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CHAPTER PRACTICE PROBLEMS

Subject: Biology Topic: Micro-organism

1. Penicillin was discovered by

(a) Alexander Fleming (b) Paul Ehrlick
(c) Robert Koch (d) Salman Waksman

2. Small pox disease is caused by

(a) Virus (b) Bacterium (c) Protozoan (d) Mosquito

3. Which one is a viral disease?

(a) Syphilis (b) Measles (c) Rickets (d) Beri beri

4. Polio immunizing vaccine was developed by

(a) E. Jenner (b) Dr. Salk (c) St. Hale (d) Landsteiner

5. The smallest virus causes

(a) Measles (b) Mumps (c) Rabies (d) Poliomyelitis

6. Match:
(i) Measles (a) Protozoa
(ii) Cholera (b) Virus
(iii) Kala Azar (c) Bacteria
(a) (i) – (a), (ii) – (c), (iii) – (b)
(b) (i) – (a), (ii) – (b), (iii) – (c)
(c) (i) – (b), (ii) – (a), (iii) – (c)
(d) (i) – (b), (ii) – (c), (iii) – (a)

7. The jaundice is a physiological liver disease. It is caused by a:

(a) Bacterium (b) Virus (c) Protozoan (d) Helminth

8. DPT vaccines is given to infants to immunize them against

(a) Diphtheria, pneumonia and Thyroid
(b) Diphtheria, whooping cough and Tetanus
(c) Diarrhea, pneumonia and TB
(d) Diphtheria, whooping cough and Typhoid

9. Diphtheria disease is connected with

(a) Lungs (b) Liver (c) Throat (d) Blood

10. The typhoid fever is caused by

(a) Virus (b) Bacillus diplococcus
(c) Trichomonas (d) Salmonella typhosus

11. Arthritis is the disease of

(a) Inflammation of abdomen (b) Inflammation of joints
(c) Inflammation of liver (d) Inflammation of neck

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12. Trypanosomiasis disease is transmitted by
(a) Louse (b) Tse tse fly (c) Sand fly (d) May fly

13. Quinine an important drug for treatment of malaria, is extracted from

(a) Calyx of Cinnamon (b) Bark of Cinchona
(c) Red ants (d) Bark of Tulsi

14. Which one is primarily concerned with destroying pathogens?

(a) Tonsils (b) Liver
(c) Kidneys (d) Lymphatic tissues

15. Chenopodium oil is used in

(a) Tuberculosis (b) Typhoid (c) Ascariasis (d) Small pox

16. AIDS abbreviation stands for

(a) All India Disease Scheme
(b) All India Diptheria Society
(c) Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(d) Acquired Immune Deficiency Society

17. Which of the following diseases is caused by vitamin A deficiency?

(a) Beriberi (b) Pellagra (c) Xerophthalmia (d) Scurvy

18. Which of the following are bacterial disease -

(a) Diphtheria, leprosy, plague (b) Malaria, leprosy, plague
(c) Tetanus, TB, measles (d) Malaria, AIDS, Filariasis

19. Which of the following matches correctly?

(a) Entamoeba histolytica – Pond snail (b) Plasmodium – Bed bug
(c) Sleeping sickness – Glossina palpalis (d) Kala azar – House fly

20. Which of the following is a matching pair of the vector and the disease?
(a) Culex - Filariasis (b) Housefly – Yellow fever
(c) Body louse – Typhoid (d) Sandfly – Plague

21. BCG vaccine is the anti

(a) Emphysema (b) Pneumonia (c) Polio (d) Tuberculosis

22. Infection of Ascaris usually occurs by

(a) Imperfectly cooked pork (b) Tse tse fly
(c) Mosquito bite (d) Contaminated water and vegetables

23. Kala azar is caused by

(a) Giardia (b) Leishmania (c) Trypanosoma (d) Virus

24. The disease caused by Entamoeba gingivalis is transmitted by

(a) Flies (b) Kissing
(c) Using the same bowl (d) Kissing and using the same bowl

