WBCS.LIVE practice question

Why antibiotics are not prescribed to kill viral infections?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Viruses take refuge in a cell organelle where antibiotics cannot reach.
  2. Viruses neither have cell walls nor their own metabolic machinery that can be targeted by antibiotics.
  3. Viruses mutate rapidly.
  4. None of the above

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Viruses neither have cell walls nor their own metabolic machinery that can be targeted by antibiotics.