State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ 112

Which scientist/physician first introduced vaccination?

  1. Robert Koch
  2. Élie Metchnikoff
  3. Edward Jenner
  4. Joseph Lister
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
ಉತ್ತರ ತೋರಿಸು ಮತ್ತು ವಿವರಣೆ

ಉತ್ತರ: (C) Edward Jenner

ವಿವರಣೆ

Edward Jenner used cowpox to protect against smallpox, founding vaccination.

  • (A) ತಪ್ಪು

    Wrong: discovered TB and cholera bacteria.

  • (B) ತಪ್ಪು

    Wrong: discovered phagocytosis.

  • (C) ಸರಿ

    Correct: Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine (1796).

  • (D) ತಪ್ಪು

    Wrong: pioneered antiseptic surgery.

  • (E) ತಪ್ಪು

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.