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The individual best remembered for bringing microbes to the world is A. B. C. D. Robert Hooke Antony Van Leeuenhoek Robert Koch Masaki Ogata
Micro organisms are found in which of the following kingdom of five kingdom concept (Whittaker's classification)? A. B. C. D. Monera Protista Fungi All of these
The common word for bacteria which are spherical in shape is A. C. cocci spirilla B. D. bacilli pleomorphic
C. D.
In aerobic respiration, the terminal electron acceptor is A. C. oxygen hydrogen B. D. nitrogen nitrate
Catalase production is negative in which of the following? A. B. C. D. Streptococcus Salmonella Proteus Staphylococcus
Which of the following is a substitute for crystal violet used in gram-staining procedure? A. B. C. D. Methylene blue Bromocresol green Safranin Phenolpthalene
Which of the following shows a positive urease test? A). Proteus B). Klebsiella C). (a) and (b) D). None of these
The process of Gram staining is based on the ability of bacterial cell wall A. B. C. D. to retain the safranin dye to retain the crystal violet dye during solvent treatment. to retain part of both dyes none of above
The organism which grows best above 45C are called A. B. C. D. psychrophilic mesosphilic thermophilic any of these
Lag phase is also known as A. B. C. D. period of initial adjustment transitional period generation time none of these
The growth is normally expressed as __________ in turbidimetric measurement A. B. C. D. cells per ml cfu/ml optical density mg N2 /ml
The straightforward method of binary fission explains how bacteria A. B. C. D. grow in nutrient agar evolve move reproduce
Generation time is A. B. C. time required for the population to double time required for the initial adjustment obtained by expression t/n, where t = time interval, n = number of generation
D.
Oxidation of which substance in the body yields the most calories (A) Glucose (B) Glycogen (C) Protein (D) Lipids The degradative Processess are categorized under the heading of (A) Anabolism (B) Catabolism (C) Metabolism (D) None of the above
11. The phenomenon of osmosis is opposite to that of (A) Diffusion (B) Effusion (C) Affusion (D) Coagulation
A lipid bilayer is permeable to (A) Urea (B) Fructose (C) Glucose (D) Potassium The Golgi complex (A) Synthesizes proteins (B) Produces ATP (C) Provides a pathway for transporting chemicals (D) Forms glycoproteins Fatty acids can be transported into and out of cell membrane by (A) Active transport (B) Facilitated transport (C) Diffusion (D) Osmosis The general formula of monosaccharides is
(A)
Which of the following is a reducing sugar? (A) Sucrose (B) Trehalose (C) Isomaltose (D) Agar The sugar found in DNA is (A) Xylose (B) Ribose (B) Deoxyribose (D) Ribulose
. The glycolysis is regulated by (A) Hexokinase (B) Phosphofructokinase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) All of these
26. Cane sugar is known as (A) Galactose (B) Sucrose (C) Fructose (D) Maltose Which of the following is not reducing sugar? (A) Lactose (B) Maltose (C) Sucrose (D) Fructose
28. The carbohydrate reserved in human body is (B) (A) Starch (B) Glucose (C) Glycogen (D) Insulin All proteins contain the (A) few number of 20 amino acids (B) Different amino acids (C) 300 Amino acids occurring in nature (D) Only a few amino acids An aromatic amino acid is (A) Lysine (B) Tyrosine (C) Taurine (D) Arginine An example of polar amino acid is (A) Alanine (B) Leucine (C) Arginine (D) Valine Proteins are soluble in (A) Anhydrous acetone(B) Aqueous alcohol (C) Anhydrous alcohol (D) Benzene The protein present in hair is (A) Keratin (B) Elastin (C) Myosin (D) Tropocollagen Cell-mediated immunity is the function of (A) B lymphocytes (B) T lymphocytes (C) Plasma cells (D) Basophils Heavy chains in IgD are of following type: (A) Alpha (B) Gamma (C) Delta (D) Epsilon On exposure to any antigen, the first antibody to be formed is of the following class: (A) IgA (B) IgG (C) IgM (D) IgE The most abundant T cells are (A) Cytotoxic T cells (B) Helper T cells (C) Suppressor T cells (D) Memory T cells MHC class I proteins are present on the surface of
(A) B cells only (B) T cells only (C) Macrophages only(D) All cells MHC proteins are unique to (A) Each cell (B) Each organ (C) Each individual (D) Each species Human immunodeficiency virus destroys (A) Cytotoxic T cells (B) Helper T cells (C) B cells (D) Plasma cells Active immunity can be produced by administration of (A) Killed bacteria or viruses (B) Live attenuated bacteria or viruses (C) Toxoids (D) All of these Helper T cells release (A) Interleukins (B) Colony stimulating factors (C) Tumour necrosis factor(D) All of these
If two white sheep produce a black offspring, the parents genotypes for colour must be: a. Heterozygous. b. Homozygous white. c. Homozygous black. d. Not enough information was given. e. Which blood type would not be possible for children of a type AB mother and a type A father? a. O. b. A. c. B. d. AB. f. Which of the following factors could lead to variations in the offspring of asexually reproducing organisms? a. Crossing over. b. Fertilization. c. Mutations. d. Independent assortment.
48. Which statement concerning a pair of alleles for a gene controlling a single characteristic in humans is true? A). Both genes come from the father. B). Both genes come from the mother. C). One gene comes from the mother and one gene comes from the father. D). The genes come randomly in pairs from either the mother or father.
a. Observed simultaneously all of the many characteristics in which the parents differed. b. Believed that the hereditary characteristics of two individuals became thoroughly blended in the offspring. c. Ignored all characteristics except a few markedly contrasting ones in which he studied. d. Studied only the offspring obtained from a single mating.
50. Carriers of the colour-blindness trait include: A).Men who are heterozygous for the trait. B).Men who are homozygous for the trait. C).Women who are heterozygous for the trait. D).Women who are homozygous for the trait.