Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cell Biology.

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51.

Which of following bacteria require extreme salty conditions to survive?

A. Halobacterium
B. Sulfolobus
C. Borrelia burgdorferi
D. Leptospira
Answer» B. Sulfolobus
52.

Sulfolobus is an example of which of following?

A. chemoautotroph
B. phototrophs
C. heterotrophs
D. halophiles
Answer» B. phototrophs
53.

F factor of E Coli consists of how many genes?

A. 10
B. 30
C. 25
D. 90
Answer» D. 90
54.

Cells containing F plasmid act as which of following during conjugation?

A. donor
B. receiver
C. caller
D. taker
Answer» B. receiver
55.

From which of following autotroph organisms obtain energy?

A. oxygen
B. sulphur
C. CO₂
D. hydrogen
Answer» D. hydrogen
56.

In process of nitrogen fixation, nitrogen is converted in to which of following?

A. ammonia
B. methane
C. nitric acid
D. nitrous oxide
Answer» B. methane
57.

Parasites that cause disease are called

A. hosts
B. symbiont
C. pathogens
D. bacteria
Answer» D. bacteria
58.

Rubrivivax bacteria belong to which of following subgroups of proteobacteria?

A. alpha
B. beta
C. gamma
D. epsilon
Answer» C. gamma
59.

Which of following bacteria are only bacteria known to lack cell walls?

A. Borrelia burgdorferi
B. Leptospira
C. oscillatoria
D. mycoplasmas
Answer» E.
60.

A handful of soil can contain an estimate of about how many prokaryotic species?

A. 10000
B. 100
C. 1000
D. 200
Answer» B. 100
61.

From which of following heterotroph organisms obtain energy?

A. sulphur
B. chemicals
C. organic nutrient
D. co2
Answer» D. co2
62.

Resistant form of bacteria that is dormant is called

A. endospores
B. spores
C. eggs
D. mutant
Answer» B. spores
63.

Which of following bacteria attacks other bacteria by attaching to their surface molecules?

A. vibrio cholerae
B. salmonella
C. Bdellovibrios
D. Thiomargarita namibiensis
Answer» D. Thiomargarita namibiensis
64.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes which of following?

A. gonorrhea
B. anthrax
C. polio
D. measles
Answer» B. anthrax
65.

A Halobacterium cell compensates for water loss by pumping which ions in cell?

A. K
B. O₂
C. H₂
D.
Answer» B. O₂
66.

Which of following is reproduced by E Coli?

A. binary fission
B. separation
C. duplication
D. reproduction
Answer» B. separation
67.

Which of following is caused by Shigella bacterium?

A. dysentery
B. cholera
C. measles
D. shingles
Answer» B. cholera
68.

Chemotaxis is movement of a cell-based on which stimulus?

A. chemical
B. water
C. smell
D. gravity
Answer» B. water
69.

Which of following bacteria are responsible for food poisoning?

A. vibrio cholerae
B. salmonella
C. neisseria gonorrhoeae.
D. Thiomargarita namibiensis
Answer» C. neisseria gonorrhoeae.
70.

Chloroplasts have been hypothesized to be driven from which of following bacteria?

A. spirochetes
B. cyanobacteria
C. treponema pallidum
D. salmonella
Answer» C. treponema pallidum
71.

From which of following phototroph organisms obtain energy?

A. light
B. oxygen
C. sulphur
D. bacteria
Answer» B. oxygen
72.

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are resistant to which of following?

A. oxygen
B. carbon dioxide
C. sulphur
D. methane
Answer» E.
73.

Harmless bacteria can turn virulent by which of following?

A. horizontal gene transfer
B. vertical gene transfer
C. phage infection
D. toxin release
Answer» B. vertical gene transfer
74.

What adaptations do most thermophile archaea have to protect their DNA from extreme heat?

