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Dr Alexander Fleming discovered the first anibiotic called _________ in the year 1929.

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streptomycin
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tetracycline
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penicillin
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vaccine
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Solution

The correct option is C penicillin
Dr. Alexander Fleming was awarded the Nobel Prize in the year 1945 for the discovery of an antibiotic named penicillin. This antibiotic was obtained from a fungus called Penicillium in the year 1929.

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