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NDA 1 2025 GAT, question 112

Topic: Biology

Q112

Initial discovery of antibiotic penicillin was done by

  1. (a) Francis Crick
  2. (b) Maurice Wilkins
  3. (c) Charles Darwin
  4. (d) Alexander FlemingCorrect answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) Alexander Fleming

  1. Alexander Fleming made the initial discovery of penicillin in 1928 after observing that a mould inhibited nearby bacterial growth.
  2. The question asks about the initial discovery, not the later development of penicillin into a practical medicine.