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This section includes 204 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
'Meningoencephalitis' is a disease caused by |
| A. | Neisseria |
| B. | Candida albicans |
| C. | Naegleria fowleri |
| D. | Tetani |
| Answer» D. Tetani | |
| 102. |
Anatomic location for 'clostridium' species is |
| A. | Mouth |
| B. | Colon |
| C. | Urinary tract |
| D. | Skin |
| Answer» C. Urinary tract | |
| 103. |
Portal of entry for 'Pseudomonas aeruginosa' is |
| A. | Nose |
| B. | Skin |
| C. | Gastrointestinal tract |
| D. | Respiratory |
| Answer» C. Gastrointestinal tract | |
| 104. |
Vibrio cholera enter in body via 'gastrointestinal' tract and causes |
| A. | Cholera |
| B. | Fever |
| C. | Measles |
| D. | Mumps |
| Answer» B. Fever | |
| 105. |
Fever may inhibit process of replication in |
| A. | Bacteria |
| B. | Virus |
| C. | Fungi |
| D. | Algae |
| Answer» C. Fungi | |
| 106. |
Warts in human are caused by virus |
| A. | Adenovirus |
| B. | Arenavirus |
| C. | Papillomavirus |
| D. | Rubella virus |
| Answer» D. Rubella virus | |
| 107. |
Portal of entry for 'Bacillus' cereus is |
| A. | Genital tract |
| B. | Respiratory tract |
| C. | Mouth |
| D. | Nose |
| Answer» B. Respiratory tract | |
| 108. |
Polymorphonuclear leukocytes, as name indicates, show variable shape of |
| A. | Cytoplasm |
| B. | Nucleus |
| C. | Mitochondria |
| D. | Ribosomes |
| Answer» C. Mitochondria | |
| 109. |
Person to person transmission of 'pathogens' is termed as |
| A. | Horizontal transmission |
| B. | Vertical transmission |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» B. Vertical transmission | |
| 110. |
'Trimethoprim-sulfa' is drug of choice for |
| A. | Whipple's disease |
| B. | Whooping cough |
| C. | Death fever |
| D. | Angina |
| Answer» B. Whooping cough | |
| 111. |
Transmission of 'pathogens' during pregnancy from mother to child is called as |
| A. | Direct transmission |
| B. | Horizontal transmission |
| C. | Vertical transmission |
| D. | Indirect transmission |
| Answer» D. Indirect transmission | |
| 112. |
Main site for infection for M. leprae is skin and |
| A. | Mucous |
| B. | Membrane |
| C. | Nucleic acid |
| D. | Nerves |
| Answer» E. | |
| 113. |
'Rhinovirus' is a causative agent for common cold that enters human body through |
| A. | Gastrointestinal tract |
| B. | Skin |
| C. | Mouth |
| D. | Respiratory tract |
| Answer» E. | |
| 114. |
Main site for 'S. aureus' colonization is |
| A. | Skin |
| B. | Nose |
| C. | Mucous |
| D. | Eye |
| Answer» C. Mucous | |
| 115. |
Birds are host for |
| A. | C. pneumoniae |
| B. | C. trachomatis |
| C. | C. psittaci |
| D. | Chlamydia |
| Answer» D. Chlamydia | |
| 116. |
'Achromobacter' are mostly |
| A. | Epidemic pathogens |
| B. | Opportunists pathogens |
| C. | Endemic pathogens |
| D. | Viral pathogens |
| Answer» C. Endemic pathogens | |
| 117. |
'APOBEC3G' refers to |
| A. | Apolipoprotein B RNA-Editing Enzyme |
| B. | Alpha Defensin |
| C. | Beta Defensin |
| D. | White blood cells |
| Answer» B. Alpha Defensin | |
| 118. |
Brucella enters human body either by ingestion of contaminated milk or through |
| A. | Skin |
| B. | Eyes |
| C. | Mucous |
| D. | Nose |
| Answer» B. Eyes | |
| 119. |
M.pneumoniae is 'mycoplasma' that is pathogenic, paticularly for |
| A. | Pigs |
| B. | Rats |
| C. | Cats |
| D. | Human |
| Answer» E. | |
| 120. |
'Spirochetes' are flexible, thin walled |
| A. | Spiral rods |
| B. | Rods |
| C. | Cocci |
| D. | Comma shaped cocci |
| Answer» B. Rods | |
| 121. |
'Actinomycetes' are long chain forming bacteria that resembles in structure with |
| A. | Hyphae of fungi |
| B. | Algae |
| C. | Gymnosperm |
| D. | Angiosperm |
| Answer» B. Algae | |
| 122. |
In category of minor pathogen, a specie that is found in faces of chickens and other domestic animals is named as |
| A. | Acintobacter |
| B. | Actinobacillus |
| C. | Arizona |
| D. | Aeromonas |
| Answer» D. Aeromonas | |
| 123. |
Inflammatory disease of 'pelvic' is caused by |
| A. | Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
| B. | Mycoplasma hominis |
| C. | Mycobacterium leprae |
| D. | Mycolasma |
| Answer» C. Mycobacterium leprae | |
| 124. |
Gram negative human pathogens include 'N. gonorrhoea' and |
| A. | Diplococcus |
| B. | E. coli |
| C. | N. meningitis |
| D. | S. aureus |
| Answer» D. S. aureus | |
| 125. |
Portal of entry for 'rotavirus' is |
| A. | Respiratory tract |
| B. | Gastrointestinal tract |
| C. | Genital tract |
| D. | Mouth |
| Answer» C. Genital tract | |
| 126. |
'Chickenpox' is disease caused by |
| A. | Rotavirus |
