Given below are two statements: In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
- Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
Answer
(3) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
Solution
Antibiotics are chemical substances produced by some microbes that can kill or retard the growth of other (disease-causing) microbes, e.g. penicillin. Statement I is correct.
Antibodies are proteins (immunoglobulins) produced by B-lymphocytes in our body in response to pathogens; they help to eliminate the microbes. Statement II is correct.
Answer: (3)