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Microorganisms

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where do viruses reproduce?

  1. Inside water
  2. Inside plant and animal cell
  3. In damp mud
  4. On dead plants and animals
  5. In air
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are types of microorganisms?
Bacteria, Virus, Protozoa, Fungi, Algae, Archaea

  1. Bacteria and virus
  2. Virus and protozoa
  3. Protozoa and fungi
  4. Agae and archaea
  5. All of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following microorganisms lives in colonies?

  1. Amoeba
  2. Fungi
  3. Algae
  4. Fungi and algae
  5. All of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Microorganisms can exist as____________.

  1. unicellular
  2. multicellular
  3. cell clusters
  4. unicellular or multicellular
  5. unicellular, multicellular or cell clusters
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Microorganisms cannot survive under

  1. ice cold condition
  2. hot springs
  3. deserts
  4. marshy lands
  5. none of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an antibiotic?

  1. Streptomycin
  2. Tetracycline
  3. Aspirin
  4. Erythromycin
  5. Penicillin
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

By putting grape juice into a container at the right temperature, yeast will turn ___________ into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

  1. the grapes
  2. the acid in the juice
  3. the sugar in the juice
  4. the sulphur dioxide present
  5. yeast does not play any role in making alcohol
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Whenever one falls ill, the doctor may give us some antibiotic tablets, capsules or injections such as penicillin. The source of these medicines is ________________.

  1. plants
  2. minerals
  3. animals
  4. microorganisms
  5. water
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The microbes commonly called biological nitrogen fixers are found in _____________________.

  1. leaves of plants
  2. root nodules of leguminous plants
  3. waste and dead plants
  4. air
  5. soil
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Some of the microorganisms cause diseases in human beings, plants and animals. Such disease-causing microorganisms are called _______.

  1. commensals
  2. pathogens
  3. biological nitrogen fixers
  4. antibodies
  5. none of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following diseases cannot be prevented by vaccination?

  1. Cholera
  2. Tuberculosis
  3. Smallpox
  4. Hepatitis
  5. Diarrhea
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an air borne disease?

  1. Cholera
  2. Typhoid
  3. Malaria
  4. Hepatitis B
  5. Measles
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the odd one out?

  1. Cholera
  2. Measles
  3. Chicken pox
  4. Polio
  5. Hepatitis B
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Food preservation can be done by using ________________.

  1. common salt
  2. sugar
  3. edible oil
  4. vinegar
  5. all of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Anthrax, a dangerous disease, is caused by bacterium in ____________.
(a) cattle
(b) human
(c) plants
(d) all animals

  1. Only a
  2. Only b
  3. Both a and b
  4. Only c
  5. Both b and d
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