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This section includes 533 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Dairy Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
101. |
Blackening of meat in cooked meat broth is through |
A. | C histolyticum |
B. | C perfringens |
C. | C tetani |
D. | all of these |
Answer» B. C perfringens | |
102. |
Which of the following Staphylococcal haemolysins does not cause lysis of human RBCs? |
A. | β haemolysin |
B. | γ haemolysin |
C. | α haemolysin |
D. | δ haemolysin |
Answer» D. δ haemolysin | |
103. |
Which of the following bacteria is associated with food poisoning due to consumption of sea fish? |
A. | Vibrio parahaemolyticus |
B. | V alginolyticus |
C. | V vulnificus |
D. | All of these |
Answer» B. V alginolyticus | |
104. |
Among the following which is positive for coagulase test? |
A. | Staphylococcus aureus |
B. | Staphylococcus epidermidis |
C. | Staphylococcus saprophyticus |
D. | E.coli |
Answer» B. Staphylococcus epidermidis | |
105. |
'Corynebacterium' is non spore forming rod that causes |
A. | Diphtheria |
B. | Pneumonia |
C. | Syphilis |
D. | UTI's |
Answer» B. Pneumonia | |
106. |
Absence of skin and other organs is a disease caused by |
A. | Streptococcus |
B. | Monococcus |
C. | Staphylococcus |
D. | Diplococcus |
Answer» D. Diplococcus | |
107. |
Area of lysis on a bacterial lawn culture produced by a phage is known as |
A. | pock |
B. | plaque |
C. | pox |
D. | all of these |
Answer» C. pox | |
108. |
Which of the following organisms typically get their carbon for biosynthesis from carbon dioxide? |
A. | Glucose-fermenting bacteria (fermentation) |
B. | Anaerobic, glucose-respiring bacteria (anaerobic respiration) |
C. | Aerobic, glucose-respiring bacteria (aerobic respiration) |
D. | Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (chemolithotrophic bacteria) |
Answer» E. | |
109. |
Typical drumstick appearance of bacilli is generally seen in |
A. | C perfringens |
B. | C botulinum |
C. | C tetani |
D. | C histolyticum |
Answer» D. C histolyticum | |
110. |
A culture broth tube was very turbid at the bottom of the tube but clear at the top of the tube indicating that the |
A. | broth is sterile |
B. | organism can tolerate oxygen |
C. | organism cannot produce superoxide dismutase and/or catalase |
D. | organism should be grown in an anaerobic chamber |
Answer» D. organism should be grown in an anaerobic chamber | |
111. |
The bacterial sore throat is caused by |
A. | Staphylococcus aureus |
B. | Haemophilus spp |
C. | Streptococcus pyogenes |
D. | Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
Answer» D. Mycoplasma pneumoniae | |
112. |
Rough and buff colonies on LJ medium are characteristic of |
A. | M chelonei |
B. | M bovis |
C. | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
D. | M fortuitum |
Answer» D. M fortuitum | |
113. |
Staphylococcal food poisoning usually manifests itself following ingestion of contaminated food after |
A. | 2-6 hours |
B. | 8-12 hours |
C. | 12-18 hours |
D. | 18-36 hours |
Answer» B. 8-12 hours | |
114. |
Which of the following bacteria is sensitive to pyrazinamide? |
A. | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
B. | M bovis |
C. | M fortuitum |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. M bovis | |
115. |
Which of the following are mesophilic saprophytes? |
A. | B.polymyxa |
B. | B.anthracis |
C. | B.subtilis |
D. | B.thuringiensis |
Answer» D. B.thuringiensis | |
116. |
Which of the following genus of species occurs in human feces? |
A. | Peptococcus |
B. | Coprococcus |
C. | Sarcina |
D. | Ruminococcus |
Answer» C. Sarcina | |
117. |
Which of the following test indicates the susceptibility to streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin? |
A. | Schick test |
B. | Disk test |
C. | ASO test |
D. | Precipitation test |
Answer» C. ASO test | |
118. |
In the exponential phase, the cells and cell mass |
A. | first increases then decreases |
B. | decreases |
C. | are constant |
D. | double at a constant rate |
Answer» E. | |
119. |
Which of the following medium are used to differentiate the colonies of Vibrio cholerae and V parahaemolyticus? |
A. | Alkaline bile salt |
B. | Thiosulphate-citrate-bile-sucrose |
C. | MacConkey |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» C. MacConkey | |
120. |
Humans become infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis most frequently by |
A. | inhalation |
B. | ingestion |
C. | contact |
D. | inoculation |
Answer» B. ingestion | |
121. |
Which of the following is a substitute for crystal violet used in gram-staining procedure? |
A. | Methylene blue |
B. | Bromocresol green |
C. | Safranin |
D. | Phenolpthalene |
Answer» B. Bromocresol green | |
122. |
The toxin of Staphylococcus aureus that may result into scalded skin syndrome is |
A. | Enterotoxin |
B. | Leucocidin |
C. | Epidermolytic toxin |
D. | Haemolysin |
Answer» D. Haemolysin | |
123. |
Bacteria may be |
A. | aerobic |
B. | anaerobic |
C. | viral or fungal |
D. | none of others |
Answer» D. none of others | |
124. |
The combination of low levels of NaCl, NaNO3 (sodium nitrate), and slightly acid pH can prevent multiplication and toxin formation of |
A. | Salmonella |
B. | S. aureus |
C. | C. botulinum |
D. | all of these |
Answer» E. | |
125. |
The organism which obtain their energy from chemicals are designated as |
