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  • Waksman got the noble prize for the discovery of


  • Options
  • A. Streptomycin
  • B. Chloromycetin
  • C. Pencillin
  • D. Neomycin

  • Correct Answer
  • Streptomycin 

    Explanation

    In 1952, Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition "for his discovery of streptomycin," the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis.

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    • 1. About who was it said " Age cannot wither her nor custom stale her infinite variety " ?

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    • A. Cleopatra
    • B. Benazir Butto
    • C. Mother Teresa
    • D. Madame Tussaud
    • Discuss
    • 2. Who is the first British footballer to play 100 champions League matches and the highest paid player in the world ?
    • Discuss
    • 3. Who is the Italian avant-grade-motion-picture director and screen-writer whose films are known for their haunting images of human isolation?
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    • 4. Jamini Roy is a famous

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    • A. Dancer
    • B. Magician
    • C. Cartoonist
    • D. Painter
    • Discuss
    • 5. Shovna Narayan is a reputed personality in which of the following fields

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    • A. Social Service
    • B. Trade Unionism
    • C. Journalism
    • D. Politics
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which leader helped to found the NAACP?

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    • A. Mary White Ovington
    • B. Du Bois
    • C. Moorfield Storey
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. The delegate who created the compromise for the constitution was

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    • A. Alexander Hamilton
    • B. William Paterson
    • C. James Madison
    • D. Roger Sherman
    • Discuss
    • 8. Natwar Thakkar was popularly known as

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    • A. Manipur's Gandhi
    • B. Modern day Gandhi
    • C. Nagaland's Gandhi
    • D. Nagaland's Iron man
    • Discuss
    • 9. Who is known as Modern Bhoja?

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    • A. Krishnadeva Raya
    • B. Shivaji
    • C. Asoka
    • D. Alauddin Khilji
    • Discuss
    • 10. Who said that lines of 'the ballot is stronger than bullet'?

    • Options
    • A. Mahatma Gandhi
    • B. Adolf Hitler
    • C. Abraham Lincolon
    • D. Nelson Mandela
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