Question

Assertion (A): Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections

Reason (R): Antibiotics are chemicals released by microbes that can kill or retard the growth of other microbes.

• A. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion
• B. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason does not correctly explain the assertion
• C. Only assertion is true
• D. Both assertion and reason are false

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both assertion and reason are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion

Antibiotics are chemical compounds produced by microbes that can kill or inhibit the growth of other disease-causing microbes such as bacterial cells.

Hence, they are widely used in the medical field for the treatment of bacterial infections, without harming the infected host.

Thus, both assertion and reason are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion.