Q.1
What is Microbiology?
  • a) Study of molecules that are visible to human eyes
  • b) Study of animals and their family
  • c) Study of organisms that are not visible to naked eyes
  • d) Study of microscope
Q.2
Who is known as the father of Microbiology?
  • a) Edwin John Butler
  • b) Ferdinand Cohn
  • c) Robert Koch
  • d) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Q.3
Which microorganism(s) among the following perform photosynthesis by utilizing light?
  • a) Cyanobacteria, Fungi and Viruses
  • b) Viruses
  • c) Cyanobacteria
  • d) Fungi
Q.4
Which part of the compound microscope helps in gathering and focusing light rays on the specimen to be viewed?
  • a) Condenser lens
  • b) Magnifying lens
  • c) Objective lens
  • d) Eyepiece lens
Q.5
Which of the following are produced by microorganisms?
  • a) Alcoholic beverages
  • b) Fermented dairy products
  • c) Breads
  • d) All of the mentioned
Q.6
What is the approximate size of the bacterial cell?
  • a) 1mm in diameter
  • b) 0.5 to 1.0 micrometer in diameter
  • c) 2mm in diameter
  • d) 2 micrometer in diameter
Q.7
The greatest resolution in light microscopy can be obtained with ___________
  • a) Shortest wavelength of visible light used
  • b) Longest wavelength of visible light used
  • c) An objective with minimum numerical aperture
  • d) Shortest wavelength of visible light used and an objective with the maximum numerical aperture
Q.8
Which of the following is used in electron microscope?
  • a) electron beams and magnetic fields
  • b) light waves
  • c) magnetic fields
  • d) electron beams
Q.9
Which among the following are “Spirochetes”?
  • a) Streptomyces sp.
  • b) Treponema pallidum
  • c) Spirillum volutans
  • d) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Q.10
Bacteria having clusters of flagella at both poles of cells are known as?
  • a) Amphitrichous
  • b) Monotrichous
  • c) Peritrichous
  • d) Lophotrichous
Q.11
The respiratory chain of bacteria is associated with the _____________
  • a) cytoplasmic membrane
  • b) cell wall
  • c) cytoplasm
  • d) mitochondrial membrane
Q.12
Glycolysis can occur in ___________
  • a) anaerobic cells
  • b) aerobic cells
  • c) neither aerobic and anaerobic cells
  • d) both aerobic and anaerobic cells
Q.13
Which of the following enzyme removes the RNA primer with its 5’-nuclease activity?
  • a) DNA polymerase III
  • b) RNA polymerase
  • c) DNA polymerase I
  • d) DNA polymerase II
Q.14
Phosphorus is essential component of __________
  • a) phospholipids
  • b) teichoic acid
  • c) nucleotides
  • d) All of the mentioned
Q.15
The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is which type of bacteria?
  • a) Mesophile
  • b) Mesophile and psychrophile
  • c) Psychrophile
  • d) Thermophile
Q.16
Growth of bacteria or microorganisms refer to __________________
  • a) changes in the total population
  • b) an increase in number of cells
  • c) an increase in the size of an individual organism
  • d) an increase in the mass of an individual organism
Q.17
Which of the following method can be used to determine the number of bacteria quantitatively?
  • a) Spread-plate
  • b) Streak-plate
  • c) Pour-plate and spread plate
  • d) Pour plate
Q.18
Which among the following are microaerophilic bacteria?
  • a) Treponema
  • b) Borrelia
  • c) Spirochaeta
  • d) Cristispira
Q.19
Penicillin causes inhibition of Mycoplasmas.
  • a) False
  • b) True
Q.20
What are the cell wall structural components of fungi?
  • a) peptidoglycan
  • b) cellulose
  • c) chitin
  • d) chitin, cellulose, or hemicellulose
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