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The population of algae in soil is __________ that of either bacteria or fungi.
Options
A. generally smaller than
B. generally greater than
C. equal to
D. none of these
Correct Answer
generally smaller than
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1. Which of the following antigenic types of hepatitis B virus is present in the envelope?
Options
A. HbsAg
B. HBcAg
C. HBeAg
D. HBxAg
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Correct Answer: HbsAg
2. The catabolic reaction, pentose-phosphate exists in
Options
A. prokaryotic cells
B. eukaryotic cells
C. prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells both
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells both
3. Gram positive cells have a
Options
A. second outer membrane that helps to retain the crystal violet stain
B. multiple layer of peptidoglycan that helps to retain the crystal violet stain
C. thick capsule that traps the crystal violet stain
D. periplasmic space that traps the crystal violet
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Correct Answer: multiple layer of peptidoglycan that helps to retain the crystal violet stain
4. Xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) agar is better selective medium than the deoxycholate citrate agar (DCA) because
Options
A. it is selective
B. it imparts better growth
C. it contains high salt concentration
D. it is less inhibitory to
S. Dysentriae and S. flexneri
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Correct Answer: it is less inhibitory to
S. Dysentriae and S. flexneri
5. In
E.coli
, which enzyme synthesizes the RNA primer for Okazaki fragments?
Options
A. DnaA
B. DnaC
C. DnaG
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: DnaG
6. Heat-stable enterotoxin of
Escherichia coli
activates
Options
A. adenylate cyclase
B. guanylate cyclase
C. both of the above
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: guanylate cyclase
7. Heat-labile enterotoxin of
Escherichia coli
activates
Options
A. guanylate cyclase
B. adenylate cyclase
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: adenylate cyclase
8. The ability of B. coagulans to grow in tomato juice depends upon the
Options
A. number of spores present
B. the availability of oxygen
C. the pH of the juice
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: all of these
9. Who developed the concept of specific toxicity?
Options
A. Pasteur
B. Fleming
C. Watson
D. Ehrlich
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Correct Answer: Ehrlich
10. The structural abnormality of cells is termed as
Options
A. hyperplasia
B. anaplasia
C. metastasis
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: anaplasia
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