MICROBIOLOGY MCQ-05
(Biology / Life Sciences MCQ: Multiple Choice Questions in Microbiology)
MCQ on Scientists & Discoveries in Microbiology Part 2
(Sample/Model/Practice Questions for NEET, AIPMT, M.Sc. and Medical Entrance Examination)
1. Who discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
a. Koch
b. Jenner
c. Pasteur
d. Virchow
2. Mycobacterium lepree was discovered by:
a. Pasteur
b. Jenner
c. Koch
d. Hansen
3. Antibodies were discovered by:
a. Edelman
b. Porter
c. Edelman and Porter
d. Edelman and Hess
4. Streptococcus pneumonia was discovered by:
a. Pasteur
b. Jenner
c. Koch
d. Hansen
5. Who discovered Bacillus anthacis?
a. Koch
b. Pasteur
c. Jenner
d. Hansen
6. Scientist who disproved theory of spontaneous generation:
a. Koch
b. Pasteur
c. Jenner
d. Hansen
7. Germ theory of disease was proposed by:
a. Koch
b. Pasteur
c. Jenner
d. Hansen
8. Who discovered the importance of Agar in culture media?
a. Ehrlich
b. Petri
c. Finley
d. Hess
9. Diphtheria toxin was identified by:
a. von Behring
b. Finley
c. Hess
d. Pasteur
10. The theory of immunity was proposed by:
a. Koch
b. Ehrlich
c. Hess
d. Hansen
11. Who isolated E. coli for the first time?
a. Escherich
b. Robert Koch
c. Jenner
d. Pasteur
12. What is ‘Caduceus’?
a. A parasitic nematode
b. Symbol of medicine
c. A method of surgery
d. A method of anesthesia
13. Who discovered archaebacteria?
a. Carl Woese
b. Edelman
c. Ehrlich
d. Pasteru
14. The ‘Three Domain System of Classification” of organism is based on:
a. rRNA sequence
b. cyt-C sequence
c. rRNA and cyt-C sequence
d. Morphology and rRNA sequence
15. What is the peculiarity of Pandoravirus
a. Largest virus
b. Largest viral genome
c. Smallest virus
d. Smallest viral genome
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1. Ans. (a). Koch
2. Ans. (d). Hansen
3. Ans. (c). Edelman and Porter
4. Ans. (a). Pasteur
5. Ans. (a). Koch
6. Ans. (b). Pasteur
7. Ans. (a). Koch
8. Ans. (d). Hess
9. Ans. (a). von Behring
10. Ans. (b). Ehrlich
11. Ans. (a). Escherich
12. Ans. (b). Symbol of medicine
13. Ans. (a). Carl Woese
14. Ans. (a). rRNA sequence
15. Ans. (b). Largest viral genome