Microbiology Questions and Answers Part-3

1. Which type of spores are produced sexually?
a) Conidia
b) Sporangiospores
c) Ascospores
d) None of these

Answer: c

2. Bacterial transformation was discovered by
a) Ederberg and Tatum
b) Beadle and Tatum
c) Griffith
d) None of these

Answer: a

3. Father of microbiology is
a) Louis Pasteur
b) Lister
c) A.V. Leeuwenhock
d) Robert Koch

Answer: c

4. The antiseptic method was first demonstrated by
a) Lwanowski
b) Lord Lister
c) Edward Jenner
d) Beijerinck

Answer: b

5. Small pox vaccine was first discovered by
a) Robert Koch
b) Louis Pasteur
c) Lister
d) Edward Jenner

Answer: d

6. Compound microscope was discovered by
a) Antony von
b) Pasteur
c) Johnsen & Hans
d) None of these

Answer: c

7. The term mutation was coined by
a) Pasteur
b) Darwin
c) Hugo devries
d) Lamark

Answer: c

8. Father of Medical Microbiology is
a) Pasteur
b) Jenner
c) Koch
d) A.L.Hock

Answer: c

9. Disease that affects many people at different countries is termed as
a) Sporadic
b) Pandemic
c) Epidemic
d) Endemic

Answer: b

10. Prophylaxis of cholera is
a) Protected water supply
b) Environmental sanitation
c) Immunization with killed vaccines
d) All of these

Answer: b