Microbiology

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are not features of prokaryotes?

  1. Cell membrane
  2. Mitochondria
  3. Golgi complex
  4. Ribosome
  5. Cytoplasm
  6. Lysosomes
  1. Only 1, 2 and 4
  2. Only 2, 3 and 4
  3. Only 2, 3 and 6
  4. Only 3, 4, and 5
  5. Only 4, 5 and 6
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements are true about bacterial cell?

  1. The bacterial cell wall is composed of chitin.
  2. The cytoplasm of a bacterium is supported by microtubules.
  3. A gram-positive bacterium is stained purple by the gram stain.
  4. Bacterial flagella propel the cell by using a rotating motion.
  1. Only 1 and 2
  2. Only 1 and 3
  3. Only 2 and 3
  4. Only 2 and 4
  5. Only 3 and 4
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following protozoans have flagella as locomotary organ?

  1. Entamoeba histolytica
  2. G. lamblia
  3. T. cruzi
  4. L. donovani
  5. B. coli
  1. Only 1, 2 and 3
  2. Only 1, 3 and 5
  3. Only 2, 3 and 4
  4. Only 2, 4 and 5
  5. Only 3, 4 and 5
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following genera of Mollicutes exhibit pleomorphic morphology?
A. Mycoplasma
B. Ureaplasma
C. Acholeplasma
D. Anaeroplasma
E. Spiroplasma

  1. Only A and B
  2. Only A and C
  3. Only B and D
  4. Only C and E
  5. Only D and E
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following groups of bacteria are called gliding bacteria?

  1. Mycobacteria and Myxobacteria
  2. Mycobacteria and Cytophagales
  3. Myxobacteria and Cytophagales
  4. Cytophagales and Rickettsiae
  5. Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sets contain only fruiting myxobacteria?

  1. Melittangium, Polyangium, Cystobacter
  2. Flexibacter, Sporocytophaga, Cytophyga
  3. Melittangium, Sporocytophaga, Flexibacter
  4. Cystobacter, Polyangium, Cytophyga
  5. Flexibacter, Sporocytophaga, Cystobacter
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements are incorrect about prokaryotic cell?

  1. Prokaryotic cells are smaller in size than eukaryotic cells.
  2. Site for oxidative phosphorylation is mitochondria.
  3. Ribosomal subunits are 60S and 40S.
  4. Golgi body is absent.
  1. Only 1 and 2
  2. Only 1, 2 and 3
  3. Only 2 and 3
  4. Only 2, 3 and 4
  5. Only 3 and 4
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following genera of mollicutes exhibits respiratory metabolism?

  1. Acholeplasma
  2. Anaeroplasma
  3. Spiroplasma
  4. Mycoplasma
  5. Ureaplasma
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sets of protozoans contain only endoparasites?

  1. Paramecium, Trypanosoma, Balantidium
  2. Paramecium, Proterospongia, Balantidium
  3. Giardia, Trypanosoma, Balantidium
  4. Proterospongia, Trypanosoma, Giardia
  5. Paramecium, Proterospongia, Giardia
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Life cycle of which of the following pathogenic protozoans is/are digenetic?

  1. E. histolytica
  2. P. vivax
  3. T. cruzi
  1. Only 1
  2. Only 1 and 2
  3. Only 1 and 3
  4. Only 2 and 3
  5. All of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements are incorrect regarding Plasmodium vivax?

  1. Duration of exoerythrocytic cyle is 14-15 days.
  2. Duration of erythrocytic cyle is 48 hours.
  3. Incubation period is 20-24 days.
  4. Duration of sexual cycle is 10 days.
  1. Only 1 and 2
  2. Only 1 and 3
  3. Only 1 and 4
  4. Only 2 and 3
  5. Only 2 and 4
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the columns:</strong

Column – I
        </strong>|<strong>Column &#x2013; II</strong>|

|A. E. coli|1. Amphitrichous|
|B. H. pylori|2. Lophotrichous|
|C. R. rubrum|3. Monotrichous|
|D. V. cholerae|4. Peritrichous|

  1. A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1
  2. A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3
  3. A - 4, B - 2, C - 1, D - 3
  4. A - 3, B - 2, C - 4, D - 1
  5. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the column – I (Organism) with column – II (Class)

Column – I
        </strong>|<strong>Column &#x2013; II</strong>|

|A. Amoeba|1. Sporozoa|
|B. Astasia|2. Mastigophora|
|C. Vorticella|3. Sarcodina|
|D. Leishmania|4. Ciliophora|

  1. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4
  2. A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3
  3. A - 4, B - 1, C - 3, D - 2
  4. A - 3, B - 2, C - 4, D - 1
  5. A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements about prokaryotic extracellular appendages are correct?

  1. Bacterial glycocalyx is located inside the cell wall.
  2. Bacterial capsule is a well organized bacterial glycocalyx.
  3. F pili involve in transfer DNA one bacterium to another.
  4. Fimbriae help bacteria to attach to the other structures.
  1. Only 1 and 2
  2. Only 1 and 3
  3. Only 2 and 3
  4. Only 2 and 4
  5. Only 2, 3 and 4
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the column – I (Protozoan) with column – II (pseudopodia)

Column – I
        </strong>|<strong>Column &#x2013; II</strong>|

|A. Amoeba|1. Lobopods|
|B. Radiolaria|2. Filopods|
|C. Polystomella|3. Reticulopods |
|D. Actinophyrus|4. Axopods|

  1. A - 1, B - 3, C - 2, D - 4
  2. A - 3, B - 2, C - 4, D - 1
  3. A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1
  4. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4
  5. A - 2, B - 3, C - 1, D - 4