Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) on Microbiology
1- VDRL test is the example of
(A) Agglutination Reaction
(B) Immunofluorescence
(C) Slide Flocculation Test
(D) None of the above
2- Contamination of contact lenses could lead to eye infection with :
(A) Acanthamoeba
(B) Entamoeba coli
(C) Onchocerca volvulus
(D) Toxocara canis
3- Which of the following virus can cause cervical cancer?
(A) Human Papilloma virus
(B) Herpes simplex Virus
(C) Epstein Barr virus
(D) Norwalk virus
4- Which organism is considered an index of fecal pollution of drinking water supplies?
(A) Rota Virus
(B) E. coli
(C) Salmonella spp.
(D) Hepatitis E virus
5- In malaria, the form of plasmodia that is transmitted from mosquito to human is
(A) Sporozoite
(B) Gametocyte
(C) Merozoite
(D) Hypnozoite
6- Antigenic Shift is seen in
(A) smallpox virus
(B) Influenza virus
(C) herpes virus
(D) measles
7- Multi drug resistance is spread by :
(A) Transformation
(B) Transduction
(C) Mutation
(D) Conjugation
8- Casoni’s Test is diagnostic for
(A) Ascariasis
(B) Hydatid Disease
(C) Anemia
(D) Hepatitis
9- Diagnosis of Typhoid fever in the second week is by
(A) Widal test
(B) Urine culture
(C) Stool culture
(D) Blood culture
10- Father of Microbiology is:
(A) Edward Jenner
(B) Robert Koch
(C) Louis Pasteur
(D) Ehrlich
ANSWERS:
1-(C), 2-(A), 3-(A), 4-(B), 5-(A), 6-(B), 7-(D), 8-(B), 9-(A), 10-(C)