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This section includes 67 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Due to lack of protoplasm, these are not considered cells |
A. | bacteria |
B. | virus |
C. | fungi |
D. | algae |
Answer» C. fungi | |
2. |
Cell membrane of a bacteria invaginates in to cytoplasm and form a structure called |
A. | mesosomes |
B. | ribosomes |
C. | spores |
D. | plasmids |
Answer» B. ribosomes | |
3. |
Procedures which help to eliminate or reduce possibility of infection is called |
A. | antisepsis |
B. | antiseptics |
C. | antibodies |
D. | anti inflammatory |
Answer» B. antiseptics | |
4. |
Dormant, resistant bodies which develop during differentiation of vegetative cells are |
A. | pili |
B. | cysts |
C. | buds |
D. | spores |
Answer» C. buds | |
5. |
Other name for "blue green algae" is |
A. | cyanobacteria |
B. | green bacteria |
C. | blue bacteria |
D. | brunobacteria |
Answer» B. green bacteria | |
6. |
Example of rod-shaped viruses include |
A. | Influenza virus |
B. | Bacteriophages |
C. | Tobacco mosaic virus |
D. | Norwalk virus |
Answer» D. Norwalk virus | |
7. |
Bacteria which are fully dependent on their host for its nutrition are |
A. | parasites |
B. | chemosynthetic |
C. | photosynthetic |
D. | respiratic |
Answer» B. chemosynthetic | |
8. |
Chemical substances which act as inhibitor for growth of microorganisms are called |
A. | antibodies |
B. | antiseptics |
C. | antibiotics |
D. | anti inflammatory |
Answer» C. antibiotics | |
9. |
Chemotherapeutic chemical substances which are used to treat infectious diseases are |
A. | antibseptics |
B. | antibiotics |
C. | antifungal |
D. | anti inflammatory |
Answer» C. antifungal | |
10. |
Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek described microbes as bacteria and protozoa and called them as |
A. | animalcules |
B. | macromolecules |
C. | micromolecules |
D. | planolecules |
Answer» B. macromolecules | |
11. |
Viruses can only be destroyed by |
A. | antibodies present in blood of host's body |
B. | white blood cells present in host's body |
C. | red blood cells present in host's body |
D. | antibodies and white blood cells present in host's body |
Answer» E. | |
12. |
Metabolically dormant bodies of bacteria are resistant to adverse physical environmental conditions are the |
A. | spores |
B. | mesosome |
C. | ribosomes |
D. | plasmids |
Answer» B. mesosome | |
13. |
Viruses attacking the bacterial cells are |
A. | bacterioplasts |
B. | bacteriocytes |
C. | bacteriophages |
D. | saprophytes |
Answer» D. saprophytes | |
14. |
Green sulphur bacteria and purple sulphur bacteria are examples of |
A. | photosynthetic bacteria |
B. | chemosynthetic bacteria |
C. | heterotrophic |
D. | autotrophic |
Answer» B. chemosynthetic bacteria | |
15. |
Type of bacteria which is spherical in shape and possesses several distinct arrangements based on planes of division is |
A. | cocci |
B. | bacilli |
C. | Spirillum |
D. | helical |
Answer» B. bacilli | |
16. |
Robert Koch formulated germ theory of disease and discovered that specific bacteria which caused Tuberculosis and |
A. | epilepsy |
B. | Cholera |
C. | pneumonia |
D. | cancer |
Answer» C. pneumonia | |
17. |
Appendages of bacteria which are hollow, non-helical and filamentous are called |
A. | villi |
B. | pili |
C. | vibrio |
D. | spirochete |
Answer» C. vibrio | |
18. |
Trachome splits near to heterocyst and helps in fragmentation by formation of |
A. | trachom divisiom |
B. | metagonia |
C. | harmogonia |
D. | archegonia |
Answer» D. archegonia | |
19. |
Rocky coastlines in intertidal zone have common algae called |
A. | green algae |
B. | brown algae |
C. | brown green algae |
D. | yellow algae |
Answer» C. brown green algae | |
20. |
Campylobacter require a very low concentration of oxygen for growth therefore it is called as |
A. | microaerophillic |
B. | macroaerophilic |
C. | aerobic |
D. | anaerobic |
Answer» B. macroaerophilic | |
21. |
Reserve food material in cyanobacteria is |
A. | proteins |
B. | sugar |
C. | peptidoglycan |
D. | glycogen |
Answer» E. | |
22. |
Microorganisms could cause disease, was proved by |
A. | Robert Hook |
B. | Herbert Copeland |
C. | Louis Pasteur |
D. | John hogg |
Answer» D. John hogg | |
23. |
Thick walled, enlarged vegetative cells which accumulate food are called as |
A. | cytokinesis |
B. | Akinetes |
C. | endokinetes |
D. | exokinetes |
Answer» C. endokinetes | |
24. |
A disease which is transmitted to people by bites from rabid dogs and cats is |
