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This section includes 122 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Cell Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
101. |
How long is diameter of Thiomargarita namibiensis? |
A. | 750 um |
B. | 100 um |
C. | 10 um |
D. | 5000um |
Answer» B. 100 um | |
102. |
An ecological relationship in which one participant benefits and other is not affected is called |
A. | symbiosis |
B. | mutualism |
C. | commensalism |
D. | parasitism |
Answer» D. parasitism | |
103. |
Which of following bacteria is cork screw shaped? |
A. | diplococci |
B. | spirilla |
C. | streptococci |
D. | spirochetes |
Answer» E. | |
104. |
Which of following is an example of spirochetes? |
A. | Nongonococcal urethritis |
B. | Borrelia burgdorferi |
C. | Bdellovibrios |
D. | Thiomargarita namibiensis |
Answer» C. Bdellovibrios | |
105. |
Prokaryotic cells typically have a diameter of about how many micrometers? |
A. | 5 |
B. | 100 |
C. | 200 |
D. | 300 |
Answer» B. 100 | |
106. |
First organisms to inhabit earth were |
A. | prokaryotes |
B. | eukaryotes |
C. | animals |
D. | plants |
Answer» B. eukaryotes | |
107. |
Cocci present in chains are called |
A. | monococci |
B. | diplococci |
C. | streptococci |
D. | staphylococci |
Answer» D. staphylococci | |
108. |
Methanogens release which of following compounds as a by-product of their metabolism? |
A. | ammonia |
B. | sulphur |
C. | methane |
D. | nitrogen |
Answer» D. nitrogen | |
109. |
Which of following scientists invented Gram stain technique? |
A. | Mendel |
B. | Watson |
C. | Hans Christian |
D. | Marie curie |
Answer» D. Marie curie | |
110. |
From which of following Chemotroph organisms obtain energy? |
A. | oxygen |
B. | sulphur |
C. | chemicals |
D. | CO₂ |
Answer» D. CO₂ | |
111. |
An ecological relationship in which both participants benefit is called |
A. | mutualism |
B. | commensalism |
C. | parasitism |
D. | symbiosis |
Answer» B. commensalism | |
112. |
Why is an extreme thermophile found in hydrothermal vents named as 'strain 121'? |
A. | it can reproduce at 121 °C |
B. | it has 121 genes |
C. | it has 121 strains |
D. | it produces 121 types of proteins |
Answer» B. it has 121 genes | |
113. |
Which of following bacteria cause syphilis? |
A. | treponema pallidum |
B. | salmonella |
C. | Bdellovibrios |
D. | Nongonococcal urethritis |
Answer» B. salmonella | |
114. |
Which of following disease is caused by Salmonella typhi? |
A. | typhoid |
B. | Lyme disease |
C. | tuberculosis |
D. | anthrax |
Answer» B. Lyme disease | |
115. |
Harmless bacteria living on skin of humans feeding off sebum have which of following ecological relationship? |
A. | mutualism |
B. | commensalism |
C. | parasitism |
D. | symbiosis |
Answer» C. parasitism | |
116. |
Which of following is an example of sulfur bacteria? |
A. | Nitrosomonas |
B. | agrobacterium |
C. | neisseria gonorrhoeae. |
D. | Thiomargarita namibiensis |
Answer» E. | |
117. |
Which of following has been used in producing transgenic plants? |
A. | Streptomyces |
B. | Borrelia burgdorferi |
C. | Leptospira |
D. | agrobacterium tumefaciens |
Answer» E. | |
118. |
Which of following have only one kind of RNA polymerase? |
A. | bacteria |
B. | archaea |
C. | fungi |
D. | plants |
Answer» B. archaea | |
119. |
Deinococcus radiodurans can survive in which of following extreme conditions? |
A. | heat |
B. | CO₂ |
C. | ph |
D. | radiation |
Answer» E. | |
120. |
'marsh gas' present in marches is actually |
A. | carbon dioxide |
B. | methane |
C. | sulphuric acid |
D. | nitrogen |
Answer» C. sulphuric acid | |
121. |
Lyme disease is carried by which of following vectors? |
A. | mosquito |
B. | ticks |
C. | cows |
D. | spiders |
Answer» C. cows | |
122. |
Which of following archaea is used as source of DNA polymerase for use in laboratory experiments? |
A. | treponema pallidum |
B. | Halobacterium |
C. | Borrelia burgdorferi |
D. | Pyrococcus furiosus |
Answer» E. | |