| B. | Rubella virus |
| C. | Varicella-zoster virus |
| D. | Hantavirus |
| Answer» D. Hantavirus | |
| 127. |
'Diarrhoea' in infants is caused by |
| A. | Retrovirus |
| B. | Rotavirus |
| C. | Reovirus |
| D. | Adenovirus |
| Answer» C. Reovirus | |
| 128. |
E. coli can ferment |
| A. | Maltose |
| B. | Sucrose |
| C. | Lactose |
| D. | Galactose |
| Answer» D. Galactose | |
| 129. |
A rare disease called 'rickettsialpox' caused by R. Akari, found in densely populated areas of |
| A. | India |
| B. | England |
| C. | USA |
| D. | China |
| Answer» D. China | |
| 130. |
Coxiella burnetii' is found everywhere in world except |
| A. | South Africa |
| B. | Bangladesh |
| C. | New Zealand |
| D. | England |
| Answer» D. England | |
| 131. |
M. Fortuitum-cheloni is a |
| A. | Parasite |
| B. | Saprophyte |
| C. | Autotroph |
| D. | Herbivorous |
| Answer» C. Autotroph | |
| 132. |
Nose and skin are best 'anatomic' location for |
| A. | Bacteroides species |
| B. | Gardnerrella vaginalis |
| C. | Enterococcus |
| D. | Staphylococcus aureus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 133. |
'PPD' stands for |
| A. | Purified peptides derivatives |
| B. | Purified proteins |
| C. | Purified protein derivatives |
| D. | Purified lipid derivatives |
| Answer» D. Purified lipid derivatives | |
| 134. |
A pathogen and pleomorphic is known as |
| A. | Bartonella henselae |
| B. | Bacillus sabtilis |
| C. | S. aureus |
| D. | Treponema |
| Answer» B. Bacillus sabtilis | |
| 135. |
'Actinomycetes' that causes abscesses in brain and kidney in immunodeficent patients are |
| A. | Actinomycetes israelii |
| B. | Nocardia asteroids |
| C. | M. marinum |
| D. | M. leprae |
| Answer» C. M. marinum | |
| 136. |
A large loosely coiled 'spirochete' that causes lymph disease is known as |
| A. | B. burgdorferi |
| B. | B. recurrentis |
| C. | T. pallidum |
| D. | L. interrogans |
| Answer» B. B. recurrentis | |
| 137. |
A sexually transmitted disease, develops chancre on genitals organs of women, an characterized by pain during intercourse and urination, known as |
| A. | Chancroid |
| B. | Ulcer |
| C. | Lymph nodes |
| D. | Lymphoma |
| Answer» B. Ulcer | |
| 138. |
A microorganism, have ability to cause a disease, called |
| A. | Disease causing |
| B. | Detrimental |
| C. | Pathogens |
| D. | Virulence |
| Answer» D. Virulence | |
| 139. |
'rat' fever is also known as |
| A. | Sodoku |
| B. | Gastritis |
| C. | ulcers |
| D. | Angina |
| Answer» B. Gastritis | |
| 140. |
Nontuberculous 'mycobacteria' are those that do not infect lungs and are also called as |
| A. | Atypical bacteria |
| B. | Non disease causing |
| C. | Facultative bacteria |
| D. | Neutral bacteria |
| Answer» B. Non disease causing | |
| 141. |
A typical mycobacterium, produces yellow-orange pigmented colonies, exposed to UV rays, named as |
| A. | Photochromogens |
| B. | Scotochromogens |
| C. | Non chromogens |
| D. | Rapidly growing mycobacterium |
| Answer» B. Scotochromogens | |
| 142. |
'Spirochetes' have a distinctive quality that they are |
| A. | Rigid |
| B. | Motile |
| C. | Flexible |
| D. | Coccobacillus |
| Answer» C. Flexible | |
| 143. |
A constantly consistent infection in a specific population at low level is termed as |
| A. | Endemic |
| B. | Epidemic |
| C. | Pandemic |
| D. | Worldwide |
| Answer» B. Epidemic | |
| 144. |
'Treponema pallidum' is transmitted via transplacental mode and is causative agent for |
| A. | Hydrops fetalis |
| B. | Toxoplasmosis |
| C. | Congenital syphilis |
| D. | Thrush |
| Answer» D. Thrush | |
| 145. |
Natural 'reservoir' for M. tuberculosis is |
| A. | Pigs |
| B. | Goats |
| C. | Human |
| D. | Cattles |
| Answer» D. Cattles | |
| 146. |
Gonorrhea is a disease that is transmitted from person to person, mainly transmit through |
| A. | Hand shake |
| B. | Kissing |
| C. | Intimate contact |
| D. | Hugging |
| Answer» D. Hugging | |
| 147. |
A disease caused by Brucella species named as 'brucellosis' is also named as |
| A. | Fever |
| B. | Undulant Fever |
| C. | Haemorrhagic fever |
| D. | Cold fever |
| Answer» C. Haemorrhagic fever | |
| 148. |
'Erythrasma' is caused by |
| A. | Citrobacter |
| B. | Corynebactterium minutissimum |
| C. | Erwinia |
| D. | Ehrlichia |
| Answer» C. Erwinia | |
| 149. |
'Genus chryseobacterium' is also known as |
| A. | Eikenella |
| B. | Citrobacter |
| C. | Edwardsiella |
| D. | Flavobacterium |
| Answer» E. | |
| 150. |
Plasmids that encode beta-lactamase, have speciality of around about 90 percent of |
| A. | S. aureus |
| B. | S. pyogene |
| C. | Bacilli |
| D. | Diplococcus |
| Answer» B. S. pyogene | |