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Comprehensive biotechnology quiz covering microbiology, biochemistry, virology, and bioinformatics topics including microbial diversity, enzymes, hormones, genetic disorders, and disease transmission.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases is caused by ciliated protozoan?

  1. Giardiasis
  2. Balantidiasis
  3. Diphtheria
  4. Fasciolosis
  5. Hepatitis A
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following "virus and its genetic material" combinations is incorrect?

  1. Herpes virus : dsDNA
  2. Adenovirus : dsDNA
  3. Tobacco mosaic virus : dsRNA
  4. Rhabdovirus : ssRNA
  5. Retrovirus : ssRNA
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an automatic server for predicting transmembrane helices and topology of proteins?

  1. HMMTOP
  2. I-TASSER
  3. RaptorX
  4. HHsearch
  5. Abalone
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following hormones is derived from tryptophan?

  1. Cortisol
  2. Epinephrine
  3. Oxytocin
  4. Testosterone
  5. Serotonin
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following hormones are secreted by pars digitalis region of pituitary gland?

  1. MSH
  2. TSH
  3. ACTH
  4. Vasopressin
  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 4
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 2 and 4
  5. 3 and 4
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an iron-containing enzyme?

  1. Phosphoglucomutase
  2. Dopamine hydroxylase
  3. Catechol dioxygenase
  4. Tyrosinase
  5. Inorganic pyrophosphatase
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following enzymes acts on a sulphur group of donors?

  1. Superoxide dismutase
  2. Glutathione reductase
  3. Catalase
  4. Nitrate reductase
  5. Cytochrome c oxidase
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Quinine is a very commonly used anti-malarial drug. It is obtained from

  1. Cinchona ledgeriana
  2. Rauwolfia serpentina
  3. Camellia sinensis
  4. Atropa belladonna
  5. Digitalis purpurea
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following enzymes act on the CH-OH group of donors?

  1. NADH dehydrogenase
  2. Pyruvate dehydrogenase
  3. Malate dehydrogenase
  4. Glycerol dehydrogenase
  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 4
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 2 and 4
  5. 3 and 4
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a pair of bacterial diseases?

  1. Malaria and pneumonia
  2. Ateliosis and meningitis
  3. Clonorchiasis and tetanus
  4. Meningitis and tetanus
  5. Pneumonia and clonorchiasis
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are X-linked hereditary disorders?

  1. Colour blindness
  2. Total colour blindness
  3. Haemophilia
  4. Hypertrichosis
  1. 1 and 2
  2. 1 and 3
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 2 and 4
  5. 3 and 4
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following microbes is an example of psychrotrophs?

  1. Escherichia coli
  2. Geobacillus stearothermophilus
  3. Bacillus psychrophilus
  4. Pseudomonas fluorescens
  5. Thermus aquaticus
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs represents hydrolases only?

  1. Acetate kinase and alanine deaminase
  2. Glucose-phosphate isomerase and alanine racemase
  3. Oxalate decarboxylase and isocitrate lyase
  4. Lipase and sucrase
  5. Cytochrome oxidase and lactate dehydrogenase
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following microbes is an example of microaerophiles?

  1. Streptococcus pyogenes
  2. Treponema pallidum
  3. Micrococcus luteus
  4. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  5. All of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a set of nutritionally essential amino acids only?

  1. Alanine, Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan
  2. Glycine, Alalanine, Serine, Tyrosine
  3. Histidine, Tryptophan, Glycine, Alalanine
  4. Tyrosine, Histidine, Alalanine, Methionine
  5. Histidine, Tryptophan, Methionine, Phenylalanine
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sets represents fruticose lichens only?

  1. Usnea, Cladonia, Alectoria
  2. Lecanora, Haematomma, Cladonia
  3. Parmelia, Collema, Peltigera
  4. Alectoria, Lecanora, Parmelia
  5. Cladonia, Collema, Usnea
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases is transmitted by sand fly?

  1. Chaga’s disease
  2. Diorrhea
  3. Kala azar
  4. African sleeping sickness
  5. Malaria
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sets of microbes represents acidophiles only?

  1. Sulfolobus, Picrophilus, Ferroplasma, Acontium
  2. Escherichia, Euglena, Paramecium, Natronobacterium
  3. Euglena, Picrophilus, Ferroplasma, Acontium
  4. Paramecium, Natronobacterium, Picrophilus, Ferroplasma
  5. Natronobacterium, Paramecium, Euglena, Paramecium
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following matches of disease : causative agent is incorrect?

  1. Downy mildew of crucifers : Peronospora parasitica
  2. Black rust of wheat : Puccinia graminis
  3. Loose smut of wheat : Ustilago tritici
  4. Early blight of potato : Phytophthora infestans
  5. Red rot of sugarcane : Colletotricum falcatum
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following nucleotides is not found in DNA?

  1. Adenosine monophosphate
  2. Guanosine monophosphate
  3. Cytidine monophosphate
  4. Uridine monophosphate
  5. Thymidine monophosphate
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