A. | rabies |
B. | mental retardness |
C. | fever |
D. | epilepsy |
Answer» B. mental retardness | |
25. |
A thick rigid spiral is called |
A. | vibrio |
B. | Spirrilum |
C. | spirochete |
D. | baccili |
Answer» C. spirochete | |
26. |
Protein factories of bacteria are |
A. | mesosomes |
B. | ribosomes |
C. | spores |
D. | plasmids |
Answer» C. spores | |
27. |
Number of bacteria and its kinds vary with respect to changes in locality and |
A. | size |
B. | environment |
C. | shape |
D. | material |
Answer» B. environment | |
28. |
The flagellum is not found in |
A. | non-motile bacterium |
B. | motile bacterium |
C. | non-motile virus |
D. | motile virus |
Answer» B. motile bacterium | |
29. |
Spherical viruses are |
A. | tobacco mosaic virus |
B. | bacteriophages |
C. | influenza virus |
D. | spiral in shape |
Answer» D. spiral in shape | |
30. |
Definite but changeable shape is given to ciliates by its outer covering called a |
A. | cell wall |
B. | pedicle |
C. | pellicle |
D. | cell membrane |
Answer» D. cell membrane | |
31. |
Effect that instantly kills microbes is |
A. | sterilization |
B. | microbicidal |
C. | antiseptic |
D. | antibiotic |
Answer» C. antiseptic | |
32. |
Under suitable conditions, the mycelia threads grow |
A. | in the host cells |
B. | undergo binary fissions |
C. | grow over the substratum |
D. | form spores for later reproduction |
Answer» D. form spores for later reproduction | |
33. |
Microbiologists have divided bacteria in to two major groups eubacteria and |
A. | prokaryotic bacteria |
B. | archaeobacteria |
C. | free bacteria |
D. | inverted bacteria |
Answer» C. free bacteria | |
34. |
Transfer of genes from one species to another can be studied through |
A. | bacteria |
B. | vectors |
C. | fungi |
D. | algae |
Answer» C. fungi | |
35. |
Shield of macromolecules which provides greater pathogenicity to bacteria and protect them against phagocytosis is known as |
A. | capsule |
B. | slime |
C. | cell wall |
D. | pili |
Answer» C. cell wall | |
36. |
If there is a tuft of flagella on both two poles of bacteria, it is called as |
A. | Amphitrichous |
B. | lophotrichous |
C. | monotrichous |
D. | peritrichous |
Answer» B. lophotrichous | |
37. |
Viruses are not considered cells because they |
A. | cannot divide |
B. | do not have a nucleus |
C. | do not have a protoplasm |
D. | are non-living things |
Answer» D. are non-living things | |
38. |
Cyanobacteria use accessory pigments called |
A. | glycogen |
B. | phycobilins |
C. | trichomes |
D. | vibrio |
Answer» C. trichomes | |
39. |
Just beneath cell membrane there are extremely thin hair like appendages called as |
A. | flame cell |
B. | pili |
C. | villi |
D. | flagella |
Answer» E. | |
40. |
Pseudomonas is an example of bacteria which is |
A. | aerobic |
B. | anaerobic |
C. | facultative |
D. | parasitic |
Answer» B. anaerobic | |
41. |
If division of cell takes place in three planes it will produce a cube of 8 cocci which is named as |
A. | tetrad |
B. | sarcina |
C. | spiral |
D. | helical |
Answer» C. spiral | |
42. |
Majority of bacteria possesses a unique macromolecule known as |
A. | glycan |
B. | glycogen |
C. | peptidoglycan |
D. | peptoglycan |
Answer» D. peptoglycan | |
43. |
Chains of cells which are surrounded by mucilaginous sheet are called |
A. | trichomes |
B. | dichomes |
C. | tetrachomes |
D. | tetrad |
Answer» B. dichomes | |
44. |
Misuse of antibiotic streptomycin can cause |
A. | dumb |
B. | deafness |
C. | mental retardness |
D. | memory loss |
Answer» C. mental retardness | |
45. |
Bacteria can range in size from 0.1µm to |
A. | 600µm |
B. | 400µm |
C. | 300µm |
D. | 100µm |
Answer» B. 400µm | |
46. |
Bacteria reproduces asexually by process of |
A. | multiple fission |
B. | budding |
C. | binary fission |
D. | trinary fusion |
Answer» C. binary fission | |
47. |
A thin flexible spiral is known as spirochete |
A. | vibrio |
B. | Spirrilum |
C. | spirochete |
D. | baccili |
Answer» D. baccili | |
48. |
Flagellates rely on dead or decomposing organic matter to obtain its |
A. | food |
B. | air |
C. | water |
D. | transport |
Answer» B. air | |
49. |
Flagella respond to chemical signals by movement with help of flagella, this behavior is called as |
A. | chemotaxis |
B. | phototaxis |
C. | thermotaxis |
D. | hypotaxis |
Answer» B. phototaxis | |
50. |
A huge bacterium has been discovered in intestine of brown surgeonfish and its size grow as large as 600µm by |
A. | 60µm |
B. | 80µm |
C. | 40µm |
D. | 20µm |
Answer» C. 40µm | |