Microbiology MCQs

Option A: Tellurite medium

Option B: NNN medium

Option C: Chocolate agar medium

Option D: Sabourauds medium

Correct Answer: Sabourauds medium ✔

Option A: Brain – heart infusion

Option B: Sabouraud’s

Option C: Sabouraud’s plus antibiotics

Option D: Any medium incubated at 35-37°C

Correct Answer: C. Sabouraud’s plus antibiotics ✔

Option A: Subcutaneous tissue

Option B: Systemic organs

Option C: Nails, hair and skin

Option D: Superficial skin and deep tissue

Correct Answer: Nails, hair and skin ✔

Option A: Giardia lambia

Option B: Ascaris lumbriocoides

Option C: Strongyloides

Option D: Entamoeba

Correct Answer: Strongyloides ✔

Option A: Indirect hemagglutination

Option B: ELISA

Option C: Counter immune electroporesis

Option D: Microscopy

Correct Answer: ELISA ✔

Option A: Plasmodium vivax

Option B: Plasmodium falciparum

Option C: Leishmania donovani

Option D: Microfilaria

Correct Answer: Plasmodium falciparum ✔

Option A: Plasmodium ovaie

Option B: Leishman donovani

Option C: Entamoeba histolytica

Option D: Toxoplasma

Correct Answer: Leishman donovani ✔

Option A: coli

Option B: nana

Option C: gingivalis

Option D: histolytica

Correct Answer: gingivalis ✔

Option A: Cysts are 8 nucleated

Option B: Cysts are 4 nucleated

Option C: Trophozoites colonise in the colon

Option D: The chromatid bodies are stained by iodides

Correct Answer: Cysts are 8 nucleated ✔

Option A: Glycogen mass

Option B: Chromatid bars

Option C: Eccentric nucleus

Option D: Refractile nucleus

Correct Answer: Refractile nucleus ✔

Option A: Dot

Option B: Comma

Option C: Banana

Option D: Sickle

Correct Answer: Sickle ✔

Option A: cats

Option B: Dogs

Option C: Rats

Option D: Cow

Correct Answer: cats ✔

Option A: T. Solium

Option B: T. Saginata

Option C: Hook worm

Option D: A. Lumbricoides

Correct Answer: T. Saginata ✔

Option A: Enterobius

Option B: Ancylostoma

Option C: Ascaris

Option D: Necator

Correct Answer: Enterobius ✔

Option A: Hook worm

Option B: Thread worm

Option C: Ascaris

Option D: Guinea worm

Correct Answer: Hook worm ✔

Option A: Ascariasis

Option B: Tapeworm

Option C: Hood worm

Option D: Ascariasis and tapeworm

Correct Answer: Ascariasis ✔

Option A: Methylene blue dextrose agar

Option B: Saboraud’s medium

Option C: Pingolevin

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: B. Saboraud’s medium ✔

Option A: Yeast like fungus

Option B: Forms Chlamydospores

Option C: Blastomeres seen in isolates

Option D: Seen in immunocompromised and causes meningitis in them

Correct Answer: Blastomeres seen in isolates ✔

Option A: Penicillium

Option B: Mucor

Option C: Aspergillus

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Kerison

Option B: Alopecia areata

Option C: Pilomatrixoma

Option D: Tenia incognito

Correct Answer: Kerison ✔

Option A: Candida albicans

Option B: Mucor

Option C: Cryptococcus

Option D: Aspergillus

Correct Answer: Candida albicans ✔

Option A: Van Gieson’s stain

Option B: Periodic acid schiff stain

Option C: Masson Trichrome stain

Option D: Toluidine blue stain

Correct Answer: Periodic acid schiff stain ✔

Option A: Noncapsulated fungus infecting man

Option B: Causes meningitis

Option C: Melanin production related to virulence

