List of top Microbiology Questions

Match the following vaccines under Column I with their respective content under Column II.

Column I Vaccine		Column II  Content
A	OPV	I	Killed bacteria
B	Typhoid (TAB)	II	Live bacteria
C	Tetanus	III	Killed virus
D	BCG	IV	Live virus
		V	Toxoid

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A 3-year-old child presented to OPD with the symptoms of influenza. Aspirin is contraindicated in the patient because of increased risk of

Match the following

Column I		Column II
A	Apoptosis	I	Progressive degradative action of Enzymes
B	Necrosis	II	Tightly regulated intracellular progam in which destined cells to day
C	Anaplasia	III	Abnormal mass of tissue
D	Neoplasm	IV	Lack of differentiation

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Gram negative bacteria do not retain the primary stain when washed with alcohol and subsequently stained again with secondary stain.
Reason (R): The outer membrane of gram negative bacteria contains lipopolysaccharides.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

This fungus is also known as opportunistic pathogen, often isolated from warm-blooded animals.

Relative sweetness of sucrose, to saccharin

The Acidic polymers of Ribitol/Glycerol phosphate present in Gram positive microorganism are known as:

Following is the important sterol in faeces formed from cholesterol by bacteria in lower intestine :

Production of Acetyl methyl carbinol can be detected by which of the following test?

SCHICK Test Toxin is a sterile Filterate from a culture of:

The following gram positive bacteria species is positive for the coagulase test (a test for the ability of bacteria to cause blood plasma to clot).

Following pairs represent antibiotic and its source. Identify the correct pair:

Mitomycin C is an antibiotic isolated from

Which of the following is NOT true about the Ebola Virus Disease(EVD)?

Which of the following about the Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) is NOT true?

Which of the following disinfectant effectively destroys vegetative bacterial cells including Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, bacterial endospores, fungi, and viruses?

What is the effective ratio of methyl paraben and propyl paraben for anti-microbial activity?

Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE about prokaryotes?

Most accepted mechanism for developing bacterial resistance to sulphonamides is

Clavulanic acid is

The most commonly used test of sensitivity to antimicrobial agent is

Herpesviruses are large encapsulated viruses that have double stranded DNA genome thatencodes approximately 70 proteins. It causes acute infection followed by latent infection in which virus persist in noninfectious form with periodic reactivation and shedkling of infectious virus. Following are the examples of such herpesvirus -except

Which microorganism is involved in the assay of Rifampicin

The resistance to macrolide antibiotics by of gram positive organism is developed due to

Which of the following is a phjse II drug metabolism reaction associated with genetic polymorphism