Microbiology Mcqs - Set 3

1)   The world german measles is applied for_____________?

a. Rubella
b. Rubeola
c. Herpes simplex
d. Herpetic ginglvostomatitis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rubella

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2)   Hepatitis A virus is best diagnosed by______________?

a. IgM antibodies in serum
b. Isolation form stool
c. Culture from blood
d. Isolation from bile
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: IgM antibodies in serum

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3)   Which of the following is not a pox virus ?

a. Cowpox
b. Molluscum contagiosum
c. Small pox
d. chicken pox
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: chicken pox

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4)   Serological study for prevalence of Hepatitis B is best done by______________?

a. Surface antigen
b. Surface antibody
c. Core antigen
d. Core antibody
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Surface antigen

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5)   ELISA test when compared to western blot technique is______________?

a. Less sensitive less specific
b. More sensitive, more specific
c. Less sensitive, more specific
d. More sensitive, less specific
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: More sensitive, less specific

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6)   The virus which causes Aplastic anemia in chronic hemolytic disease is_______________?

a. Adeno
b. Hepatitis
c. EB virus
d. Parvo virus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Parvo virus

Explanation:
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7)   In HIV, gp 120, envelope glycoproteins bind specifically to______________?

a. CD8 T-cells
b. CD4 T-cells
c. B – cells
d. NK – cells
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: CD4 T-cells

Explanation:
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8)   The small nonparticulate protein leading to enhanced replication of HBV as well as HIV is______________?

a. HBc Ag
b. HBs Ag
c. Hbe Ag
d. HBx Ag
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: HBx Ag

Explanation:
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9)   patients with organ transplants are most frequently infected with______________?

a. Hepatitis A
b. Hepatitis B
c. CMV
d. EBV
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: CMV

Explanation:
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10)   EBV is responsible for all except______________?

a. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
b. Burkitt’s lymphoma
c. Hepatoma
d. Infectious mononucleosis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hepatoma

Explanation:
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11)   Most common tumor associated with AIDS is______________?

a. Carcinoma
b. Kaposi’s sarcoma
c. Melanoma
d. Ewing’s sarcoma
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Kaposi’s sarcoma

Explanation:
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12)   The overall effect of HIV is to gradually impair the immune system by interference with______________?

a. Helper T lymphocytes
b. Natural killer cells
c. Plasma cells
d. Macrophages
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Helper T lymphocytes

Explanation:
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13)   Hepatitis C virus belongs to which one of the following virus groups ?

a. Picorna viruses
b. Herpes viruses
c. Hepadana viruses
d. Flavi viruses
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Flavi viruses

Explanation:
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14)   Hepatitis B infection spreads through all of the following routes except______________?

a. Blood transfusion
b. Sexual contact
c. Faeco oral route
d. Perinatal transmission
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Faeco oral route

Explanation:
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15)   Viruses can be isolated from clinical samples by cultivation in the following except_______________?

a. Tissue culture
b. Embryonated eggs
c. Animals
d. Chemically defined media
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chemically defined media

Explanation:
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16)   During the Window period of patient with AIDS_______________?

a. ELISA IS – ve
b. Western Blot is – ve
c. Both are – ve
d. PCR is – ve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both are – ve

Explanation:
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17)   Plaque test is used routinely in virology lab’s for________________?

a. Identification of viral disease
b. To separate specific clone of virus
c. To maintain certain viral culture
d. To prepare vaccines
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Identification of viral disease

Explanation:
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18)   All are oncogenic except________________?

a. Anopheles
b. Aedes
c. Culex
d. Mansoni
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Aedes

Explanation:
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19)   DNA covering material in a virus is called as________________?

a. Capsomere
b. Capsid
c. Nucleocapsid
d. Envelope
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Capsid

Explanation:
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20)   All are oncogenic except________________?

a. EB virus
b. Papilloma virus
c. Herpes simplex virus
d. Varicella zoster virus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Herpes simplex virus

Explanation:
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21)   True about HIV are all except______________?

a. DNA virus
b. Attacks CD4 cells
c. Macrophages are the reservoir
d. Decrease CD4 count in late stages
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: DNA virus

Explanation:
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22)   EBV causes all except_________________?

a. Carcinoma of nasopharynx
b. Papilloma
c. Infectious mononucleosis
d. Burkitt’s lymphoma
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Papilloma

Explanation:
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23)   Australian antigen is_______________?

a. HB Ag
b. HBs AG
c. HBV
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: HBs AG

Explanation:
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24)   Which of the following methods is adopted for screening HIV infection ?

a. Virus isolation
b. Western blot followed by ELISA
c. ELISA followed by western blot technique
d. Polymers chain reaction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: ELISA followed by western blot technique

Explanation:
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25)   Enterically transmitted NANB hepatitis B_____________?

a. Hepatitis C
b. Hepatitis D
c. Hepatitis E
d. Hepatitis F
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hepatitis E

Explanation:
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26)   True about immune response of hepatitis B is__________________?

a. Antibody of HBs Ag is associated with resistance to infection
b. Antibody to HBC is not protective
c. Highest titres of anti HBC are found in persistent carriers of HBs Ag
d. CMI disappears soon after recover
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Antibody of HBs Ag is associated with resistance to infection

Explanation:
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27)   The best way of detecting the presence of viruses in the infected cell – culture is____________?

a. Cytopathic changes in culture cells
b. Presence of viral protein in the infected monolayer
c. Haemagglutination test
d. Haemagglutination inhibition test
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cytopathic changes in culture cells

Explanation:
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28)   The Dane particle is the______________?

a. HBV
b. IgG anti HAV
c. Delta Virus
d. HBC Ag
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: HBV

Explanation:
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29)   Baby born to mother suffering from AIDS, all are true except________________?

a. Failure to thrive
b. Have infections
c. 50% chances to have AIDS
d. All are true
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 50% chances to have AIDS

Explanation:
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30)   The time gap between appearance of Koplik’s spot and cutaneous rash in measles is________________?

a. 24 Hrs
b. 3-4 days
c. 2 weeks
d. 10 days
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3-4 days

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!