

MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 76 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microorganisms and Disease knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Salmonella causes |
A. | tetanus |
B. | T.B. |
C. | polio |
D. | typhoid |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
Our body synthesizes interferons in response to |
A. | fungi |
B. | bacteria |
C. | virus |
D. | mycoplasma |
Answer» D. mycoplasma | |
3. |
Clostridium botulinum is a |
A. | facultative aerobe |
B. | obligate anaerobe |
C. | facultative anaerobe |
D. | obligate aerobe |
Answer» C. facultative anaerobe | |
4. |
Which of the following gets killed by lysozyme present in saliva and tears? |
A. | some of the fungi |
B. | virus-infected cells |
C. | all viruses |
D. | some of the bacteria |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
Infectious protein is a characteristic of |
A. | satellite viruses |
B. | viroids |
C. | prions |
D. | gemini viruses |
Answer» D. gemini viruses | |
6. |
The motile zygote of Plasmodium is found in |
A. | human liver |
B. | human RBCs |
C. | salivary glands of female Anopheles |
D. | the gut of female Anopheles |
Answer» E. | |
7. |
The trophozoite of Entamoeba histolytica feed on |
A. | only mucosa and submucosa of the colon |
B. | erythrocytes, mucosa and submucosa of the colon |
C. | only blood |
D. | intestinal food |
Answer» C. only blood | |
8. |
Human immunodeficiency virus first destroys these cells |
A. | |
B. | B. |
C. | C. |
D. | D. |
Answer» E. | |
9. |
Viruses are not regarded as living things because they cannot |
A. | survive |
B. | reproduce |
C. | attack host cell |
D. | invade |
Answer» C. attack host cell | |
10. |
Bacterial diseases includes |
A. | diphtheria |
B. | SARS |
C. | small pox |
D. | dengue fever |
Answer» B. SARS | |
11. |
Female anopheles mosquito spread |
A. | Malaria |
B. | Dengue |
C. | Polio |
D. | Rubella |
Answer» B. Dengue | |
12. |
A fungus which is used to make antibiotic is called |
A. | mould |
B. | yeast |
C. | penicillium |
D. | hyphae |
Answer» D. hyphae | |
13. |
Polio can lead to |
A. | paralysis |
B. | nervous system distracted |
C. | both a and b |
D. | eye diseases |
Answer» D. eye diseases | |
14. |
The outer layer of human skin is composed of |
A. | mucus |
B. | collenchymas cells |
C. | dead cells |
D. | transporting cells |
Answer» D. transporting cells | |
15. |
Penicillium is used to treat infections which are |
A. | viral |
B. | bacterial |
C. | fungal |
D. | yeast |
Answer» C. fungal | |
16. |
Fungal infections in plants includes |
A. | rust |
B. | mildew |
C. | blight |
D. | all of them |
Answer» E. | |
17. |
Germs on floor and non-living things are destroyed by |
A. | antiseptic |
B. | disinfectants |
C. | both a and b |
D. | antibiotics |
Answer» C. both a and b | |
18. |
An infection which is characterized by ringed shaped itchy and scaly patches on skin is called |
A. | ringworm |
B. | leprosy |
C. | mildew |
D. | rust |
Answer» B. leprosy | |
19. |
Permanent damage to skin, nerves, limbs and eyes if they are left untreated occurs in |
A. | leprosy |
B. | typhoid |
C. | cholera |
D. | rubella |
Answer» B. typhoid | |
20. |
The first antibiotic which was discovered by |
A. | Alexander Fleming |
B. | Lewis |
C. | Thomson |
D. | Lois Pasteur |
Answer» B. Lewis | |
21. |
Anti-microbial compounds includes |
A. | antiseptic |
B. | disinfectants |
C. | both a and b |
D. | antibiotics |
Answer» D. antibiotics | |
22. |
The important decomposers include |
A. | bacteria |
B. | fungi |
C. | both a and b |
D. | virus |
Answer» D. virus | |
23. |
A bacterial cell lacks |
A. | flagella |
B. | chromosome |
C. | cell wall |
D. | nucleus |
Answer» E. | |
24. |
The enzymes which digest the outer layer of bacteria are called |
A. | lysosomes |
B. | chromosomes |
C. | ribosome |
D. | Golgi bodies |
Answer» B. chromosomes | |
25. |
Unicellular microscopic fungi are |
