Staff Selection Commission General Awareness — Question 879
Question
Waksman got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of
- Streptomycin
- Chloromycetin
- Neomycin
- Penicillin
Correct answer
A — Streptomycin
Explanation (English)
Asked in SSC CGL 2015. Correct answer: Streptomycin.
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