PREPARED BY:

Dr. Sonu S. Nair

MVSc scholar,
Division of Bacteriology and Mycology
IVRI, Izatnagar

Fletcher’s media is used for cultivation of ………………………………

a. Borrelia
b. Leptospira
c. Salmonella
d. Listeria
ANS: b. Leptospira

For motility testing ……………………. Media is used

a. Liquid media
b. Semi solid media
c. Solid media
d. All the above
ANS: b. Semi solid media

Tryptic soy agar is a ……………………… media

a. Basal
b. Enriched
c. Selective
d. Enrichment
ANS: a. Basal

Concentration of salt in Mannitol salt agar is ………………………..

a. 2%
b. 6%
c. 3%
d. 5%
ANS: d. 5%

Egg containing media is used for the cultivation of ……………………………..

a. Mycobacteria
b. Mycoplasma
c. Chlamydia
d. Borrelia
ANS: a. Mycobacteria

Rhodamine will give …………………….. fluorescence

a. Apple green
b. Orange
c. Reddish
d. Bluish
ANS: c. Reddish
Mesosome is the invagination of ………………………..
a. Nuclear membrane
b. Plasma membrane
c. Cell wall
d. Capsule
ANS: b. Plasma membrane

Which among the following is having linear DNA?

a. Bordettela
b. Borrelia
c. Brucella
d. Blue green algae
ANS: b. Borrelia

Volutin granules are seen in ………………………….

a. Corynebacterium
b. Campylobacter
c. Clostridia
d. Listeria
ANS: a. Corynebacterium

…………………………….. is the numerically most abundant protein of gram –ve cell wall
a. Lipoprotein
b. Glycoprotein
c. Apoprotein
d. Flagellim
ANS: a. Lipoprotein

Flagellar antigen is …………………………

a. H antigen
b. O antigen
c. K antigen
d. F antigen
ANS: a. H antigen

Gram+ organisms have ………………… pair of flagellar rings

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
ANS: a. 1

Sheathed flagellum is seen in ……………………………….

a. Listeria
b. Leptospira
c. Salmonella
d. Leuconostoc
ANS: b. Leptospira
Which among the following shows pleomorphism?
a. Streptobacilli
b. Streptococci
c. Staphylococci
d. Lactobacilli
ANS: a. Streptobacilli

Quantitative ability of an organism to cause disease is ……………………………..

a. Virulence
b. Pathogenicity
c. Invasiveness
d. Adhesiveness
ANS: a. Virulence

……………………………………. Test is used to distinguish pathogenic Staphylococci

a. Catalase test
b. Coagulase test
c. CAMP test
d. MUG test
ANS: b. Coagulase test

…………………………….. is the indicator used in Citrate utilization test

a. Bromocresol purple
b. Bromothymol blue
c. Neutral red
d. Phenol red
ANS: b. Bromothymol blue

Sodium thaurochorate is a ……………………..

a. Bile salt
b. Buffer
c. Bile pigment
d. PH indicator
ANS: a. Bile salt

………………………………… pathway is used by Pseudomonas to oxidise aromatic compound to acetyl coA

AND SUCCINATE
a. TCA cycle
b. Pyruvate decarboxylation pathway
c. Entner-Doudoroff pathway
d. Beta keto adipate pathway
ANS: d. Beta keto adipate pathway

Which among the following show bipolar staining characters?

a. Pasteurella and Salmonella
b. Pasteurella and Yersinia
c. Yersinia and Brucella
d. Yersinia and Salmonella
ANS: b. Pasteurella and Yersinia

Common laboratory contamionator is ………………………..

a. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
b. Protius vulgaris
c. Mycoplasma mycoides
d. Staphylococcus aureus
ANS: b. Protius vulgaris

Which among the following is true about Bacilllus anthracis?

a. Rough colony is pathogenic
b. Smooth colony is pathogenic
c. Mucoid colony is pathogenic
d. Both a & b
ANS: a. Rough colony is pathogenic

Type culture collections in India is maintained at …………………………

a. Ludhiana
b. Mukteshwar
b. Bareilly
c. Banglore
ANS: a. Ludhiana

……………………………… is a type specimen designated by the original discoverer of the species

a. Neotype
b. Holotype
c. Serotype
d. Biotype
ANS: b. Holotype

……………………………. Is a method of classification of bacteria using a number of parameters

a. Adansonian classification
b. Numerical classification
c. Polyphasic classification
d. Computer taxonomy
ANS: c. Polyphasic classification