MCQ on Scientists and Discoveries in Microbiology Part 1

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(1). Scientist who demonstrated that open tubes of broth remained free of microbes when air was free of dust:
a.       Tyndal
b.      Pasteur
c.       Petri
d.      Francesco Redi

(2). Who discovered bacterial transformation?
a.       Jenner
b.      Griffith
c.       Messelson
d.      Tautum

(3). Who is known as the father of microbiology?
a.       Rasteur
b.      Koch
c.       Leewenhoek
d.      Robert Hook

(4). Who is known as the father of medical microbiology?
a.       Koch
b.      Pasteur
c.       Jenner
d.      Tautum

(5). Antiseptic properties were first described by:
a.       Jenner
b.      Pasteur
c.       Lister
d.      Beijernic

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b.      Fire and Mello
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d.      D’Herelle

(9). Scientist(s) who proved DNA and not protein as the genetic material:
a.       Hershey and Chase
b.      Beadle and Tautum
c.       Pasteur
d.      Jenner

(10). The phenomenon of transformation was first described in:
a.       E. coli
b.      Bacillus substilis
c.       Pneumococci
d.      Vibrio

(11). Bacterial conjugation was discovered by:
a.       Griffith
b.      Robert Koch
c.       Lederberg and Tatum
d.      Beadle and Tatum

(12). Who invented the hanging drop method to study the motility of microbes?
a.       Pasteur
b.      Koch
c.       Jenner
d.      Leeuwenhoek

(13). The term ‘vaccine’ was coined by:
a.       Pasteur
b.      Robert Koch
c.       Jenner
d.      Jenner and Pasteur

(14). Who coined the term bacteriophage for the first time?
a.       Beijernick
b.      Tautum
c.       De’Herelle
d.      Pasteur

(15). Who discovered Vibrio cholerae?
a.       Koch
b.      Virchow
c.       Mechnikov
d.      Pasteur

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Answer Key

1. Ans. (a). Tyndal

2. Ans. (b). Griffith

3. Ans. (c). Leewenhoek

4. Ans. (a). Koch

5. Ans. (c). Lister

6. Ans. (b). Jenner

7. Ans. (a). Mechnikov

8. Ans. (c). Kohler and Milstein

9. Ans. (a). Hershey and Chase

10. Ans. (c). Pneumococci

11. Ans. (c). Lederberg and Tatum

12. Ans. (d). Leeuwenhoek

13. Ans. (a). Pasteur

14. Ans. (c). De’Herelle

15. Ans. (a). Koch

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