Microbiology Mcqs
Question: Organ of locomotion in bacteria is________________?
- 1. Fimbria
- 2. Flagella
- 3. Capsule
- 4. Cell wall
Question: Endotoxin have all but one of the properties given below_______________?
- 1. Produced by gram negative bacteria
- 2. Produced by gram positive bacteria
- 3. Not secreted outside the cell
- 4. Cannot be toxoided
Question: Toxic shock syndrome is due to the following virulence factor_____________?
- 1. M protein
- 2. Pyrogenic exotoxin
- 3. Streptolysin 0
- 4. Carbohydrate cell wall
Question: The commonest method of detection of diptheria carriers is_______________?
- 1. Schick test
- 2. Dick test
- 3. Casoni’s test
- 4. Charles’ test
Question: The difference between gram positive and negative bacteria lies in their_______________?
- 1. cell wall
- 2. cell membrane
- 3. Nuclear material
- 4. Mesosomes
Question: The specific test for Treponema pallidum is___________?
- 1. VDRL
- 2. Kahn’s test
- 3. TPHA
- 4. Widal test
Question: All of the following are true of streptococcus except_____________?
- 1. It’s group of lactic acid production bacteria
- 2. Shows adherence to dental enamel
- 3. Most common in humans
- 4. Most common is animals
Question: Bacteria reproduce mainly by______________?
- 1. Budding
- 2. Binary fission
- 3. Sporing
- 4. Bacterial components produced by host cells
Question: An oxidase-positive, gram-negative rod which produces a bluish-green pigment has been grown in culture from a swab obtained from an infected burn wound. This organism is susceptible to gentamicin, ticarcillin and tobramicin, but resistant to all the other
- 1. Escherichia coli
- 2. Klebsiella pnemoniae
- 3. Proteus miribilis
- 4. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Question: The causative organism of syphilis is___________?
- 1. Borrelia burgolorferi
- 2. Chalamydia trachomatis
- 3. Leptospira interrogans
- 4. Treponema pallidum