Option D: Basidiomycetes yeast

Correct Answer: Noncapsulated fungus infecting man ✔

Option A: 2:1

Option B: 1:2

Option C: 3:1

Option D: 1:3

Correct Answer: 2:1 ✔

Option A: Caecum and large intestine

Option B: Duodenum

Option C: Stomach

Option D: Jejunum and Ileum

Correct Answer: Caecum and large intestine ✔

Option A: Giardia lambella

Option B: Isopora belli

Option C: Balantidium coli

Option D: Taenia solium

Correct Answer: Taenia solium ✔

Option A: E coli

Option B: Bifido bacteria

Option C: Staphylococcus

Option D: Salmonella

Correct Answer: Bifido bacteria ✔

Option A: House fly

Option B: Sand fly

Option C: Tick

Option D: Reduvid bug

Correct Answer: Reduvid bug ✔

Option A: M. Kansasii

Option B: M. ulcerans

Option C: M. chelonae

Option D: M. smegmatis

Correct Answer: M. chelonae ✔

Option A: Caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis

Option B: Lymphadenopathy is remarkable & diagnostic

Option C: Penicillin is drug of choice

Option D: Characterized by painful genital ulcers

Correct Answer: Caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis ✔

Option A: 500

Option B: 200

Option C: 1000

Option D: 300

Correct Answer: 1000 ✔

Option A: India ink preparation

Option B: Methanamine silver stain

Option C: Ziehl-Neelsen stain

Option D: Pyte-ferraco stain

Correct Answer: India ink preparation ✔

Option A: Zygomycetes

Option B: Ascomycetes

Option C: Basidiomycetes

Option D: Deuteromycetes

Correct Answer: Deuteromycetes ✔

Option A: Allo

Option B: ISO

Option C: Xeno

Option D: Auto

Correct Answer: Allo ✔

Option A: Adjuvant

Option B: Proteins

Option C: Polysaccharides

Option D: Lipids

Correct Answer: Proteins ✔

Option A: Hemolysis

Option B: Malabsorption

Option C: Spleen sequestration

Option D: Bone marrow depression

Correct Answer: Malabsorption ✔

Option A: Trench fever

Option B: Relapsing fever

Option C: Q fever

Option D: Epidemic typhus

Correct Answer: Q fever ✔

Option A: Sporozoite

Option B: Gametocyte

Option C: Merozoite

Option D: Zygote

Correct Answer: Gametocyte ✔

Option A: Plasmodium falciparum

Option B: Plasmodium vivax

Option C: Plasmodium malariae

Option D: Plasmodium ovale

Correct Answer: Plasmodium vivax ✔

Option A: Salmonella

Option B: Camphylobacter jejuni

Option C: histolytica

Option D: Y. enterocolitica

Correct Answer: histolytica ✔

Option A: Plasmodium vivax

Option B: Plasmodium malaria

Option C: Plasmodium falciparum

Option D: Plasmodium ovale

Correct Answer: Plasmodium falciparum ✔

Option A: Brain

Option B: Liver

Option C: Spleen

Option D: Lungs

Correct Answer: Liver ✔

Option A: Solar Keratosis

Option B: Malignant pustule

Option C: L. Tropica sore

Option D: Venereal ulcer

Correct Answer: L. Tropica sore ✔

Option A: Brown to black granules

Option B: White to yellow granules

Option C: Red granules

Option D: No granules

Correct Answer: White to yellow granules ✔

Option A: Histoplasmosis

Option B: Rhinosporodiosis

Option C: Phaeohypomycosis

Option D: Chromoblastomycosis

Correct Answer: Chromoblastomycosis ✔

Option A: Microscopic examination of skin scrapings

Option B: KOH staining

Option C: Wood light examination

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Dermatophyte infection are exclusively man to animal