A. | prototrophs |
B. | chemotrophs |
C. | organotrophs |
D. | autotrophs |
Answer» C. organotrophs | |
126. |
A spore differs from an actively replicating bacterium in that the spore |
A. | is produced during a process involving asymmetric division |
B. | is able to withstand more extreme conditions than the replicating cell |
C. | is metabolically inactive |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» E. | |
127. |
The straightforward method of binary fission explains how bacteria |
A. | grow in nutrient agar |
B. | evolve |
C. | move |
D. | reproduce |
Answer» E. | |
128. |
Which of the following toxin resembles cholera toxin? |
A. | Stable toxin of E. coli |
B. | Diphtheria toxin |
C. | Labile toxin of Escherichia coli |
D. | Tetanus toxin |
Answer» D. Tetanus toxin | |
129. |
Which of the followings can be used to differentiate between classical and El Tor biotypes of Vibrio cholerae? |
A. | Sensitivity to Mukerjee's group IV phage |
B. | Agglutination of fowl RBCs |
C. | Sensitivity to polymyxin B |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
130. |
Pseudomembranous colitis is a disease of _________________ |
A. | stomach |
B. | wounds |
C. | bowel |
D. | limbs |
Answer» D. limbs | |
131. |
Which of the following species of streptococci belongs to Lancefield group N? |
A. | S.pyogenes |
B. | S.mutans |
C. | S.pneumoniae |
D. | S.cremoris |
Answer» E. | |
132. |
Organisms such as lactobacilli that have elaborate requirements for specific nutrients i.e. vitamins and other growth promoting substances, are generally called as |
A. | fastidious hetrotrophs |
B. | chemo-lithotrophs |
C. | chemotrophs |
D. | photo-organotrophs |
Answer» B. chemo-lithotrophs | |
133. |
Eugonic growth on Lowenstein-Jensen medium is produced by |
A. | M bovis |
B. | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b) | |
134. |
The process of Gram staining is based on the ability of bacterial cell wall |
A. | to retain the safranin dye |
B. | to retain the crystal violet dye during solvent treatment. |
C. | to retain part of both dyes |
D. | none of above |
Answer» C. to retain part of both dyes | |
135. |
The bacteria, used to examine the efficacy of autoclave, is |
A. | B polymyxa |
B. | B brevis |
C. | Bacillus stearothermophilus |
D. | B megaterium |
Answer» D. B megaterium | |
136. |
The total biomass of an organism will be determined by the nutrient present in the lowest concentration relative to the organism's requirements is a statement of |
A. | Liebig's law of the minimum |
B. | Shelford's law of tolerance |
C. | quorum sensing |
D. | Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty |
Answer» B. Shelford's law of tolerance | |
137. |
Generation time is |
A. | time required for the population to double |
B. | time required for the initial adjustment |
C. | obtained by expression t/n, where t = time interval, n = number of generation |
D. | both (a) and (c) |
Answer» E. | |
138. |
What type of colonies are formed by Mycoplasmas on agar plate? |
A. | colourless |
B. | coloured |
C. | lawn formation |
D. | fried-egg |
Answer» E. | |
139. |
Catalase production is negative in which of the following? |
A. | Streptococcus |
B. | Salmonella |
C. | Proteus |
D. | Staphylococcus |
Answer» B. Salmonella | |
140. |
The commonest bacterial cause of cervicofacial actinomycosis is |
A. | A. naeslundii |
B. | A. viscosus |
C. | A. israelii |
D. | A. meyeri |
Answer» D. A. meyeri | |
141. |
Food poisoning strains of Clostridium perfringens belong to |
A. | type A |
B. | type B |
C. | type C |
D. | type D |
Answer» B. type B | |
142. |
Human transmission of Brucellae occurs by |
A. | ingestion of contaminated meat |
B. | direct contact with animal tissues |
C. | ingestion of infected milk |
D. | all of these |
Answer» E. | |
143. |
What is the primary source of food for marine life? |
A. | Phytoplankton |
B. | Zooplankton |
C. | Sea weed |
D. | Grass |
Answer» B. Zooplankton | |
144. |
Organisms, using organic compounds as electron donors are called |
A. | lithotrophs |
B. | phototrophs |
C. | chemotrophs |
D. | organotrophs |
Answer» E. | |
145. |
One of the first enzymes synthesized by many bacteriophage is __________ , an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. |
A. | RNA transcriptase |
B. | RNA polymerase |
C. | RNA ligase |
D. | RNA replicase |
Answer» E. | |
146. |
Which of the following is a primary stain for acid fast staining of mycobacteria? |
A. | Crystal violet |
B. | Carbol fuchsin |
C. | Geimsa |
D. | Methylene blue |
Answer» C. Geimsa | |
147. |
Bacterium does not have a |
A. | cytoplasm |
B. | true nucleus |
C. | protoplasm |
D. | DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) |
Answer» C. protoplasm | |
148. |
Pseudomonas pseudoflava can grow as |
A. | chemo-lithotrophs |
B. | chemo-organotrophs |
C. | both (a) and (b) |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
149. |
Lactobacilli constitute the normal flora of |
A. | prepubertal vagina |
B. | adult vagina |
C. | post-menopausal vagina |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. post-menopausal vagina | |
150. |
Antibodies to which of the following antigens of Bacillus anthracis are protective? |
A. | Capsular polypeptide |
B. | Somatic polysaccharide |
C. | Anthrax toxin |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |