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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Agriculture (BSc agri) .
Chapters
451. |
Nagler’s reaction detects |
A. | Coagulase |
B. | Hyaluronidase |
C. | Lecithinase |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Lecithinase |
452. |
Incubation period of Cl. welchii is |
A. | 8-12 hour |
B. | 7-10 hours |
C. | 5-7 hours |
D. | 2-4 hours |
Answer» A. 8-12 hour |
453. |
The average incubation period of tetanus is |
A. | 2-3 day |
B. | 7-10 days |
C. | 14-21 days |
D. | 3-4 weeks |
Answer» B. 7-10 days |
454. |
Salt agar is used for |
A. | Streptococcu |
B. | Staphylococcus |
C. | Vibrio |
D. | Shigella |
Answer» B. Staphylococcus |
455. |
Culture medium of Leishmania is |
A. | Sabousand’s medium |
B. | NNN medium |
C. | Wilson Blair medium |
D. | Czapek – dox medium |
Answer» B. NNN medium |
456. |
A simple asexual spore which develops by budding is known as |
A. | Chlamydospore |
B. | Blastospore |
C. | Arthospore |
D. | Conidia |
Answer» B. Blastospore |
457. |
Culture medium used for fungus is |
A. | Sabouraud’s medium |
B. | Nutrient agar |
C. | Nutrient broth |
D. | Minimal agar medium |
Answer» A. Sabouraud’s medium |
458. |
For ster i l izat ion of fermentat ion equipment the method followed is |
A. | Radiation |
B. | Chemicals |
C. | Heating |
D. | All of these |
Answer» D. All of these |
459. |
The size of the virus can be determined by |
A. | Micrography |
B. | Ultra-centrifugation at high speed |
C. | Ultra-filteration |
D. | All of these |
Answer» D. All of these |
460. |
Differential staining of bacteria spore is related to |
A. | Albert’s staining |
B. | Lugol’ s staining |
C. | Moller’s staining |
D. | Indian ink preparation |
Answer» C. Moller’s staining |
461. |
Wilson and Blair bismuth sulphite medium is used for the growth |
A. | Salmonella typhi |
B. | Shigella dysenteriae |
C. | Vibrio cholerae |
D. | E. coli |
Answer» A. Salmonella typhi |
462. |
Which Rickettsia can be grown on blood agar media? |
A. | Lactobacilli |
B. | Streptobacillus |
C. | Bacillus anthrax |
D. | Vibrio cholerae |
Answer» A. Lactobacilli |
463. |
Which virus was first observed? |
A. | Hepatitis Virus |
B. | TMV |
C. | Cauliflower mossaic virus |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. TMV |
464. |
The most important energy-yielding reaction for an aerobic organism is |
A. | Glycosi |
B. | EMP |
C. | KDPG |
D. | Both b and c |
Answer» D. Both b and c |
465. |
A disease that can be transmitted by an infectious agent from one individual to another was called |
A. | Epidemic |
B. | Pandemic |
C. | Communicable |
D. | Comma |
Answer» C. Communicable |
466. |
Cell cycle regulated by |
A. | Cyclin |
B. | Cdks |
C. | Cyclins and Cd ks |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Cyclins and Cd ks |
467. |
The prote inaceous compound are converted to ammonia by |
A. | Putrification bacteria |
B. | Ammonifiaction bacteria |
C. | Nitrification bacteria |
D. | Denitrifying bacteria |
Answer» B. Ammonifiaction bacteria |
468. |
A cell becomes flaccid when placed in a |
A. | Isotonic solution |
B. | Hypertonic solution |
C. | Hypotonic solution |
D. | Normal solution |
Answer» B. Hypertonic solution |
469. |
A mutation causing a substitution of one amino acid is called |
A. | Point mutation |
B. | Silent mutation |
C. | Missence mutation |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Missence mutation |
470. |
The formation spindle fibres in the process of cell division is prevented by |
A. | Corchicine |
B. | ATP |
C. | Hydrazine |
D. | All of these |
Answer» C. Hydrazine |
471. |
Important class of respiratory enzymes: |
A. | NAD |
B. | Cytochromes |
C. | ATPase |
D. | Hydrolases |
Answer» B. Cytochromes |
472. |
The primary mode of transmission of poliomyelitis virus: |
A. | Flie |
B. | Milk |
C. | Person to person |
D. | Food and water |
Answer» D. Food and water |
473. |
Genetic constitution of the cell is |
A. | Phenotype |
B. | Genotype |
C. | Cryptotype |
D. | Histotype |
Answer» B. Genotype |
474. |
The primary mode of transmission of poliomyelitis is |
A. | Oral route |
B. | Blood |
C. | Milk |
D. | Person to person |
Answer» C. Milk |
475. |
Cerebral malaria is caused by |
A. | Plasmodium vivox |
B. | P.ovale |
C. | P.falsiparum |
D. | P.malaria |
Answer» C. P.falsiparum |
476. |
Ergot disease is caused by |
A. | Puccinia |
B. | Rhizopus |
C. | Claveceps |
D. | Penicillium |
