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  • Question
  • Chemically the capsule may be


  • Options
  • A. polypeptide
  • B. polysaccharide
  • C. either (a) or (b)
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • either (a) or (b) 


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    • 1. Non bacterial ropiness or sliminess in milk and milk products may be due to the

    • Options
    • A. stringiness caused by mastitis and in particular by fibrin and leucocytes from the cow's blood.
    • B. sliminess resulting from the thickness of the cream
    • C. stringiness due to thin films of casein or lactalbumin during cooling
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is commonly used as Gram's decolouriser?

    • Options
    • A. Ethyl alcohol
    • B. Methyl alcohol
    • C. Acetone
    • D. A mixture of ethyl alcohol and acetone
    • Discuss
    • 3. Canned poultry is more often spoiled by

    • Options
    • A. putrefactive than by Saccharolytic Clostridia
    • B. Saccharolytic Clostridia than by putrefactive
    • C. Saccharomyces species
    • D. Micrococcus species
    • Discuss
    • 4. The phenomenon of commensalism refers to a relationship between organisms in which

    • Options
    • A. one species of a pair benefits
    • B. both the species of a pair benefit
    • C. one species of a pair is more benefited
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. The bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer belongs to which of the following fungal divisions?

    • Options
    • A. Ascomycota
    • B. Deuteromycota
    • C. Oomycota
    • D. Zygomycota
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following structure is absent in eukaryotic cells?

    • Options
    • A. Mitochondria
    • B. Chloroplasts
    • C. Golgi structure
    • D. Mesosome
    • Discuss
    • 7. The inactive protein from of enzyme is

    • Options
    • A. apoenzyme
    • B. enzyme
    • C. haloenzyme
    • D. cofactor
    • Discuss
    • 8. Coxsackie virus B3, a subgroup of enteroviruses, commonly causes

    • Options
    • A. acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
    • B. muscular dystrophy
    • C. myocarditis
    • D. gastroenteritis
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following plamids do not possess information for self transfer to another cell?

    • Options
    • A. Cryptic plasmids
    • B. Conjugative plasmids
    • C. Non-conjugative plasmids
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Colonies resembling molar teeth are produced by

    • Options
    • A. Nocardia brasiliensis
    • B. N. asteroids
    • C. Actinomyces israelii
    • D. Actinomadura madurae
    • Discuss


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