming born?
53. When did Fleming get a share from legacy?
54. When was Fleming knighted and awarded Nobel prize?
55. Who was Louis Pasteur and what did he discover?
56. Who was Metchnikoff and what did he discover?
57. Why and when was Fleming Knighted?
58. Why couldn’t penicillin have been discovered in the research laboratories of America?
59. Why did Fleming choose St. Mary's to study for a profession?
60. Why did Fleming fall to concentrate penicillin in its crude form?
61. Why did Fleming take a job as a clerk?
62. Why did Sir Almroth Wright write a letter to The Times?
63. Why was Fleming's family called doctor's family?
64. Why was Lysozyme different from other chemicals?
65. Why was the aseptic method not successful especially in 1914?
66. Why was the surgeon's problem the same as that of a physician treating disease before penicillin was discovered?
67. Why we aseptic method not successful especially in 1914?
68. Why were the Americans amazed when they visited Fleming's laboratory?
69. Write a note on penicillin as a wonder drug?