Question

The suspension of killed microbes that mimics the disease causing microorganisms is known as

• A. antibiotics
• B. vaccines
• C. vector
• D. pathogen

Answer 1

The correct option is B

vaccines

The correct option is (B):
Explanation for the correct option:

1. Vaccines are the suspension of killed microbes which provides immunity towards a specific disease.
2. Vaccine builds our immunity which helps to fight the microbial attack.
3. Vaccination is the administration of vaccines in the body against the infectious disease.

Explanation for the incorrect options:

Option (A):

1. Certain microbes produce a chemical which kills other disease causing organisms called antibiotics.
2. These medicines either kill or stop the growth of disease – causing microorganisms by weakening their cell wall.
3. Examples- Penicillin, tetracycline

Option (C):

1. Vectors are the blood sucking arthropods which act as the carrier for the disease causing bacteria or protozoan.
2. Arthropods which can act as vectors are Anopheles mosquito, Aedes mosquito.

Option (D):

1. Microbes which cause disease are called pathogens.
2. Germs enter the host body and infect the healthy person.
3. Different pathogens cause different diseases.
4. Pathogen which causes typhoid is different from the pathogen which causes cholera.

Final answer: The suspension of killed microbes that mimics the disease causing microorganisms is known as vaccines.