NEET 2011 · Class 12

Human Health and Disease

Common cold is not cured by antibiotics because it is

  1. (A)caused by a virus
  2. (B)caused by a Gram-positive bacterium
  3. (C)caused by a Gram-negative bacterium
  4. (D)not an infectious disease

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Many viruses also cause diseases in human beings.

Chapter
Human Health and Disease
Section
7.1 COMMON DISEASES IN HUMANS
Page
4
Words matched
28 of 28

The answer appears as a continuous sentence in NCERT. This is that sentence.

How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'Many viruses also cause diseases in human beings. Rhino viruses represent one such group of viruses which cause one of the most infectious human ailments – the common cold,' which directly identifies the common cold as being caused by a virus, making option A correct.

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