Explore topic-wise MCQs in Microbiology.

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201.

How many different types of hemagglutinin proteins are there in viruses?

A. 12
B. 16
C. 56
D. 10
Answer» C. 56
202.

How many genes phage T4 has?

A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 400
Answer» D. 400
203.

Intracellular structures formed during many viral infections, called __________ , which can directly disrupt cell structure.

A. prokaryotes
B. chromosomal disruptions
C. inclusion bodies
D. cytocidal bodies
Answer» D. cytocidal bodies
204.

How many genes are present in pandora virus?

A. 2000
B. 200
C. 10
D. 100000
Answer» B. 200
205.

In the growth curve of plaque-forming units, the time from infection until lysis is known as ____________________

A. eclipse period
B. rise period
C. burst period
D. latent period
Answer» E.
206.

What does a viral DNA becomes after being associated with the bacterial chromosome?

A. gene
B. prophage
C. plasmid
D. plaque
Answer» C. plasmid
207.

What is the colour of the plaque formed?

A. yellow
B. opaque
C. clear
D. blue
Answer» D. blue
208.

The protein coat of the virus remains outside the host cell.

A. True
B. False
C. May be
D. Can't say
Answer» B. False
209.

In which of the following method, the viral particles are transmitted through lysis of cell?

A. Lytic cycle
B. Lysogeny
C. Replication
D. Translation
Answer» B. Lysogeny
210.

Which of the following is the first step in replication by bacterial phages?

A. adsorption
B. penetration
C. transcription
D. assembly and release
Answer» B. penetration
211.

In which of the following phage prophage exists as a circular form?

A. Phage lambda type
B. Phage P1 type
C. Phage T2 type
D. Phage T1 type
Answer» C. Phage T2 type
212.

From which of the following animal was the material isolated which was used for the vaccination for the first time?

A. cat
B. cow
C. pig
D. goat
Answer» C. pig
213.

Which of the following gene codes for an enzyme which directs the insertion of the phage DNA into the bacterial chromosome?

A. recA gene
B. cro gene
C. int gene
D. gal gene
Answer» D. gal gene
214.

Which of the following is the characteristic of repressor protein?

A. basic protein
B. acidic protein
C. basic protein,molecular weight of 26000
D. acidic protein,molecular weight of 26000
Answer» E.
215.

Which of the following phage do not cause lysogeny?

A. T2
B. T1
C. lambda
D. P1
Answer» B. T1
216.

epressor protein makes the cell resistant to lysis.

A. True
B. False
C. May be
D. Can't say
Answer» B. False
217.

Which of the following coliphage has tadpole shape?

A. T1
B. T4
C. T5
D. T7
Answer» E.
218.

Which of the following is a family of lambda phage viruses?

A. Pedoviridae
B. Microviridae
C. Styloviridae
D. Corticoviridae
Answer» D. Corticoviridae
219.

Which of the following are filamentous phage of E.coli?

A. f1
B. T3
C. f1 and fd
D. T3 and T7
Answer» D. T3 and T7
220.

How many total viral diseases of plants are known?

A. 1000
B. 2000
C. 3000
D. 4000
Answer» C. 3000
221.

Which of following viruses have an icosahedral capsid with glycoprotein spikes at each corner?

A. adenovirus
B. influenza virus
C. t4
D. tobacco mosaic virus
Answer» B. influenza virus
222.

Which of the following viruses carry minus-strand RNA?

A. rhabdoviruses
B. picornaviruses
C. retroviruses
D. tobacco mosaic viruses
Answer» B. picornaviruses
223.

A single copy of 'genome' in all viruses, put it into a cell, known as

A. Diploid
B. Haploid
C. Polyploid
D. Euploid
Answer» C. Polyploid
224.

'Filoviruses' have

A. Constant shape
B. Discrete shape
C. Pleomorphic
D. Polymorphic
Answer» D. Polymorphic
225.

The capsomeres consist of a number of proteins subunits or molecules called

A. protomers
B. caproprotein
C. procapsid
D. none of these
Answer» B. caproprotein
226.

During the first 10 minutes after injection of phage DNA, no phage can be recovered by disrupting the infected bacterium. This is termed as

A. eclipse period
B. rise period
C. latent period
D. burst size
Answer» B. rise period
227.

'DNA' present in viruses, having

A. A single molecule
B. Double molecule
C. Several molecules
D. Clusters
Answer» B. Double molecule
228.

The bacterial viruses having head made up of large capsomeres, but no tail is morphologically classified as

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer» E.
229.

