Explore topic-wise MCQs in Microbiology.

This section includes 28 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Name NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Mission?

A. Opportunity Rover
B. Spirit Rover
C. Sojourner Rover
D. Curiosity Rover
Answer» B. Spirit Rover
2.

Name the first satellite which was launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy?

A. Uhuru
B. Hinode
C. Clementine
D. WMAP
Answer» B. Hinode
3.

What is the goal of the Surveyor Program of NASA?

A. To demonstrate the proper landing on the Mars.
B. To demonstrate the soft landings on the Moon.
C. To check other missions of Apollo.
D. To determine the radiations in Space.
Answer» C. To check other missions of Apollo.
4.

When NASA had launched its first mission to Sun?

A. 2016
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
5.

What was the first manned mission of NASA?

A. PQS-5
B. Apollo-Soyuz
C. STS-1
D. Bell X-1
Answer» D. Bell X-1
6.

Name the first Spacecraft to visit the Solar System?

A. Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11
B. Ranger 1 and Ranger 2
C. Surveyor 6 and Surveyor 7
D. Viking 1 and Viking 2
Answer» B. Ranger 1 and Ranger 2
7.

How many manned space missions are launched by NASA so far?

A. 160
B. 162
C. 164
D. 166
Answer» E.
8.

Name the first mission of NASA in which a spacecraft was reused?

A. Apollo-Soyuz
B. Space Shuttle
C. Skylab
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Skylab
9.

Name the Cancer which is known as The Silent Killer?

A. Stomach Cancer
B. Liver Cancer
C. Lung Cancer
D. Brain Cancer
Answer» C. Lung Cancer
10.

When a thin membrane that covers chest and abdomen start to multiply in a rapid and uncontrollable way, then what type of cancer is formed in the body?

A. Mesothelioma
B. Mycosis
C. Merkel Cell Carcinoma
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Mycosis
11.

Stomach Cancer is also known as....

A. Gastric Cancer
B. Oesophageal Cancer
C. Diaphragm Cancer
D. Duodenum Cancer
Answer» B. Oesophageal Cancer
12.

Name the most common cancer in the world, due to which womens died?

A. Breast Cancer
B. Ovarian Cancer
C. Rectal Cancer
D. Vaginal Cancer
Answer» B. Ovarian Cancer
13.

Name the cancer of connective tissues or the cancer that occurs in the connective tissues in the body?

A. Lymphoma
B. Sarcoma
C. Carcinoid
D. Medulloblastoma
Answer» C. Carcinoid
14.

The most common types of treatment of Cancer are

A. Chemotherapy
B. Surgery
C. Radiation Therapy
D. All the above
Answer» E.
15.

The abnormal growth of cells in the body is known as...........

A. Cancer
B. Malignancy
C. Both A and B
D. Only A
Answer» D. Only A
16.

Name the cancer that occurs in bone marrow and creates blood cells?

A. Sarcoma
B. Myeloma
C. Lymphoma
D. Leukemia
Answer» E.
17.

Name the cancer that starts in the skin or the tissues that line other organs?

A. Leukemia
B. Pancreas
C. Carcinoma
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
18.

Name the most common type of Cancer that kills men in the world?

A. Lung Cancer
B. Prostate Cancer
C. Liver Cancer
D. Colon and Rectum Cancer
Answer» B. Prostate Cancer
19.

A virus is made up of a DNA or RNA genome inside a protein shell known as:

A. Capsid
B. Host
C. Envelope
D. Zombies
Answer» B. Host
20.

Double-stranded DNA is found in which viruses?

A. Poxviruses
B. Poliomyelitis
C. Influenza viruses
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Poliomyelitis
21.

After which period virus replicates in the body and starts to affect the host?

A. Incubation period
B. Uncoating
C. Penetration
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Uncoating
22.

virus can spread through:

A. Contaminated food or water
B. Touch
C. Coughing
D. All the above
Answer» E.
23.

Name the virus that covers himself with a modified section of the cell membrane and create a protective lipid envelope?

A. Influenza virus
B. HIV
C. Neither A nor B
D. Both A and B
Answer» E.
24.

Which of the following statement is correct about viruses?

A. Viruses do not contain a ribosome.
B. Viruses can make protein.
C. Viruses can be categorised by their shapes.
D. Both A and C are correct
Answer» E.
25.

In the host cell, replication of RNA virus took place in...

A. Nucleus
B. Cytoplasm
C. Mitochondria
D. Centriole
Answer» C. Mitochondria
26.

Based on host range, viruses are classified into:

A. Bacteriophage
B. Insect virus
C. Stem Virus
D. Both A and B
Answer» E.
27.

Name the virus that is transmitted through the biting of infected animals, birds, and insects to a human?

A. Rabies Virus
B. Ebola Virus
C. Flavivirus
D. All the above
Answer» E.
28.

Which of the following diseases are caused due to a virus?

A. Ebola
B. AIDS
C. SARS
D. All the above
Answer» E.