Option B: Rhinosporidium causes deep infection in man

Option C: albicans is not pathogenic to lab animals

Option D: Candida infection is usually endogenous

Correct Answer: Candida infection is usually endogenous ✔

Option A: Round worm

Option B: Whip worm

Option C: Tape worm

Option D: Seat woman

Correct Answer: Whip worm ✔

Option A: Grocott Gomori Methenamine silver

Option B: Hematoxylin and Eosin

Option C: KOH wet mount

Option D: Peri-iodic Acid Schiff

Correct Answer: KOH wet mount ✔

Option A: Chocolate agar

Option B: NNN

Option C: Tellurite

Option D: Sabourauds

Correct Answer: NNN ✔

Option A: Causes filariasis

Option B: Body is slender and long

Option C: Terminal nuclei absent

Option D: Man and anapheles mosquito are hosts

Correct Answer: Man and anapheles mosquito are hosts ✔

Option A: Syphilis

Option B: Tuberculosis

Option C: Gonorrhea

Option D: Lymphoma

Correct Answer: Syphilis ✔

Option A: T. Solium

Option B: Echinococcus granulosus

Option C: T. Saginata

Option D: nana

Correct Answer: T. Solium ✔

Option A: Bilurubin

Option B: Haemoglobin

Option C: Iron

Option D: Haematin-globin pigment

Correct Answer: Haematin-globin pigment ✔

Option A: Sporozoite

Option B: Merozoite

Option C: Hypnozoite

Option D: Gametocyte

Correct Answer: Sporozoite ✔

Option A: Cysts in the sterile pus

Option B: Trophozoites in the pus

Option C: Cysts in the intestine

Option D: Trophozoites in the feces

Correct Answer: Trophozoites in the pus ✔

Option A: Lymphocytes

Option B: Neutrophilis

Option C: Eosinophils

Option D: Basophils

Correct Answer: Eosinophils ✔

Option A: Dog tapeworm

Option B: Hookworm

Option C: Fish tapeworm

Option D: Threadworm

Correct Answer: Fish tapeworm ✔

Option A: Kalahazar

Option B: Toxoplasmosis

Option C: Malaria

Option D: Sleeping sickness

Correct Answer: Kalahazar ✔

Option A: Parasitic in nature

Option B: Fungal

Option C: Congenital

Option D: Viral

Correct Answer: Parasitic in nature ✔

Option A: Endocarditis

Option B: Mycetoma

Option C: Meningitis

Option D: Oral thrush

Correct Answer: Mycetoma ✔

Option A: Conjunctivitis

Option B: Tenea capitis

Option C: Desert rheumatism

Option D: Thrush

Correct Answer: Thrush ✔

Option A: Alternaria

Option B: Aspergillus

Option C: Osporium

Option D: Candida albicans

Correct Answer: Candida albicans ✔

Option A: Spherules

Option B: porangiospores

Option C: Chlamydospores

Option D: Oidia

Correct Answer: porangiospores ✔

Option A: Aspergillus niger

Option B: Aspergillus fumigatus

Option C: Aspergillus flavus

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Aspergillus flavus ✔

Option A: Candida albicans

Option B: Candida stellatoidea

Option C: Candida tropicalis

Option D: Candida pseudotropicalls

Correct Answer: Candida albicans ✔

Option A: Mucorsis

Option B: Mycosis

Option C: Fungosis

Option D: Micromia

Correct Answer: Mycosis ✔

Option A: Left lobe of liver is commonly involved

Option B: Portal system is the main filtration system

Option C: Trophozoites can be visualized in the pus

Option D: Non-suppurative form is the serious form of extra intestinal amoebiasis

Correct Answer: Trophozoites can be visualized in the pus ✔

Option A: Tuberculosis (BCG)

Option B: Typhoid

Option C: Varicella Zoster virus

Option D: Cholera

Correct Answer: Cholera ✔

Option A: Eosin stain

Option B: Haemotoxin stain

Option C: Ninhydrin stain

Option D: Blue stain

Correct Answer: Ninhydrin stain ✔

Option A: Anaphylaxis

Option B: Arthus reaction

Option C: Serum sickness

Option D: Contact dermatitis

Correct Answer: Serum sickness ✔

Option A: Severe reaction following the injection of protein solution in a sensitized individual

Option B: Severe reaction following primary injection of Protein solutions

Option C: State of immunity developed by repeated injections of any foreign substance

Option D: Severe reaction resulting from sensitivity to common allergens

Correct Answer: Severe reaction following the injection of protein solution in a sensitized individual ✔