25. On which day, we celebrate Malarial Day?

(a) 5th June (b) 15th August (c) 20th August (d) 20th September

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26. Children who are kept away from Sun usually suffer from
(a) Night blindness (b) Myxoedema (c) Osteomalacia (d) Rickets

27. Triple vaccine is used against

(a) Tetanus, Diphtheria and polio
(b) Tetanus, polio and whooping cough
(c) Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough
(d) Whooping cough, polio and tetanus

28. The pathogen Vibrio cholerae, a gram negative bacterium transmitted through
contaminated food and water, causes
(a) Diphtheria (b) Tuberculosis (c) Cholera (d) Leprosy

29. Harmful ultra violet radiations from sun cause

(a) Breast cancer (b) Liver cancer (c) Mouth cancer (d) Skin cancer

30. Which of the following is a communicable disease?

(a) Tetanus (b) Cancer (c) Rabies (d) Hemophilia

31. Malaria is transmitted by Anopheles. This was discovered by

(a) A. Laveran (b) Ronald Ross (c) Pasteur (d) Huxley

32. The disease which develops after birth is known as

(a) Congenital disease (b) Degenerative disease
(c) Acquired disease (d) Communicable disease

33. Killing rats and rat fleas will reduce the incidence of
(a) Cholera (b) Typhoid (c) Plague (d) Leprosy

34. ‘Vaccination’ was invented by

(a) Pasteur (b) Edward Jenner (c) Robert Koch (d) Robert Hooke

35. The vaccine B.C.G. is used against

(a) Chicken Pox (b) Tuberculosis (c) Measles (d) Leprosy

36. Oral administration of vaccine is possible against

(a) Hydrophobia (b) Diphtheria (c) Tetanus (d) Poliomyelitis

37. The foundation for modern practice of vaccination against small pox was laid by
(a) Pasteur (b) Joseph Lister (c) Robert Koch (d) Edward Jenner

38. A colour blind person cannot distinguish which of the following colours?
(a) Red (b) Green (c) All colours (d) Red and green

39. Vaccination against small pox means the introduction into our body of
(a) Leucocytes obtained from animals (b) Antibodies produced in other animals
(c) Antibodies (d) Actual weakened germs

40. Which of the following is a carrier of dengue fever?

(a) Anopheles (b) Culex (c) Aedes (d) Fly

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41. Tse-tse fly is a vector for sleeping sickness which transmits the infective stage of
which of the following parasites?
(a) Leishmania donavani (b) Plasmodium falciparum
(c) Trypanosoma gambiense (d) Wuchereria bancrofti

42. Cancer is related to

(a) Uncontrolled growth of tissues (b) Non-malignant tumour
(c) Controlled division of tissues (d) None of the above

43. ‘Amoebiasis’ (Amoebic dysentery) is caused by

(a) Plasmodium vivax (b) Entamoeba gingivalis
(c) Entamoeba histolytica (d) Trypanosoma gambiense

44. Painful stiffness of muscles especially those of neck and jaws, face becomes
contorted, intense pain, high fever and paralysis of thoracic muscles. These are the
symptoms of
(a) Plague (b) Diphtheria (c) Leprosy (d) Tetanus

45. Tetanus germs produce the disease whose main symptom is

(a) Lock jaw (b) Desensitized fingers and toes
(c) Sputum contains blood and tuberculin (d) None of the above

46. In polio patients, the legs get atrophied and paralysed due to
(a) Death of some muscles (b) Shrinkage of muscles
(c) Obstruction of muscles (d) Destruction of muscles

47. Hydrophobia (Rabies) is caused by

(a) Bacterium (b) Fungus (c) Protozoan (d) Virus

48. Diphtheria is caused by

(a) Corynebacterium (b) Vibrio
(c) Mycobacterium (d) None of these

49. Congenital diseases are those which

(a) Occur during life time (b) Are deficiency diseases
(c) Are present from time of birth (d) Are spread from man to man

