Microbiology MCQ

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Most Importent Questions for ICAR-JRF, Plant Pathology, Plant Science, Genetic, BHU, Pre-PG, AFO, NABARD, IFFCO, ADO, B.sc. Agri.IBPS-SO/AFO, etc. All agri-exams.

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a

Q.1 Enzymes respons ib le for a lcoholic fermentation

a. Ketolase

b. Zymase

c. Peroxidase

d. Oxidase

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b

Q.2. The image obtained in a compound microscope is

a. Real

b. Virtual

c. Real inverted

d. Virtual inverted

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b

Q.3. Direct microscopic count can be done with the aid of

a. Neuberg chamber

b. Anaerobic chamber

c. Mineral oil

d. Olive oil

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a

Q.4. Which one of the following fungi is the most serious threat in a bone marrow transplant unit?

a. Candida albicans

b. Aspergillus

c. Blastomyces

d. Cryptococus

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b

Q.5. Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen is by means of

a. Biological process

b. Lightining

c. Ultraviolet light

d. All of the above

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d

Q.6. In a fluorescent microscope the objective lens is made of

a. Glass

b. Quartz

c. Polythene

d. None of these

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c

Q.7. Salt and sugar preserve foods because they

a. Make them acid

b. Produce a hypotonic environment

c. Deplete nutrients

d. Produce a hypertonic environment

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d

Q.8. Pick out the vector using in human Genome project

a. Phagemid vector

b. Yeast artificial chromosomes

c. Cosmid vectors

d. Yeast episomal plasmids

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b

Q.9. The light emitted by luminescent bacteria is mediated by the enzyme

a. Coenzyme 

b. Luciferase

c. Lactose dehydrogenase

d. Carboxylase reductase

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c

Q.10. The first antibody to contact invading microorganisms was

a. IgG

b. IgM

c. IgA

d. IgD

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b

Q.11. Spirulina belongs to

a. Xanthophyceae

b. Cyanophyceae

c. Rhodophyceae

d. Pheophyceae

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b

Q.12. Who provide the evidence that bacteriophage nucleic acid but not protein enters the host cell during infection

a. Alfred D.Hershey & Leonard Tatum in 1951.

b. Alfred D.Hershey & Zindar Lederberg in 1951.

c. Alfred D.Hershey & Martha Chase in 1952.

d. Alfred D.Hershey & Macleod in 1952.

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c

Q.13. On soybean which of the following forms symbiotism

a. Azatobactor paspali

b. Rhizobium

c. Nostoc

d. Bradyrhizobium

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d

Q.14. The symptome “ general feeling of illness and discomfort “ is called

a. Cystitis

b. Malaise

c. Anaphylactic shock

d. Arthritis

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b

Q.15. Reverse isolation would be appropriate for

a. a patient with tuberculosis

b. a patient who has had minor surgery

c. a patient with glaucoma

d. a patient with leukemia

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a

Q.16. Who demonstrated that open tubes of broth remained free of bacteria when air was free of dust.

a. Abbc Spallanzani

b. John Tyndall

c. Francisco Redi

d. Pasteur

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b

Q.17. During Bio Geo chemical cycle some amount of elemental carbon was utilized by the microorganisms. The phenomenon is called as

a. Dissimilation

b. Immobilization

c. Decomposition

d. Neutralization

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b

Q.18. The principle light- trapping pigment molecule in plants, Algae, and cyanobacteria is

a. Chlorophyll a

b. Chlorophyll b

c. Porphyrin

d. Rhodapsin

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a

Q. 19. “I found floating therin earthly particles, some green streaks, spirally wound serpent-wise, and orderly arranged, the whole circumstance of each of these streaks was abut the thickness of a hair on one’s head”…. These words are of

a. Leeuwenhoek

b. A. Jenner

c. Pasteur

d. Koch

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a

Q.20. According to Pasteur statements which one of the following is true

a. Living organisms discriminate between stereoisomers

b. Fermentation is a aerobic process

c. Living organisms doesn’t discriminate between stereoisomers

d. Both a and b

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a


Q.21. Electron microscope gives magnification upto

a. 100 X

b. 2000 X

c. 50,000 X

d. 2,00,000 X

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d

Q.22. Term vaccine was coined by

a. Robert Koch

b. Pasteur

c. Needham

d. None of these

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b

Q.23. The inventor of the Microscope is

a. Galileo

b. Antony von

c. Pasteur

d. Koch

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b

Q.24. First Pasteur conducted fermentation experiments in

a. Milk

b. Food material

c. Fruit juices

d. Both a and c

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c

Q.25. Modern concepts of chemotherapy was proposed by

a. Paul Ehrlich

b. Joseph Lister

c. Elie Metchnikoff

d. None of these

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a

Q.26. The role of phagocytosis was discovered by

a. Paul Ehrlich

b. Joseph lister

c. Elie Metchikoff

d. Pasteur

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c

Q.27. L – forms are discovered by

a. Klein Berger

b. Louis Pasteur

c. Robert Koch

d. Antony von Leeuwenhock

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a

Q.28. The causative organism of rocky mountain spotted fever was first described by

a. Howard Ricketts

b. da Rocha-lima

c. Both a and b

d. Robert Koch

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c

Q.29. The term bacteriophage was coined by

a. De’Herelle

b. F.W. Twort

c. Beijernick

d. Jwanosky

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a

Q.30. Viral infection of bacteria was discovered by

a. De’Herelle

b. F.W. Twort
c. Beijernick

d. Jwanoksy

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b


Q.31. Eye cannot resolve any image less than

a. 1ìm

b. 2ìm

c. 7ìm

d. 5ìm

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d

Q.32. Compound Microscope was discovered by

a. A.V. Lewenhoek

b. Pasteur

c. Janssen and Hans

d. None of these

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c

Q.33. Electron Microscope was discovered by

a. Prof. Fritz

b. Janssen and Hans

c. Knoll and Ruska

d. None of these

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c

Q.34. Magnification range of light microscope is

a. 1000x – 5000x

b. 1000x – 2000x

c. 500x – 1000x

d. None of these

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b

Q.35. Condensation of light in light Microscope is by

a. Objective

b. Condensor

c. Ocular

d. All of these

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b

Q.36. Light gathering capacity of Microscope is called

a. Numerical aperture

b. Angular aperture

c. Both a and b

d. None of these

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a

Q.37. If 10x and 40x objectives are used (air is the medium), the numerical aperture is

a. 1.5

b. 2.0

c. 1.0

d. 1.8

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c

Q.38. The ability of Microscope to distinguish two objects into two separate objects, is called.

a. Resolving power

b. Wave length

c. N.A.

d. None of the

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a

Q.39. Limit of resolution of compound microscope is

a. 0.018 Ao

b. 0.1 mm

c. 5 ìm

d. 1 mm

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b

Q.40. Source of light in fluorescence microscopy is from

a. Mercury lamp

b. Sunlight

c. Both a and b

d. None of these

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a


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