Explore topic-wise MCQs in Microbiology.

This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which of the following protective structures occur in the tentacles of suctorian protozoa?

A. mucocysts
B. trichocysts
C. toxicysts
D. haptocysts
Answer» E.
2.

Which of the following is the actual opening in ciliates through which food is ingested?

A. cytosome
B. oral groove
C. peristome
D. cytopharynx
Answer» B. oral groove
3.

Among the following which layer is directly apposed to the cell surface?

A. tests
B. theca
C. shells
D. loricae
Answer» C. shells
4.

WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_IS_THE_ACTUAL_OPENING_IN_CILIATES_THROUGH_WHICH_FOOD_IS_INGESTED??$

A. cytosome
B. oral groove
C. peristome
D. cytopharynx
Answer» B. oral groove
5.

Which_of_the_following_protective_structures_occur_in_the_tentacles_of_suctorian_protozoa?$

A. mucocysts
B. trichocysts
C. toxicysts
D. haptocysts
Answer» E.
6.

Among the following which layer is directly apposed to the cell surface?

A. tests
B. theca
C. shells
D. loricae
Answer» C. shells
7.

Amoeba proteus have a diffuse layer of which of the following over the plasmalemma?

A. glucose
B. chitin
C. cellulose
D. mucopolysaccharides
Answer» E.
8.

How many haploid chromosomes are present in Spirotrichonympha polygyra?

A. 60
B. 7
C. 2
D. 40
Answer» D. 40
9.

The micronucleus in protozoa is concerned with reproductive activity.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
10.

Golgi bodies are also known as __________________

A. dictyosomes
B. kinetosomes
C. blepharoplasts
D. myonemes
Answer» B. kinetosomes
11.

Plasmagel is known as __________________

A. cytoplasm
B. endoplasm
C. ectoplasm
D. myonemes
Answer» D. myonemes
12.

Protozoan mobility is due to the fibrils present.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
13.

Leishmania donovani measures _____________ in length.

A. 600 micrometre
B. 1 to 4 micrometre
C. 2 mm
D. 2000 micrometre
Answer» C. 2 mm