A. biochemical modification in DNA
B. fragmented DNA
C. sheared DNA
D. larger DNA
Answer» B. fragmented DNA
75.

Ecological relationship in which two organisms exist in close contact with each other are called

A. Morphosis
B. antagonists
C. proximity
D. symbiosis
Answer» E.
76.

''R'' in R plasmids stands for what?

A. rumination
B. reason
C. retaliate
D. resistance
Answer» E.
77.

Halophiles can survive in which of following extreme conditions?

A. methane
B. heat
C. lack of oxygen
D. high salinity
Answer» E.
78.

Which of following is not an antibiotic?

A. erythromycin
B. tetracycline
C. penicillin
D. ribavirin
Answer» E.
79.

Which of following can be poisoned by oxygen?

A. Streptomyces
B. Borrelia burgdorferi
C. Leptospira
D. methanogens
Answer» E.
80.

Which of following subgroups of proteobacteria contains slime-secreting myxobacteria?

A. alpha
B. beta
C. gamma
D. delta
Answer» E.
81.

Eukaryotic cells typically have a diameter of about how many micrometers?

A. 1
B. 4
C. 7
D. 50
Answer» E.
82.

How many prokaryotic species have been assigned names so far by scientists?

A. 10500
B. 12000
C. 1000
D. 30000
Answer» B. 12000
83.

Which of following elements is important in production of amino acids?

A. sulphur
B. copper
C. nitrogen
D. magnesium
Answer» D. magnesium
84.

Chromosome of a prokaryote is located in

A. cell wall
B. ribosome
C. nucleoid
D. endoplasmic reticulum
Answer» D. endoplasmic reticulum
85.

Which of following is used for respiration in facultative anaerobes if oxygen is absent?

A. sulphur
B. light
C. heat
D. fermentation
Answer» E.
86.

Appendages that pull two cells together is called

A. Pilli
B. pseudopods
C. fimbriae
D. hair
Answer» B. pseudopods
87.

Rhizobium resides in roots of which of following plants?

A. Genisteae
B. non leguminous
C. flowering
D. leguminous
Answer» E.
88.

Hfr cell has F factor in its

A. plasmid
B. chromosome
C. cell wall
D. ribosomes
Answer» C. cell wall
89.

Which of following bacteria is source of many antibiotics?

A. Streptomyces
B. Borrelia burgdorferi
C. Leptospira
D. oscillatoria
Answer» B. Borrelia burgdorferi
90.

Prokaryotic population originated about how many billion years ago?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3.5
D. 9
Answer» D. 9
91.

Which of following does not have a circular chromosome present in them?

A. bacteria
B. archaea
C. animals
D. none of above
Answer» D. none of above
92.

Clostridium botulinum causes which of following disease?

A. botulism
B. anthrax
C. ulcer
D. urinary tract infection
Answer» B. anthrax
93.

Sulfur bacteria belong to which of following subgroups of proteobacteria?

A. beta
B. gamma
C. epsilon
D. alpha
Answer» C. epsilon
94.

Sticky wall present outside many prokaryotes is called

A. capsule
B. cell wall
C. membrane
D. covering
Answer» B. cell wall
95.

What temperature is required to kill endospores?

A. 121 °C
B. 300 °C
C. 500 °C
D. 1000 °C
Answer» B. 300 °C
96.

Which of following is needed by obligate aerobes to respire?

A. sulphur
B. chemicals
C. organic nutrient
D. oxygen
Answer» E.
97.

Which of following bacteria are responsible for most commonly transmitted sexual disease?

A. salmonella
B. Bdellovibrios
C. Thiomargarita namibiensis
D. Nongonococcal urethritis
Answer» E.
98.

An ecological relationship in which one participant benefits and other is harmed is called

A. parasitism
B. symbiosis
C. mutualism
D. commensalism
Answer» B. symbiosis
99.

Rhodobacter is an example of which of following

A. heterotrophs
B. Chemotrophs
C. autotrophs
D. phototrophs
Answer» B. Chemotrophs
100.

Which of following never have their DNA associated with histone proteins?

A. bacteria
B. archaea
C. fungi
D. plants
Answer» B. archaea