Read the following statements with respect to antibiotics-
A: Antibiotics means ‘pro life’ with respect to the pathogen.
B: Antibiotics are used to treat deadly diseases like gal ghotu, colourblindness etc.

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Both the statements are correct

Statement A is correct but B is incorrect

Statement A is incorrect but B is correct

Both the statements are incorrect

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

Anti is a Greek word that means ‘against’, and bio means ‘life’, together they mean ‘against life’ (in the context of disease causing organisms); whereas with reference to human beings, they are ‘pro life’ and not against.

Antibiotics have greatly improved our capacity to treat deadly diseases such as plague, whooping cough (kali khansi), diphtheria (gal ghotu) and leprosy (kusht rog), which used to kill millions all over the globe.

Colour blindness is a genetic disorder and not caused by any pathogenic microbe. Therefore, there cannot be any antibiotic to treat this disease.

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