50. After vaccination the body builds up

(a) Toxins (b) Lymph (c) Antibodies (d) Plasma

51. The substances controlling the allergic reaction are called

(a) Histamine substances (b) Anti-inflammatory substances
(c) Inflammatory substances (d) Anti-histamine substances

52. Health means

(a) The state of complete physical well being
(b) The state of complete mental well being
(c) The state of complete social well being
(d) All the above

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53. A scientist associated with antibiotic is
(a) Brown (b) Fleming (c) Leeuwenhoek (d) Koch

54. Congenital diseases are those which

(a) Develop since birth (b) Develop by genital contact
(c) Develop from genetic mutation (d) Developing by contact

55. Which organ of the body is most affected by excessive intake of alcohol?
(a) lungs (b) liver (c) stomach (d) spleen

56. Widal test is used for

(a) Malaria (b) Cholera (c) Yellow fever (d) Typhoid

57. The deficiency of vitamin C causes

(a) Xerophthalmia (b) Scurvy
(c) Sleeping sickness (d) Infertility

58. Cirrhosis of liver occurs due to

(a) taking of alcohol (b) taking of fats
(c) taking of excess of sugar (d) None of the above

59. ATS injection is highly recommended after a deep cut to prevent

(a) Excessive loss of blood (b) The risk of contracting tetanus
(c) The risk of contracting diphtheria (d) The risk of contracting leprosy

60. Cancer treatment includes

(a) Surgical removal of cancerous tissue
(b) Chemotherapy
(c) Radiation therapy
(d) Chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery

61. The greatest curse of the Poliomyelitis is that it leads to

(a) Failure of nervous system and sudden collapse of the patient
(b) Failure of the coronary system
(c) Crippling of legs due to the discontinuation of nerve impulses
(d) Break down of the immune system of the body

62. Cholera is a communicable disease caused by

(a) Corynbacterium (b) Salmonella (c) Vibrio cholerae (d) Bacillus

63. What is not related to Diptheria is

(a) A respiratory infectious disease commonly occurring to children
(b) Indicated by oozing of semisolid material in the throat
(c) Choaking of air passage
(d) Frequent vomiting and diarrhoea

64. Which one of the following diseases is caused by the bacterium Pasteurella pestis?
(a) Tetanus (b) Plague (c) Malaria (d) Tuberculosis

65. Which of the following yields maximum number of antibiotics?

(a) Protozoa (b) Bacteria (c) Fungi (d) Viruses

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66. The causal agent of Tuberculosis is
(a) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (b) Mycobacterium leprae
(c) Clostridium (d) Bacillus

67. Food poisoning is caused by

(a) Entamoeba coli (b) Salmonella (c) Giardia (d) Shigella

68. The sporozoites of Plasmodium from the infected mosquito are transmitted through
its
(a) Eggs (b) Saliva
(c) Eggs and saliva (d) Neither eggs nor saliva

69. A fundamental pathological process producing symptoms such as redness, heat,

swelling and pain in the affected tissue or organ is
(a) Inflammation (b) Disease (c) Infection (d) Infestation

70. Male Anopheles cannot transmit malaria because

(a) It does not feed on human blood (b) It feeds on plant secretions
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)

71. Reserve food material in fungi is :

(a) Glycogen (b) Fats
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Starch
72. Read the following statements and select the correct ones :
(i) Microbes that cause diseases are called pathogens
(ii) Leprosy is not a bacterial disease
(iii)Malaria is caused by plasmodium
(iv) Pneumonia is a bacterial disease
(a) (i), (iii) & (iv) (b) (ii), (iii) & (iv)
(c) (i), (ii) & (iv) (d) (i), (ii) & (iii)

