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201.

Pigs are important source of_____________?

A. Japanese encephalitis
B. Kuru
C. Yellow fever
D. Rabies
Answer» B. Kuru
202.

Physical sterilization was discovered by__________________?

A. Robert Koch
B. Joeph Lister
C. John Hunter
D. Alexander flemings
Answer» C. John Hunter
203.

Phospholipid used to investigate syphilis by the reagin test is________________?

A. Cardiolipin
B. Plasminogen
C. Palmityl lecithin
D. Serine
Answer» B. Plasminogen
204.

Phase contrast microscopy is based on principle of__________________?

A. Different refractive indices of object
B. Different reflective indices of object
C. Light scattering
D. Light attenuation
Answer» B. Different reflective indices of object
205.

Phagocytosis enhanced by coating the surface of antigen is called______________?

A. Opsonisation
B. Chemotaxis
C. De coding
D. CFT
Answer» B. Chemotaxis
206.

Phage conversion is required for________________?

A. Tularemia
B. Diptheria
C. Gonorrhoea
D. All o f the above
Answer» C. Gonorrhoea
207.

patients with organ transplants are most frequently infected with______________?

A. Hepatitis A
B. Hepatitis B
C. CMV
D. EBV
Answer» D. EBV
208.

Pathogenic treponemas can be maintained in________________?

A. Tissue culture
B. Chick embryos
C. Artificial media
D. Rabbit testis only
Answer» E.
209.

Pathogenesis of diphtheria is attributed to__________________?

A. Invasion
B. Endotoxin
C. Exotoxin
D. Capsule
Answer» D. Capsule
210.

Pasteur developed the vaccine for_______________?

A. Anthrax
B. Rabies
C. Cholera
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
211.

parasitic inflammation would show predominantly____________________?

A. Lymphocytes
B. Neutrophilis
C. Eosinophils
D. Basophils
Answer» D. Basophils
212.

Out of the following hypersensitivity reactions, in which type a single dose of the antigen can act as both the sensitizing and shocking dose_______________?

A. Anaphylaxis
B. Arthus reaction
C. Serum sickness
D. Contact dermatitis
Answer» D. Contact dermatitis
213.

Organism most frequently associated with urinary tract infections is_________________?

A. Neisseria gonorrhea
B. Escherichia coli
C. T-strain mycoplasma
D. Streptococcus fecalis
Answer» C. T-strain mycoplasma
214.

Organ of locomotion in bacteria is________________?

A. Fimbria
B. Flagella
C. Capsule
D. Cell wall
Answer» C. Capsule
215.

Opsonisation is by_______________?

A. IgA
B. IgE
C. IgG
D. IgM
E. Both C & D
Answer» F.
216.

Opportunistic infection is caused by___________________?

A. Penicillium
B. Mucor
C. Aspergillus
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
217.

Operation theatres are sterilized by_____________?

A. Carbolic acid spraying
B. Washing with soap and water
C. Formaldehyde fumigation
D. ETO gas
Answer» D. ETO gas
218.

Opacity around colonies of Clostridium perfringens is due to_________________?

A. Theta toxin
B. Lecithinase
C. Desmolase
D. Cytokinin
Answer» C. Desmolase
219.

One virus particle prevents multiplication of 2nd virus. This phenomena is____________?

A. Viral interference
B. Mutation
C. Supervision
D. Permutation
Answer» B. Mutation
220.

One of the following statement about statements about sterilization is not true_______________?

A. Liquid paraffin → Dry heat
B. Glass syringes → Boiling at 169°C for 60 min
C. Flash pasteurization of milk → 72° C for 15 seconds, followed quickly by rapid cooling to 13°C for lower
D. Vaccines → Ethylene oxide
Answer» E.
221.

One of the following staining methods is an example of negative staining_______________?

A. Gram’s staining
B. Fontana’s staining
C. India ink preparation
D. Zheil-Neilson’s staining
Answer» D. Zheil-Neilson’s staining
222.

One of the following is an agglutination test in the diagnosis of typhoid___________?

A. Widal test
B. Eleks test
C. Mantoux test
D. Wasserman test
Answer» B. Eleks test
223.

One of the following is a zoonotic disease_____________?

A. Anthrax
B. Typhoid
C. Bacillary dysentery
D. Cholera
Answer» B. Typhoid
224.

One of the following is a treponemal test for diagnosis of syphilis_____________?

A. FTAB
B. Widal test
C. Wasserman test
D. Kahn test
Answer» B. Widal test
225.

On a stained slide, clostridium tetani has the appearance of a__________________?