Answer» C. Claveceps |
477. |
Most bacteria require vitamins as |
A. | Growth Factors |
B. | Sources of energy |
C. | Sources of carbon |
D. | Sources of electron donars |
Answer» A. Growth Factors |
478. |
Which of these is a trace element for bacteria? |
A. | Mg+2 |
B. | Na+ |
C. | Ca+2 |
D. | Mn+2 |
Answer» B. Na+ |
479. |
Virulent factor in pneumococcus is |
A. | Cell wall |
B. | Capsule |
C. | Mesosomes |
D. | Emdotoxins |
Answer» D. Emdotoxins |
480. |
The Bacter ia move in response to magnetic field is |
A. | Spirochets |
B. | Treponema |
C. | Aquaspirillum Magnetotacticum |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Aquaspirillum Magnetotacticum |
481. |
Nagler reaction detects |
A. | Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
B. | Clostridium tetani |
C. | Clostridium perfringens |
D. | Clostridium botulinum |
Answer» C. Clostridium perfringens |
482. |
The following organisms lack definite cell wall |
A. | Mycoplasma |
B. | L-forms |
C. | Both a and b |
D. | Bacteria |
Answer» C. Both a and b |
483. |
The following disease are caused by Mycoplasma except |
A. | Pneumonia in human beings |
B. | Little leaf of Brinjal |
C. | Dwarf disease of Mulbery |
D. | Citrus canker |
Answer» D. Citrus canker |
484. |
Mycotoxins are produced by |
A. | Bacteria |
B. | Fungi |
C. | Algae |
D. | Protozoans |
Answer» B. Fungi |
485. |
The main product of glycolysis under aerobic conditions is |
A. | Pyruvate |
B. | Lactate |
C. | None of these |
D. | Both a and b |
Answer» A. Pyruvate |
486. |
The protein moiety of an enzyme is known as |
A. | Holo enzyme |
B. | Apo enzyme |
C. | Co enzyme |
D. | Enzyme |
Answer» B. Apo enzyme |
487. |
Yeast extract is an excellent source of |
A. | A Vitamin |
B. | Proteins |
C. | B Vitamin |
D. | Carbohydrates |
Answer» C. B Vitamin |
488. |
Example of anaerobic medium |
A. | Wilson blair medium |
B. | Mac conkey broth |
C. | Robertson’s cooked meat medium |
D. | EMB agar |
Answer» C. Robertson’s cooked meat medium |
489. |
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is a measure of: |
A. | Industrial wastes poured into water bodies |
B. | Extent to which water is polluted with organic compounds |
C. | Amount of carbon monoxide inseparably combined with haemoglobin |
D. | Amount of oxygen needed by green plants during night |
Answer» A. Industrial wastes poured into water bodies |
490. |
An example of competitive inhibition of an enzyme is the inhibition of |
A. | Succinic dehydrogenase by malonic acid |
B. | Cytochrome oxidase by cyanide |
C. | Hexokinase by glucose-6-phosphate |
D. | Carbonic anhydrase by carbon dioxide |
Answer» A. Succinic dehydrogenase by malonic acid |
491. |
The following organisms have been proposed as sources of single cell protein |
A. | Bacteria |
B. | Yeasts |
C. | Algae |
D. | All the three |
Answer» D. All the three |
492. |
Nitrites are oxidized to nitrates by a microorganism |
A. | Nitrosomona |
B. | Nitrosococcus |
C. | Nitrobacter |
D. | Azatobacter |
Answer» C. Nitrobacter |
493. |
The major constituents in agar are |
A. | Fat |
B. | Aminoacids |
C. | Polysaccharides |
D. | Polypeptides |
Answer» C. Polysaccharides |
494. |
Multiple antibiotic resistance is mediated by |
A. | Episome |
B. | Plasmid |
C. | Colplasmid |
D. | Both b and c |
Answer» B. Plasmid |
495. |
“Antagonism “ is seen in |
A. | Lag phase |
B. | Plasmids |
C. | Log phase |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these |
496. |
the first phase of a growth curve is |
A. | Log phase |
B. | Lag phase |
C. | γ phase |
D. | Both a and b |
Answer» B. Lag phase |
497. |
In gram positive and gram negative bacteria the electron transport contains |
A. | Naphthquinone |
B. | Plastoquinone |
C. | Ubiquinone |
D. | Both a and b |
Answer» A. Naphthquinone |
498. |
Growth in a closed system, affected by nutrient limitation and waste product accumulation is called |
A. | Batch culturing |
B. | Ascus |
C. | Fruiting body |
D. | Sporangiosphore |
Answer» A. Batch culturing |
499. |
Cells are active and synthesizing new protoplasm. This stage of growth is called |
A. | Lag phase |
B. | Stationary phase |
C. | Log phase |
D. | All of these |
Answer» A. Lag phase |
500. |
Which one of the following tissues can metabolize glucose, fatty acids and ketone bodies for ATP production? |
A. | Liver |
B. | Muscle |
C. | Brain |
D. | R.B.C |
Answer» B. Muscle |
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