Science Quiz: On antimicrobial resistance

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Starting with the basics, antimicrobial resistance develops when the body becomes resistant to antibiotics. Is this statement true or false?

Answer : False. Antimicrobial resistance is the phenomenon of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi) becoming resistant to drugs used to kill them, making them harder to treat. Antibiotic resistance is a subset of antimicrobial resistance.

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When you use an antibiotic, what kind of bacteria does it kill in your body? Good bacteria, bad bacteria or both?

Answer : Both. Antibiotics often do not differentiate between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ bacteria.

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Which of these infections cannot be cured by an antibiotic? Urinary tract infections, whooping cough, influenza, conjunctivitis

Answer : Influenza or the flu as it caused by a virus

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Vaccines can reduce the spread of AMR. True or False.

Answer : True. According to the World Health Organization, they prevent both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant infections, reduce the use and overuse of antimicrobials, and slow the emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens

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The latest Global antibiotic resistance surveillance report 2025 (GLASS) released by the World Health Organization notes that 1 in _____ bacterial infections in India is resistant to commonly-used antibiotics: 3, 6, or 10

Answer : One in three. India is disproportionately affected due to factors including high infectious disease burden, overuse and misuse of antibiotics, and gaps in surveillance and healthcare infrastructure

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The image above is of a common bacteria that is increasingly becoming resistant to major antibiotics. Identify it

Answer : E. coli or Escherichia coli

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