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Introduction to Microorganisms

A quiz covering the classification, characteristics, applications, and diseases caused by various types of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, and protozoa.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following synthesise their food by using carbon dioxide by performing chemical reaction?

  1. Saprotrophic bacteria
  2. Photoautotrophic bacteria
  3. Chemoautotrophic bacteria
  4. Parasitic bacteria
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an application of bacteria?

  1. Used to make food products like curd, butter and cheese
  2. Break down the organic matter in sewage
  3. Used for commercial production of alcohol
  4. Convert atmospheric nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases is/are caused by bacteria?

  1. Tuberculosis
  2. Cholera
  3. Typhoid
  4. All of the above
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an example of protozoa?

  1. Trypanosome
  2. Algae
  3. Entamoeba
  4. Plasmodium
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is sporulation?

  1. A mode of reproduction in which a limited number of colonial algae produce daughter colonies through replication.
  2. It is a process in which any cell of an organism produces one or more reproductive cells inside its cell wall.
  3. It is a method of reproduction through spore formation.
  4. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the correct order of reproduction in virus?

  1. Attachment, replication, penetration, assembly, release
  2. Attachment, penetration, replication, assembly, release
  3. Attachment, penetration, replication, release, assembly
  4. Replication, penetration, assembly, release, attachment
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which microorganism promotes the formation of curd?

  1. Lactobacillus
  2. Yeast
  3. Rhizobium
  4. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following organisms are mitochondria absent?

  1. Green algae
  2. Fungi
  3. Blue-green algae
  4. Angiosperms
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following medium can be used to culture microorganisms in petri dishes?

  1. Glucose
  2. Bone marrow
  3. Potato Dextrose agar
  4. Blood serum
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