MHT CET Medical202622 April 2026Evening ShiftBiologyHuman Health and DiseasesActual
Given below are two statements about vaccines. Statement (I): Vaccines provide natural acquired active immunity. Statement (II): The latest hot spot in the field of vaccine research is the development of oral vaccines. In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Options
- ABoth Statement (I) and Statement (II) are correct.
- BBoth Statement (I) and Statement (II) are incorrect.
- CStatement (I) is correct but Statement (II) is incorrect.
- DStatement (I) is incorrect but Statement (II) is correct.
Correct answer
B. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are incorrect.
Step-by-step solution
Statement (I) is incorrect because vaccines provide artificially acquired active immunity, not naturally acquired active immunity. Naturally acquired active immunity is developed when an individual is naturally exposed to a live pathogen and develops a primary immune response. Statement (II) is incorrect because the latest hot spot in the field of vaccine research is the development of edible vaccines (and DNA/mRNA vaccines), not oral vaccines in general. Oral vaccines, such as the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), have al