Question

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Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
Sir Alexander Fleming invented the penicillin. Penicillin is one of the most
useful drugs invented by man. With its help, we can heal wounds caused by bacteria
which cannot otherwise be healed. To begin with, very few people knew of this
wonderful discovery and its uses. First, scientists and them ministers of governments
were interested in it. Since penicillin could save the wounded soldiers, it could be
helpful in a war.
And so they all decided to encourage the process of its manufacturing. Big
factories were set up for preparing it. Lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers were
saved with its help.
Penicillin, when introduced into the stream of the human blood, acts as an aid
to the parts which are always fighting the deadly germs. It has not only power over
every kind of bacteria, but it destroy certain kinds of bacteria in the majority of cases
QUESTIONS
1. Who was the inventor of Penicillin?
2. What are the main uses of penicillin?
3. How does penicillin act in the human body?
4. Can Penicillin destroy all kinds of germs?
5. in what way could penicillin be helpful in war?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Sir Alexander Fleming invented the penicillin.

2. Penicillin is an antibiotic used to treat and prevent a wide variety of bacterial infections. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. It was , therefore, used to heal wounded soldiers.

3.Penicillin, when introduced into the stream of the human blood, acts as an aid

to the parts which are always fighting the deadly germs.

4.Only bacterial infection can be cured by Penicillin.

5.It could be used to save the wounded soldiers, and so be useful in a war.