Microbiology Questions and Answers Part-1

1. According to Pasteur statements which one of the following is true
a) Living organisms discriminate between stereoisomers
b) Fermentation is a aerobic process
c) Living organisms doesn’t discriminate between stereoisomers
d) Both a and b

Answer: a

2. “I found floating therin earthly particles,some green streaks, spirally wound serpent-wise, and orderly arranged, the whole circumstance of each of these streaks was abut the thickness of a hair on one’s head”…. These words are of
a) Leeuwenhoek
b) A. Jenner
c) Pasteur
d) Koch

Answer: a

3. The principle light- trapping pigment molecule in plants, Algae, and cyanobacteria is
a) Chlorophyll a
b) Chlorophyll b
c) Porphyrin
d) Rhodapsin

Answer: a

4. Who demonstrated that open tubes of broth remained free of bacteria when air was free of dust.
a) Abbc Spallanzani
b) John Tyndall
c) Francisco Redi
d) Pasteur

Answer: b

5. During Bio Geo chemical cycle some amount of elemental carbon was utilized by the microorganisms. The phenomenon is called as
a) Dissimilation
b) Immobilization
c) Decomposition
d) Neutralization

Answer: b

6. Reverse isolation would be appropriate for
a) a patient with tuberculosis
b) a patient who has had minor surgery
c) a patient with glaucoma
d) a patient with leukemia

Answer: a

7. The symptome “ general feeling of illness and discomfort “ is called
a) Cystitis
b) Malaise
c) Anaphylactic shock
d) Arthritis

Answer: b

8. On soybean which of the following forms symbiotism
a) Azatobactor paspali
b) Rhizobium
c) Bradyrhizobium
d) Nostoc

Answer: c

9. Who provide the evidence that bacteriophage nucleic acid but not protein enters the host cell during infection
a) Alfred D.Hershey & Leonard Tatum in 1951.
b) Alfred D.Hershey & Zindar Lederberg in 1951.
c) Alfred D.Hershey & Martha Chase in 1952.
d) Alfred D.Hershey & Macleod in 1952.

Answer: c

10. Spirulina belongs to
a) Xanthophyceae
b) Cyanophyceae
c) Rhodophyceae
d) Pheophyceae

Answer: b