Explore topic-wise MCQs in Microbiology.

This section includes 9 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Long,slender bodies with an oval nucleus and capable of producing new infection are known as _________________

A. ookinetes
B. sporozoites
C. anisogametes
D. spermatozoa
Answer» C. anisogametes
Discussion
2.

Long,slender bodies with an oval nucleus and capable of producing new infection are known as ________________?
A. ookinetes
B. sporozoites
C. anisogametes
D. spermatozoa
Answer» C. anisogametes
Discussion
3.

When the gametes are morphologically alike, they are called ______________

A. isogametes
B. anisogametes
C. macrogametes
D. microgametes
Answer» B. anisogametes
Discussion
4.

Definite exogenous budding occurs in which of the following species of protozoa?

A. foraminifera
B. radiolaria
C. suctorians
D. heliozoa
Answer» D. heliozoa
Discussion
5.

The swarming daughter cells possess special locomoter organelles like the parent cell.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
Discussion
6.

Plasmodium divides by which of the following method most commonly?

A. Binary fission
B. Multiple fission
C. Budding
D. Regeneration
Answer» C. Budding
Discussion
7.

During asexual binary fission the macronucleus divides by mitotic division.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
Discussion
8.

Which of the following does not take place in transverse fission?

A. fission occurs at right angle to the long cell axis
B. equatorial furrow appears
C. cytoplasm protudes from the aperture
D. constriction occurs forming two daughter cells
Answer» D. constriction occurs forming two daughter cells
Discussion
9.

Which of the following type of fission takes place in flagellates?

A. longitudinal
B. right angle to the cell axis
C. transverse
D. cytoplasm protrudes from the aperture
Answer» B. right angle to the cell axis
Discussion