Common cold is not cured by antibiotics because it is:
- caused by a Gram-positive bacterium
- caused by a Gram-negative bacterium
- not an infectious disease
- caused by a virus
Answer
(4) caused by a virus
Solution
As per NCERT, common cold is caused by a group of viruses called rhinoviruses, which infect the nose and respiratory passage.
∵ Antibiotics act only on bacteria (they kill or retard the growth of bacteria) and have no effect on viruses,
∴ common cold is not cured by antibiotics.
Answer: (4)