A. Bunch of a
B. Chain of beads
C. Drum stick
D. Safely pin
Answer» D. Safely pin
226.

Oil and Grease are sterilized by________________?

A. Hot air oven
B. Auto claving
C. Irradiation
D. Ethylene dioxide
Answer» B. Auto claving
227.

Normal ratio of CD4 (T4) : CD8 (T8) is_________________?

A. 2:1
B. 1:2
C. 3:1
D. 1:3
Answer» B. 1:2
228.

Noguchi’s medium is used for________________?

A. Bordetella
B. Brucella
C. Borrelia
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
229.

Neurotoxin of tetanus acts on______________?

A. Synapse
B. Muscle
C. Brain
D. Spinal card
Answer» E.
230.

Negative staining is used to demonstrate________________?

A. Bacterial spore
B. Bacterial Flagella
C. Bacterial capsule
D. Bacterial fimbriae
Answer» E.
231.

Negative phase is seen in ________ immunity?

A. Active
B. Passive
C. Herd
D. Local
Answer» B. Passive
232.

Nagglers reaction is used in the diagnosis of______________?

A. Malaria
B. Whooping cough
C. Gas gangrene
D. Wool sorters disease
Answer» D. Wool sorters disease
233.

Nagglers reaction detects________________?

A. Coagulase
B. Hyaluronidase
C. Lecithinase
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
234.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is differentiated from other atypical mycobacteria by______________?

A. Niacin test
B. AFB staining
C. Pas staining
D. None of the above
Answer» B. AFB staining
235.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is best demonstrated by_________________?

A. Gram’s stain
B. H & E stain
C. Ziehl-Neelsen stain
D. PAS stain
Answer» D. PAS stain
236.

Multiple drug resistance of bacteria depends on which of the following_______________?

A. Resistance transfer factor (RTF)
B. Colicigenic factor (Col)
C. Fertility factor (F+)
D. All of the above
Answer» B. Colicigenic factor (Col)
237.

Most sensitive test for antigen detection is_______________?

A. Radioimmuno Assay
B. ELISA
C. Immunoflourescence
D. Passive hemaglutination
Answer» B. ELISA
238.

Most of the drug resistances occurs due to_____________?

A. Transduction
B. Transformation
C. Mutation
D. conjugation
Answer» E.
239.

Most fungi of medical importance belongs to__________________?

A. Zygomycetes
B. Ascomycetes
C. Basidiomycetes
D. Deuteromycetes
Answer» E.
240.

Most common tumor associated with AIDS is______________?

A. Carcinoma
B. Kaposi’s sarcoma
C. Melanoma
D. Ewing’s sarcoma
Answer» C. Melanoma
241.

Most common opportunistic infection in AIDS is_____________?

A. Cryptococcosis
B. Tuberculosis
C. Candidiasis
D. Aspergilosis
Answer» D. Aspergilosis
242.

Most antibodies are produced in the________________?

A. Heart and the liver
B. Brain and the meninges
C. Thymus and the appendix
D. Spleen and the lymph nodes
Answer» E.
243.

Moist heat kills all of the following EXCEPT_______________?

A. Brucella
B. Mycobacterium
C. Salmonella
D. Coxiella burnetti
Answer» E.
244.

Methods for the diagnosis of superficial fungal infection________________?

A. Microscopic examination of skin scrapings
B. KOH staining
C. Wood light examination
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
245.

Mesophilic organisms are those that grow best at temperature of______________?

A. -20°C to -7°C
B. -7°C to + 20°C
C. 25°C to 40°C
D. 55°C to 80°C
Answer» D. 55°C to 80°C
246.

Megaloblastic anaemia is caused by_________________?

A. Dog tapeworm
B. Hookworm
C. Fish tapeworm
D. Threadworm
Answer» D. Threadworm
247.

Medusa lock appearance in X ray is seen in______________?

A. Ascariasis
B. Tapeworm
C. Hood worm
D. Ascariasis and tapeworm
Answer» B. Tapeworm
248.

Mark true in following ?

A. Hanta virus pulmonary syndrome is caused by inhalation of rodent urine and faces
B. Kyanasur forest disease is caused by bite of wild animal
C. Lyssa virus is transmitted by ticks
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Kyanasur forest disease is caused by bite of wild animal
249.

Man is the only reservoir for_______________?

A. Salmonella
B. Camphylobacter jejuni
C. histolytica
D. Y. enterocolitica
Answer» D. Y. enterocolitica
250.

Malignant pustule is referred to_________________?

A. Facio-cervical actinomycosis
B. Cutaneous anthrax
C. Infected squamous cell carcinoma
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Infected squamous cell carcinoma