Multiple choice

Match the column – I (antibiotics) with column – II (mechanism of action) and select the correct option.

 
Column – I Column – II
A. Bacitracin 1. DNA Synthesis Inhibitors
B. Tetracyclines 2. Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
C. Metronidazole 3. Folic Acid synthesis inhibitors
D. Sulfonamides 4. Inhibits cell wall synthesis

  1. A - 3, B - 4, C - 2, D - 1

  2. A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 1

  3. A - 4, B - 2, C - 1, D - 3

  4. A - 3, B - 2, C - 4, D - 1

  5. A - 3, B - 1, C - 4, D - 2
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D Correct answer
Explanation

 Belladonna contains the chemical substance atropine which indeed affects the pupils in the manner described. Paclitaxel is a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy. It was discovered in a US National Cancer Institute program at the Research Triangle Institute in 1967 when Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, Taxus brevifolia and named it taxol.

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