73. Find out the correct statements from the following :

(i) Typhoid fever is caused by Shigella.
(ii) Hepatitis is a viral disease
(iii)Diphtheria is a disease caused by Bacillus brevis.
(iv) Anthrax is a bacterial disease
(a) (i) & (ii) (b) (ii) & (iv) (c) (iii) & (iv) (d) (i) & (iv)

74. Choose the correct statements from the following :

(i) Rhizobium is a symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria.
(ii) Rhizobium lives in root nodules of Legumes.
(iii) Green plants can fix atmospheric nitrogen.
(iv) Bacteria also carry out denitrification.
(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) (b) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(c) (i), (ii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)

75. World Environment day is celebrated on :

(a) 5 June (b) 6 September (c) 18 November (d) 15 January

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76. Which of the following statements are correct :
(i) The protein coat of viruses is called capsid.
(ii) Extrachromosomal genetic material of bacteria is plasmid.
(iii) The spherical shape of bacteria is called cocci.
(iv) The genetic material of bacteria is called plasmid.
(a) (i), (ii), (iii) (b) (i), (iii), (iv) (c) (ii), (iii), (iv) (d) (i), (ii), (iv)

77. Foot and mouth disease of cattles is caused by :

(a) Virus (b) bacteria
(c) Protozoa (d) Fungi

78. Which of the following is a correct pair of bacterial disease and it’s causal agent ?
(i) Anthrax of cattle – Bacillus anthracis
(ii) Whooping cough – Bordetella pertussis
(iii) Blight of Rice – Xanthomonas oryzae
(iv) Diphtheria – Salmonella
(a) Both i & ii (b) Both ii & iii
(c) i, ii & iii (d) iii and iv

79. Which of the following statement is not true :

(a) Single cell organisms are immortal
(b) In multicellular organisms only germ cells are immortal
(c) The power of regeneration is very much decreased in multicellular organisms
(d) None of the above

80. In bacteria, plasmid is :

(a) Main DNA (b) Non-functional DNA
(c) Extra-chromosomal DNA (d) Repetitive DNA

81. Some viruses have RNA but no DNA. This indicates that :
(a) They cannot replicate
(b) These viruses do not have heritable information
(c) RNA can transmit hereditary information
(d) Their nucleic acids must combine with host DNA for virus duplication

82. Which of the following is a viral disease :

(a) Measles (b) Mumps
(c) Dengue (d) All of the above

83. Salk vaccine is for :

(a) Tetanus (b) Polio
(c) Snake bite (d) Small pox

84. Vitamin ‘B’ is synthesized by :

(a) E.coli (b) Streptococcus
(c) Gluconobacter (d) Penicilium

85. Yellow vein mosaic of okra is caused by

(a) Bacteria (b) Fungi
(c) Protozoa (d) Virus

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86. Who has coined the term protozoa?
(a) Robert Grant (b) Goldfuss (c) Gegenbauer (d) Lamarck

87. Which of the following does not have cellular structure?

(a) Bacteria (b) Amoeba (c) Viruses (d) PPLO

88. Which of the following microbe is used in beverage industry?

(a) Bacteria (b) Amoeba (c) Mycoplasma (d) Yeast

89. Blue green algae are now called

(a) Tobaccobacteria (b) Cyanobacteria (c) Tropobacteria (d) Hyalobacteria

90. Mycoplasma is not sensitive to

(a) Streptomycin (b) Neomycin (c) Penicillin (d) Erythromycin

91. AIDS is caused by a-

(a) Virus (b) Bacteria (c) Protozoa (d) None of these

92. Malaria is caused due to-

(a) Fungi (b) Plasmodium (c) Virus (d) Trypanosoma

93. Match the disease agent with the disease it causes:

(i) Plague (a) Treponema
(ii) Diphtheria (b) Mycobacterium
(iii)Tuberculosis (c) Yerisinia
(iv) Syphilis (d) Corynebacterium
(a) (i → a), (ii → d), (iii → b), (iv → c) (b) (i → c), (ii → b), (iii → a), (iv → d)
(c) (i → c), (ii → d), (iii → b), (iv → a) (d) (i → a), (ii → c), (iii → d), (iv → b)

