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1. MICROBIOLOGY QUIZ
MODULE-I
ARUSHI YASHI | DR. SUMIRA MALIK | AMITY NINSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY | LS204

2. 1.The purpose of swan-necked flasks that Louis Pasteur
designed to disprove spontaneous generation is to:
Allow the multiplication of microbes in the brotha).
Implicate the role of flies in the development of maggots on rotting meatb).
Pasteurize the meat brothc).
Prevent air from entering the flaskd).
Trap the microbes and prevent them from reaching the brothe).

3. ANSWER
e). Trap the
microbes and
prevent them from
reaching the broth

4. 2.Which of the following bacteria was not discovered
by Robert Koch?
Bacillus anthracisa).
Mycobacterium tuberculosisb).
Salmonella typhic).
Vibrio cholerae
d).

5. ANSWER
c) Salmonella typhi

6. 3.The postulates that were proposed to determine the
etiology of disease were formulated
by ____________________.

7. ANSWER
Robert Koch

8. 4.The solid support used in microbiological media is
called ______________.

9. ANSWER
agar-agar

10. 5.The scientist responsible for discovering the fermenting
properties of microorganisms was Louis Pasteur.
TRUE / FALSE

11. ANSWER
TRUE

12. 6.Robert Koch is the Father of Microbiology.
TRUE / FALSE

13. ANSWER
FALSE
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is
the father of microbiology

14. 7. Father of Medical Microbiology is
Pasteura).
Jennerb).
Kochc).
A.L.Hock
d).

15. ANSWER
c) Koch

16. 8. Tuberculosis is a
Water borne diseasea).
Air borne diseaseb).
Food borne diseasec).
Arthropod borne disease
d).

17. ANSWER
b) Air borne disease

18. 9.The main feature of prokaryotic organism is
Absence of locomotiona).
Absence of nuclear envelopeb).
Absence of nuclear materialc).
Absence of protein synthesis
d).

19. ANSWER
b)Absence of
nuclear envelope

20. 10. Protein particles which can infect are called
Vironsa).
Prionsb).
Nucleoidac).
None of these
d).

21. ANSWER
b) Prions

22. 11. The technique used to avoid all microorganisms is
accomplished by
Sterlizationa).
Disinfectionb).
Surgical sterilizationc).
Disinfection Sterilization
d).

23. ANSWER
a).Sterilization

24. 12.Which of the following method of sterilization has no
effect on spores?
Dryinga).
Hot air ovenb).
Autoclavec).
None of thesed).

25. ANSWER
a). Drying

26. 13.Which genus includes the causative agent for
malaria?
Euglenaa).
Parameciumb).
Plasmodiumc).
Trypanosoma
d).

27. ANSWER
c).Plasmodium

28. 14.Which protists are associated with red tides?
red algaea).
brown algaeb).
dinoflagellatesc).
green algaed).

29. ANSWER
a). Red algae

30. 15.Arrange Koch's postulates in correct order:
the pathogen from the pure culture must cause the disease when
inoculated into a healthy, susceptible laboratory animala).
the microorganism or other pathogen must be present in all cases of the
diseaseb).
the pathogen must be reisolated from the new host and shown to be the
same as the originally inoculated pathogen 4c).
the pathogen can be isolated from the diseased host and grown in pure
cultured).

31. ANSWER
b),d),a),c)
1. -b).the microorganism or other pathogen
must be present in all cases of the disease
2.-d).the pathogen can be isolated from the
diseased host and grown in pure culture
3.-a).the pathogen from the pure culture must
cause the disease when inoculated into a
healthy, susceptible laboratory animal
4.-c).the pathogen must be reisolated from the
new host and shown to be the same as the
originally inoculated pathogen