Biology and Human Welfare - Diseases and Microbiology
A quiz covering diseases, microbiology, immunology, and agriculture as they relate to human health and welfare.
Questions
Antibiotic(s) obtained from bacillus species is/are
- penicillin
- polymyxin B and polymyxin E
- cephalosporin
- fluoroquinolone
Chronic inflammation of eye occurs in the case of
- rabies
- dengue
- chickenpox
- trachoma
Sarcoma is cancer of
- epithelial cells
- mesodermal cells
- blood cells
- polycythemia
HIV mainly attacks
- B-cells
- cytotoxic T-cells
- stem cells
- helper T-cells
Which of the following is a high-yielding variety of soybean?
- Pusa Ageti
- MH 2
- Pusa 24
- Pusa Bold
Bacteriology is the study of
- bacteria
- bacterial plasma membrane
- bacterial pillus
- bacterial capsule
Polio is caused by
- enterovirus
- paramyxovirus
- varicella
- rubeola
Directions: The following question has four choices out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Which one of the following is an anaerobic gram negative cocci?
- Peptococcus
- Peptostreptococcus
- Sarcina
- Veillonella
Filariasis is caused by
- culex mosquito
- Ascaris lumbricoids
- Taenia solium
- Wuchereria bancrofti
Directions: The following question has four choices out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Which of the following diseases is caused by heliminth?
- Filariasis
- Malaria
- Giardiasis
- Mumps
Directions: The following question has four choices out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Which of these viral diseases in humans is caused by a DNA virus?
- Common cold
- Smallpox
- Mump
- Measles
Directions: The following question has four choices out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Which of the following is a tick borne viral disease?
- Kyasanur Forest Disease
- Chickungunya
- Mayaro
- Semliki Forest
In the human immune system, interferon is a part of
- cellular barrier
- physical barrier
- physiological barrier
- cytokine barrier
Which of the following is not an RNA virus?
- Herpes virus
- Reovirus
- Deltavirus
- Rota virus
The intermediate host of Trypanosoma is
- sand fly
- tse-tse fly
- aedes aegyptis
- anopheles mosquito