Which of following is not an example of a flavivirus?

A. west Nile virus
B. yellow fever virus
C. rhino virus
D. hepatitis C
Answer» D. hepatitis C
230.

Virus reproduces in living cells by

A. replication
B. duplication
C. multiplication
D. all of these
Answer» B. duplication
231.

Rhinovirus causes which of following diseases?

A. diarrhea
B. chicken pox
C. common cold
D. hemorrhage
Answer» D. hemorrhage
232.

The protein integrase is encoded by which of the following gene?

A. gal gene
B. lambda gene
C. bio gene
D. cro gene
Answer» C. bio gene
233.

Which of the following virus is enveloped?

A. Adeno
B. Herpes
C. Polio
D. None of these
Answer» C. Polio
234.

Which of the following viruses belong to family Hepadnaviridae?

A. Hepatitis A virus
B. Hepatitis B virus
C. Hepatitis D virus
D. All of these
Answer» C. Hepatitis D virus
235.

Which of the following viral infections can result in chronic carrier state?

A. HBV
B. HCV
C. HDV
D. All of these
Answer» E.
236.

Vaccination was invented by ____________

A. Jenner
B. Pasteur
C. Watson
D. Crick
Answer» B. Pasteur
237.

Viruses require __________ for growth.

A. bacteria
B. plants
C. animals
D. living cells
Answer» E.
238.

The lysogenic state is governed by the activity of the regulatory region of the lambda phage genomes; this region is termed as

A. immunity repressor
B. immunity operon
C. operon repressor
D. none of these
Answer» C. operon repressor
239.

The size of viruses is usually measured in

A. centimeters
B. micrometers
C. nanometers
D. millimeters
Answer» D. millimeters
240.

The karyotype of cells formed from continuous cell lines is _______________

A. haploid
B. diploid
C. aneuploid
D. haploid and diploid
Answer» D. haploid and diploid
241.

Which of following is a bacteriophage?

A. influenza virus
B. t4
C. tobacco mosaic virus
D. adenovirus
Answer» C. tobacco mosaic virus
242.

Which of following viruses causes a mild rash?

A. rhinovirus
B. B 19 parvovirus
C. yellow fever virus
D. hepatitis C
Answer» C. yellow fever virus
243.

Which of the following statements is not true of viruses?

A. Viruses have been successfully grown in pure cultures in test tubes
B. All viruses are obligatory intracellular parasites
C. All viruses have either DNA or RNA as their genetic material
D. Viruses probably arose from small fragments of cellular chromosomes
Answer» B. All viruses are obligatory intracellular parasites
244.

When a virus enters a cell but does not replicate immediately, the situation is called

A. lysogeny
B. fermentation
C. symbiosis
D. synergism
Answer» B. fermentation
245.

The most popular indirect method of counting virus particles is by

A. hemagglutination assay
B. plaque-assay
C. counting plaque-forming units
D. colony counting
Answer» B. plaque-assay
246.

Which of the following method is used for the production of vaccines against yellow fever?

A. tissue-culture method
B. chick-embryo method
C. through susceptible animals
D. through appropriate media
Answer» C. through susceptible animals
247.

cro gene is an example of immunity repressor.

A. True
B. False
C. May be
D. Can't say
Answer» C. May be
248.

Which of the following has been linked to Kaposi's sarcoma?

A. Epstein-Barr virus
B. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus
C. Human papilloma virus
D. Human herpes virus 8
Answer» E.
249.

In cancer, the reversion of cells to a more primitive or less differentiated state is called

A. neoplasia
B. anaplasia
C. metastasis
D. oncogenic
Answer» C. metastasis
250.

Vertical transmission may be seen in

A. Hepatitis B virus
B. Hepatitis C virus
C. Hepatitis D virus
D. All of these
Answer» E.