Option A: 1-2% cetrimide

Option B: 100% alcohol

Option C: 2% Lysol

Option D: 5% chloroxylene

Correct Answer: 100% alcohol ✔

Option A: NK Cells

Option B: Cytotoxic T cells

Option C: B cells

Option D: Memory B cells

Correct Answer: NK Cells ✔

Option A: IL-1

Option B: IL-6

Option C: IL-8

Option D: TNF

Correct Answer: IL-8 ✔

Option A: Direct microscopy

Option B: Culture

Option C: ELISA

Option D: DNA probe

Correct Answer: Culture ✔

Option A: Rickettsiae

Option B: Mycoplasma

Option C: Chlamydiae

Option D: Ehrlichiae

Correct Answer: Mycoplasma ✔

Option A: Active

Option B: Passive

Option C: Herd

Option D: Local

Correct Answer: Active ✔

Option A: Atopy

Option B: Anaphylaxis

Option C: Arthus phenomenon

Option D: Serum sickness

Correct Answer: Arthus phenomenon ✔

Option A: Anaphylaxis

Option B: Delayed hypersensitivity

Option C: Immune complex mediated

Option D: Cytotoxic / cytolytic type

Correct Answer: Cytotoxic / cytolytic type ✔

Option A: Trichrome Methylene blue

Option B: Carbol Fuschin

Option C: Acid Fast Stain

Option D: Calcoflour White

Correct Answer: Trichrome Methylene blue ✔

Option A: CD7+ Pro-T-Cells

Option B: CD5+ Pre-T-Cells

Option C: CD8+ Pro-T-Cells

Option D: CD8+ Pre-T-Cells

Correct Answer: CD7+ Pro-T-Cells ✔

Option A: IgE

Option B: IgM

Option C: IgA

Option D: IgG

Correct Answer: IgE ✔

Option A: IgG

Option B: IgA

Option C: IgD

Option D: IgE

Correct Answer: IgE ✔

Option A: IgG

Option B: IgA

Option C: IgM

Option D: IgE

Correct Answer: IgG ✔

Option A: Secretory piece

Option B: H chain

Option C: L chain

Option D: J piece

Correct Answer: H chain ✔

Option A: It kills bacteria and spores

Option B: It kills all bacteria except thermoduric bacteria

Option C: It kills 95% of microorganisms

Option D: Tubercle bacilli are destroyed

Correct Answer: It kills all bacteria except thermoduric bacteria ✔

Option A: Hot air oven

Option B: Auto claving

Option C: Irradiation

Option D: Ethylene dioxide

Correct Answer: Hot air oven ✔

Option A: Glassware

Option B: Rubber tubes

Option C: Sharp instrument

Option D: Liquid paraffin

Correct Answer: Rubber tubes ✔

Option A: Autoclaving

Option B: Boiling

Option C: Cidex

Option D: Gamma radiation

Correct Answer: Boiling ✔

Option A: B cells

Option B: T cells

Option C: Monocytes

Option D: Macrophage

Correct Answer: T cells ✔

Option A: Macrolin

Option B: Heat

Option C: Bovine serum

Option D: Phytohaemagglutinin

Correct Answer: Phytohaemagglutinin ✔

Option A: Suquestrated antigens

Option B: Isoantigens

Option C: Haptens

Option D: Heterophile antigens

Correct Answer: Heterophile antigens ✔

Option A: Type I

Option B: Type II

Option C: Type III

Option D: Type IV

Correct Answer: Type I ✔

Option A: Type I

Option B: Type II

Option C: Type III

Option D: Type IV

Correct Answer: Type I ✔

Option A: Arthus reaction

Option B: SLE

Option C: Auto immune hemolytic anemia

Option D: Contact dermatitis

Correct Answer: Auto immune hemolytic anemia ✔

Option A: Ultra violet rays

Option B: Ultrasonic vibrations

Option C: Infrared rays

Option D: Gamma rays

Correct Answer: Gamma rays ✔

Option A: Xenograft

Option B: Autograft

Option C: Allograft

Option D: Isograft

Correct Answer: Isograft ✔

Option A: IgA

Option B: IgG

Option C: IgM

Option D: IgE

Correct Answer: IgE ✔

Option A: Bacterial products

Option B: Toxoids

Option C: Vaccines

Option D: Antitoxins

Correct Answer: Antitoxins ✔