A. | yeast |
B. | mould |
C. | toadstool |
D. | penicillium |
Answer» B. mould | |
26. |
The deadly disease which is caused by a parasitic micro-organism called plasmodium is |
A. | Malaria |
B. | Dengue |
C. | Polio |
D. | Rubella |
Answer» B. Dengue | |
27. |
Proteins which defend body are called |
A. | antigens |
B. | antibodies |
C. | disinfectant |
D. | antiseptics |
Answer» C. disinfectant | |
28. |
The introduction of dead or weak germs in to body orally or by injection to train body to fight the real germs on attack is called |
A. | vaccination |
B. | immunization |
C. | both a and b |
D. | infecting |
Answer» D. infecting | |
29. |
A medicine which is used to treat or cure bacterial diseases by killing or stopping their growth of bacteria is called |
A. | antibody |
B. | antigen |
C. | antibiotics |
D. | antiseptics |
Answer» D. antiseptics | |
30. |
To fight against diseases human beings have special |
A. | natural barriers |
B. | immune system |
C. | both a and b |
D. | antibiotics |
Answer» D. antibiotics | |
31. |
Ability to eat away germ is specialty of |
A. | red blood cell |
B. | white blood cell |
C. | liver |
D. | plasma |
Answer» C. liver | |
32. |
The thread like structure which helps bacteria to move is called |
A. | flagella |
B. | chromosome |
C. | cell wall |
D. | nucleus |
Answer» B. chromosome | |
33. |
The vectors which conduct germs includes |
A. | fleas |
B. | tick |
C. | lice |
D. | all of them |
Answer» E. | |
34. |
Germs spread in the form of |
A. | clusters |
B. | droplets |
C. | gases |
D. | air |
Answer» C. gases | |
35. |
The bacteria which have ability t o convert milk sugar in to lactic acid is called |
A. | lactobacillus |
B. | streptococcus |
C. | gram positive bacteria |
D. | gram negative bacteria |
Answer» B. streptococcus | |
36. |
AIDS, poliomyelitis, rabies, rubella are all |
A. | viral |
B. | bacterial |
C. | fungal |
D. | yeast |
Answer» B. bacterial | |
37. |
The cell wall of yeast is made up of |
A. | chitin |
B. | cellulose |
C. | water |
D. | salts |
Answer» B. cellulose | |
38. |
Sweat, saliva, tears and mucus have |
A. | lysosomes |
B. | chromosomes |
C. | ribosome |
D. | Golgi bodies |
Answer» B. chromosomes | |
39. |
The examples of microscopic organisms are |
A. | bacteria |
B. | micro-scopic fungi |
C. | both a and b |
D. | virus |
Answer» D. virus | |
40. |
Most of bacteria in food is killed in stomach by |
A. | HCl |
B. | NaCl |
C. | HNO |
D. | H2O |
Answer» B. NaCl | |
41. |
Flu, cold and HIV are caused due to presence of |
A. | bacteria |
B. | virus |
C. | yeast |
D. | fungi |
Answer» C. yeast | |
42. |
The human skin is tough and water proof and germs cannot |
A. | penetrate through |
B. | stay on it |
C. | reproduce |
D. | enter from cut |
Answer» B. stay on it | |
43. |
Germs on living things can be killed by using |
A. | antiseptic |
B. | disinfectants |
C. | antibiotics |
D. | both a and b |
Answer» B. disinfectants | |
44. |
The agents which are responsible to cause infection by micro-organisms are called |
A. | pathogens |
B. | DNA |
C. | antibody |
D. | antigen |
Answer» B. DNA | |
45. |
Baker's yeast produce gas which helps in rising of dough it is |
A. | oxygen |
B. | hydrogen |
C. | carbon dioxide |
D. | nitrogen |
Answer» D. nitrogen | |
46. |
Prevention is better than |
A. | treatment |
B. | cure |
C. | medicine |
D. | exercise |
Answer» C. medicine | |
47. |
Systems which open to external environment are protected from bacteria by presence of |
A. | mucus membranes |
B. | HCl |
C. | hairs |
D. | plug |
Answer» B. HCl | |
48. |
Germs may enter the body via |
A. | mouth |
B. | skin |
C. | eyes |
D. | all of them |
Answer» E. | |
49. |
Contaminated water may lead to |
A. | dysentery |
B. | food poisoning |
C. | flu |
D. | common cold |
Answer» B. food poisoning | |
50. |
Mushrooms, yeasts, moulds and toadstools are examples of |
A. | bacteria |
B. | virus |
C. | fungi |
D. | algae |
Answer» D. algae | |