Microbiology Questions and Answers Part-5

1. Meosomes are also known as
a) Mitochondria
b) Endoplasmic reticulum
c) Plasmids
d) Chondroids

Answer: d

2. Hybridoma technique was first discovered by.
a) Robert Koch
b) Kohler and Milstein
c) ‘D’ Herelle
d) Land Steiner

Answer: b

3. The minimum number of bacteria required to produce clinical evidence of death in a susceptible animal under standard condition is called
a) LD50
b) ID
c) MLD
d) All of these

Answer: c

4. In Electron Microscope source of electrons is from
a) Mercury lamp
b) Tungsten metal
c) both a and b
d) None of these

Answer: b

5. Griffith (1928) reported the phenomenon of transformation first in
a) Pneumococci
b) Bacillus species
c) H. influenzae
d) E.coli

Answer: a

6. The resolution power of the compound microscope is
a) 0.2 micron
b) 0.2 millimeter
c) 0.2 Angstrom units
d) 0.2 centimeter

Answer: a

7. Monoclonal antibodies are associated with the name of
a) Burnet
b) Medwar
c) Milstein kohler
d) Owen

Answer: a

8. The capacity of a given strain of microbial species to produce disease is known as
a) Pathogen
b) Virulence
c) Infection
d) None of these

Answer: b

9. Lederberg and Tatum (1946) described the phenomena of
a) Conjunction
b) Transformation
c) Mutation
d) Plasmids

Answer: a

10. Hanging drop method for motility study was first introduced by
a) Robert Koch
b) Louis Pasteur
c) Jenner
d) Leeuwenhock

Answer: d