94. Pasteurization is a process of ‘partial sterilization’ of milk to kill almost all the germs,
except
(a) Mycobacterium bovis (b) Streptococcus lactis
(c) Vibrio cholerae (d) Mycobacterium tuberculosis

95. Vaccine is a preventive measure for the diseases which are caused by
microorganisms. Vaccines are actually:
(a) Attenuated form of causal agent of the specific disease
(b) A broad spectrum antibiotic agent
(c) A broad spectrum drug to kill viruses and fungi
(d) Leucocytes of affected persons of the same disease

96. The disease which is not caused by a virus is:

(a) Rabies (b) AIDS
(c) Whooping Cough (d) Mumps

97. Bacteria cannot survive in a highly salted pickle because:

(a) Salt inhibits reproduction of bacteria
(b) Enough light is unavailable for photosynthesis
(c) They become plasmolysed and death occurs
(d) Nutrients in the pickle medium cannot support file

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98. The term antibiotic was first used by
(a) Alexander Fleming (b) Selman Waksman
(c) J. Lister (d) L. Pasteur

99. Which bacteria is comma shaped bacteria?

(a) Streptococcus (b) Lactobacillus
(c) Vibrio (d) Pseudomonas

100. An irregularly shaped cell is

(a) Paramecium (b) RBC (c) Amoeba (d) Euglena

ANSWERS [CPP: Micro-organisms]

1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B
5. D 6. D 7. B 8. B
9. C 10. D 11. B 12. B
13. B 14. D 15. C 16. C
17. C 18. A 19. C 20. A
21. D 22. D 23. B 24. D
25. C 26. D 27. C 28. C
29. D 30. C 31. B 32. A
33. C 34. B 35. B 36. D
37. D 38. D 39. D 40. C
41. C 42. A 43. C 44. D
45. A 46. B 47. D 48. A
49. C 50. C 51. B 52. D
53. B 54. A 55. B 56. D
57. B 58. A 59. B 60. D
61. C 62. C 63. D 64. B
65. B 66. A 67. D 68. B
69. A 70. C 71. A 72. A
73. B 74. C 75. A 76. A
77. A 78. C 79. D 80. C
81. C 82. D 83. B 84. A
85. D 86. B 87. C 88. D
89. B 90. C 91. A 92. B
93. C 94. B 95. A 96. C
97. C 98. A 99. C 100. C

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 COMPREHENSION

Paragraph 1.

Most of bacteria of some kind do not survive in the highly acidic medium of human stomach.
Only a few bacteria do conserve their energy and store nutrients during the passage through
the stomach by shutting down much protein production. When bacteria need the movement
from stomach to intestine, they start production of hollow cylindrical protein called flagellin
for making flagella. These bacteria release a toxin which leads to secretion of some salts and
water into the lumen of small intestine.

Answer questions 1 and 2:

1. The bacteria which follow the passage given above, most probably would be -
(a) MTB (b) VCB (c) MLB (d) GCB

2. The disease which is characterized by the secretion of salts and water in the lumen of
small intestine would be -
(a) Tuberculosis (b) Syphilis (c) Pertussis (d) Cholera

Paragraph 2.

This disease reached India during Jahangir dynasty through the ship of Hongkong and
thousands of people died in Gujrat in 1994. The causal agent was discovered by Kitasato.
This bacteria favoures 22-25οC.

1. Name the causal agent of the disease for which the comprehension given is most
accurate.
(a) Chlotridium Telani (b) Vibrio Cholerae
(c) Corynebacterium (d) Yersinea Pestis

ANSWERS [COMPREHENSION]

Paragraph 1.

1. B 2. D

Paragraph 2.

1. D

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