Explore topic-wise MCQs in Microbiology.

This section includes 19 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Rhizopus produces clusters of rootlike holdfasts called _____________

A. stolons
B. hyphae
C. runners
D. rhizoids
Answer» E.
2.

Reproductive organs are formed on the rhizoidal hyphae.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
3.

Which of the following fungi causes severe epidemic of disease among fish in the natural environment?

A. Saprolegnia ferax
B. Saprolegnia parasitica
C. Neurospora crassa
D. Neurospora sitophila
Answer» C. Neurospora crassa
4.

What do you mean by hypertrophy?

A. repeated cell division
B. infection by zoospore
C. increase in cell volume
D. decrease in cell volume
Answer» D. decrease in cell volume
5.

Endocarditis is caused by which of the following fungi?

A. Candida albicans
B. Penicillium notatum
C. Penicillium chrysogenum
D. Agaricus campestris
Answer» B. Penicillium notatum
6.

Aspergillus niger is used in the production of _______________

A. cheese
B. citric acid
C. gluconic acid
D. citric acid and gluconic acid
Answer» E.
7.

ENDOCARDITIS_IS_CAUSED_BY_WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_FUNGI??$

A. Candida albicans
B. Penicillium notatum
C. Penicillium chrysogenum
D. Agaricus campestris
Answer» B. Penicillium notatum
8.

Which of the following fungi causes severe epidemic of disease among fish in the natural environment?$

A. Saprolegnia ferax
B. Saprolegnia parasitica
C. Neurospora crassa
D. Neurospora sitophila
Answer» C. Neurospora crassa
9.

What_do_you_mean_by_hypertrophy?$

A. repeated cell division
B. infection by zoospore
C. increase in cell volume
D. decrease in cell volume
Answer» D. decrease in cell volume
10.

Rhizopus produces clusters of rootlike holdfasts called _____________

A. stolons
B. hyphae
C. runners
D. rhizoids
Answer» E.
11.

Reproductive_organs_are_formed_on_the_rhizoidal_hyphae.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
12.

Aspergillus niger is used in the production of ______________?

A. cheese
B. citric acid
C. gluconic acid
D. citric acid and gluconic acid
Answer» E.
13.

Cryptococcosis is a disease of ________________

A. bacterial infection
B. parasitic infection
C. viral infection
D. mycotic infection
Answer» E.
14.

Neurospora sp. is important for the study of _____________________

A. human diseases
B. antibiotics
C. genetics and metabolic pathway
D. plant diseases
Answer» D. plant diseases
15.

Legitimate copulation refers to ___________________

A. fusion between cells of same mating type
B. fusion between cells of different mating type
C. no fusion
D. different sex cells are present within the same body
Answer» C. no fusion
16.

Schizosaccharomyces versatilis is isolated from ________________

A. grape juice
B. cheese
C. honey
D. beer
Answer» B. cheese
17.

In the life cycle of Rhizopus stolonifer,when the protoplasts and nuclei of both gametangia coalesce, the structure is known as ________________

A. progametangia
B. coenozygote
C. zygospore
D. zygote
Answer» C. zygospore
18.

Zygomycetes have which type of mycelia?

A. nonseptate
B. septate with uninucleate
C. septate with multi muclei
D. white,nonseptate
Answer» E.
19.

Which fungi causes black wart disease of potato?

A. Saprolegnia parasitica
B. Synchytrium endobioticum
C. Rhizopus stolonifer
D. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Answer» C. Rhizopus stolonifer