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Microbiology Biology Life Sciences Biotechnology Bacteria Virus Fungi GATE CSIR NET Microbiology

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are foodborne diseases?

  1. Botulism
  2. Influenza
  3. Listeriosis
  4. Tuberculosis
  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 3
  3. 1 and 4
  4. 2 and 3
  5. 2 and 4
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements are false?

  1. Peptidoglycan is found in the bacterial cell wall.
  2. Cyanobacteria have a gram-positive cell wall.
  3. The cell wall of gram-positive bacteria is thinner than that of gram-negative bacteria.
  4. Peptidoglycan is also known as murein.
  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 4
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 2 and 4
  5. 3 and 4
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases are caused by prions?

  1. Kuru disease
  2. Mad cow disease
  3. African sleeping sickness
  4. Syphilis
  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 4
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 2 and 4
  5. 3 and 4
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are examples of culture media for fungi?

  1. Mannitol salt agar
  2. Czapek dox agar
  3. Sabouraud agar
  4. Potato dextrose agar
  5. Eosin methylene blue agar
  1. 1, 2 and 3
  2. 1, 3 and 5
  3. 2, 3 and 4
  4. 2, 4 and 5
  5. 3, 4 and 5
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a culture medium for Neisseria?

  1. Eaton's agar
  2. Thayer-Martin agar
  3. Bismuth sulphite agar
  4. Bordet-Gengou agar
  5. Löwenstein-Jensen medium
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of non-selective media?

  1. Chocolate agar
  2. Hektoen enteric agar
  3. Hoyle's agar
  4. Xylose lysine deoxycholate agar
  5. MacConkey agar
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are examples of selective media?

  1. VRBD agar
  2. MSA agar
  3. BCYE agar
  4. PCA agar
  5. Nutrient agar
  1. 1, 2 and 3
  2. 1, 3 and 5
  3. 2, 3 and 4
  4. 2, 4 and 5
  5. 3, 4 and 5
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are double-stranded RNA containing viruses?

  1. Adenovirus
  2. Rhabdovirus
  3. Reovirus
  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Only 3
  4. Both 1 and 2
  5. Both 2 and 3
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a family of double-stranded DNA viruses that infect bacteria and archea?

  1. Ascoviridae
  2. Tectiviridae
  3. Poxviridae
  4. Bidnaviridae
  5. Phycodnaviridae
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_______ is not a RNA virus.

  1. Rotavirus
  2. Cypovirus
  3. Parvovirus
  4. Rhinovirus
  5. Picornavirus
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases is caused by positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus?

  1. Hepatitis C
  2. Chikungunya
  3. Measles
  4. Polio
  1. Only 1, 2 and 3
  2. Only 1, 2 and 4
  3. Only 1, 3 and 4
  4. Only 2, 3 and 4
  5. All of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
Column I 
        </strong>|<strong>Column II</strong>|

|P. Staphylococcus aureus|1. Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria|
|Q. Listeria monocytogenes|2. Gram-negative spiral bacteria|
|R. Bordetella pertussis|3. Gram-positive coccus-shaped bacteria|
|S. Treponema pallidum|4. Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria|

  1. P - 1, Q - 2, R - 3, S - 4
  2. P - 2, Q - 1, R - 4, S - 3
  3. P - 2, Q - 3, R - 4, S - 1
  4. P - 3, Q - 4, R - 1, S - 2
  5. P - 4, Q - 3, R - 2, S - 1
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a fungus used as biological insecticide?

  1. Beauveria bassiana
  2. Bacillus thuringiensis
  3. Penicillium camemberti
  4. Monascus purpureus
  5. Acremonium chrysogenum
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
Column I 
        </strong>|<strong>Column II </strong>|

|P. Transcription|1. Genetic information transfer from DNA to RNA|
|Q. Transduction|2. DNA transfer from one bacterium to another through phages|
|R. Translation|3. Decoding of genetic code carried by mRNA to produce proteins|

  1. P - 1, Q - 2, R - 3
  2. P - 1, Q - 3, R - 2
  3. P - 2, Q - 1, R - 3
  4. P - 3, Q - 1, R - 2
  5. P - 3, Q - 2, R - 1
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases are caused by bacteria?

  1. Scarlet fever
  2. Yellow fever
  3. Typhoid fever
  4. Valley fever
  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 3
  3. 1 and 4
  4. 2 and 3
  5. 2 and 4
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