1. The term prokaryotes refers to which of the following ?
a) very small organisms
b) unicellular organisms that have no nucleus
c) multicellular organisms
d) cells that resemble animal cells more than plant cells
Answer : b
2. The five kingdom concept was proposed by
a) Whitekar
b) Linnaeus
c) Ernst Haeckel
d) Choice 4
Answer : a
3. Which of following is acellular?
a) virus
b) bacterium
c) fungus
d) protozoan
Answer : a
4. The process by which microbes turn grape juice into wine is called _________ .
Answer : Fermentation
5. Which of the following is not a subfield of microbiology?
a) bacteriology
b) botany
c) clinical microbiology
d) virology
Answer : b
6. Which of the following individuals argued in favor of the theory of spontaneous generation ?
a) Francesco Redi
b) Louis Pasteur
c) Jon Needham
d) Lazzaro Spallanzani
Answer : c
7. which of the following scientist tried to disprove Spontaneous generation theory by passing air through cotton into flasks containing heated broth?
a) Franz Schulze
b) H. Schroder and T. Von Dusch
c) Lazaro Spallanzani
d) Theodor Schwann
Answer : b
8. Which of the following scientist carried out experiment in a specially designed box to prove dust carried the germs?
a) Louis Pasteur
b) Antony Van Leeuwenhoek
c) John Tyndall
d) H. Schroder and T. Von Dusch
Answer : c
9. Antony Van Leeuwenhoek who is known as Father of Microbiology originally was a _______ .
a) Microbiologist
b) Optician
c) Opthalmic Surgeon
d) Cloth Merchant
Answer : d
10. Which of the following bacteria was not discovered by Robert Koch?
a) Bacillus anthracis
b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
c) Salmonella typhi
d) Vibrio cholerae
Answer : c