5751. Noguchis medium is used for________________?
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A. Bordetella

B. Borrelia

C. None of the above

D. Brucella

5752. Nagglers reaction is used in the diagnosis of______________?
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A. Gas gangrene

B. Wool sorters disease

C. Malaria

D. Whooping cough

5754. Leprosy bacilli are transmitted from person to person by all except______________?
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A. Through breast milk

B. From open sore

C. Through intact skin

D. Dischange from nasal mucosa

5755. T cell matures in______________?
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A. Lymph node

B. Payers patch

C. Thymus

D. Busra of Fabricius

5756. Staphylococci typically occur in_________________?
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A. Tetrads

B. Chains

C. Irregular clusters

D. Pairs

5758. Techoic acid is present in_____________?
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A. Cytoplasm of Gram negative organisms

B. Cell wall of Gram negative organisms

C. Cell wall of Gram positive organisms

D. Cytoplasm of Gram positive organisms

5759. Purpose of Sterilization is to eliminate________________?
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A. Bacteria

B. Viruses

C. Fungus

D. Spore formers
5762. All are true about legionella pneumophilia except______________?
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A. Person to person transmission

B. Aquatic bodies are main habitat

C. It can replicate in amoeba

D. Urine test is a reliable method

5763. Fimbriae are demonstrated by ___________________?
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A. Culture

B. Biochemical reaction

C. Gram stain

D. Haemagglutination test
5765. The major antiseptic value of soap lies in its ability to_____________?
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A. Remove microbes

B. Inhibit microbial growth

C. Kill mircobes

D. Dehydrate microbial cells

5766. Sporulation occurs in__________________?
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A. Log phase

B. Stationary phase

C. Decline phase

D. Lag phase

5767. Endotoxin have all but one of the properties given below_______________?
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A. Not secreted outside the cell

B. Cannot be toxoided

C. Produced by gram positive bacteria

D. Produced by gram negative bacteria

5769. Causative organism for gas gangrene_______________?
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A. Clostridium tetani

B. Clostridium welchii

C. Coli

D. Strep. Faecalis

5770. Silver impregnation method of staining is useful to demonstrate_____________?
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A. Bacterial flagella

B. Spirochetes

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5771. Virulence of Gonococcus is due to___________________?
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A. Its intracellular location

B. Cell Membrane

C. Cytolytic enzymes

D. Pili
5772. Which one of the following enteric organisms is anaerogenic and non motile ?
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A. Salmonella typhi

B. Proteus mirabilis

C. Klebsiella pneumonia

D. Shigella sonnei
5773. Which of the following characteristics of bacteria is not true?
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A. Unicellular

B. Having either DNA or RNA

C. Cell wall containing muramic acid

D. Free living

5774. B.C.G untrue is_____________?
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A. All of the above

B. T.B vaccine

C. Orally administered

D. live vaccine

5775. Delayed tuberculin test response is due to_______________?
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A. Monocytes

B. T lymphocytes

C. Histiocytes

D. B lymphocytes

5778. All of the following lab tests can be used to distinguish streptococcus mutans from other oral streptococci, except______________?
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A. Colony morphology on saliva agar

B. Production of intracellular and extracellular adherent polysacharide

C. Gram staining

D. Fermentation of mannitol and sorbital

5779. Pathogenic treponemas can be maintained in________________?
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A. Chick embryos

B. Tissue culture

C. Rabbit testis only

D. Artificial media

5780. Staphylococcal food poisoning includes the following features_______________?
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A. Common with dairy products

B. Heat labile enterotoxin

C. Incubation period of 24 hours

D. Requires immediate antibiotics

5781. Bacteria with potent exotoxin is_______________?
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A. Shigella

B. Pseudomonas

C. Klebsiella

D. Clostridium tetani
5784. Serum sickness syndrome is an example of________________?
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A. Angioneurotic edema

B. Systemic arthus reaction

C. Anaphylactic

D. Cell-mediated immunity

5786. Leprosy bacilli can be grown in_________________?
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A. Testes of albino rats

B. Foot paid on nine branded armadilo

C. Testes of guinea pig

D. Tail of guinea pig

5787. Borelia vincenti is a______________?
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A. Spirochaete

B. Mycoplasma

C. Chlamydia

D. Mycobacteria

5788. Rickettsiae__________________?
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A. Respond to tetracycline therapy

B. Transmitted by arthropod vectors

C. All of the above

D. Multiply within living cell

5790. Antigen used in Weil-Felix reaction______________?
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A. Staphylococcus

B. Proteus

C. Haemophilus

D. E.coli

5791. Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus is due to ________________________?
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A. Pleomorphism

B. Penicillin analogue production

C. Lack of nucleic acid in the cell wall

D. Elaboration of an enzyme that destroy penicillin
5793. Actinomycetes is______________?
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A. Gram positive bacteria

B. Fungus

C. A yeast like form

D. Gram negative bacteria

5794. Loss of capsule in bacteria is generally associated with______________?
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A. increase in invasiveness

B. Decease in virulence

C. Inability to spread through tissue

D. Loss of infectivity

5795. Staphylococcus does not causes_______________?
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A. Abscess

B. Scarlet fever

C. Osteomyelitis

D. Pneumonia

5796. Toxic shock syndrome is due to the following virulence factor_____________?
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A. Carbohydrate cell wall

B. Pyrogenic exotoxin

C. M protein

D. Streptolysin 0

5797. Signs of tyhoid fever is/are_____________________?
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A. Haemorrhage

B. All of the above

C. perforation

D. Osteomyelitis

5799. Each of the following can cause food poisoning except________________?
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A. Cl. welchii

B. Cl. difficile

C. Cl. botulinum

D. Staphylococcus

5800. IL-1 is produced by_________________?
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A. Helper B cells

B. Helper T cells

C. Monocytes

D. Macrophages