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  • Which of the following organisms can be demonstrated with silver impregnation method?


  • Options
  • A. Vibrios
  • B. Salmonella
  • C. Spirochaetes
  • D. Shigella

  • Correct Answer
  • Spirochaetes 


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    • 1. At what concentration of sulphuric acid, Nocardia resists decolourization?

    • Options
    • A. 0.5% sulphuric acid
    • B. 5% sulphuric acid
    • C. 10% sulphuric acid
    • D. 8% sulphuric acid
    • Discuss
    • 2. The production of sufficient acid by fermentation of glucose leads to decrease in pH such that pH of the medium falls below 4.5. Which of the following test can detect it?

    • Options
    • A. Indole test
    • B. Methyl red test
    • C. Citrate utilization test
    • D. Voges-Proskauer test
    • Discuss
    • 3. What is the colour of gram -postive bacteria on a gram staining?

    • Options
    • A. Purple
    • B. Pink
    • C. Colourless
    • D. Green
    • Discuss
    • 4. Gram staining was developed accidentally in 1884 by

    • Options
    • A. Alexander Fleming
    • B. Hans Christian Gram
    • C. Joseph Christian Gram
    • D. Robert Gram
    • Discuss
    • 5. Production of acetoin can be detected by which of the following tests?

    • Options
    • A. Citrate test
    • B. Voges-Proskauer test
    • C. Methyl red test
    • D. Indole test
    • Discuss
    • 6. The organisms that can be acid-fast stained is

    • Options
    • A. Nocardia
    • B. Tubercle bacilli
    • C. Lepra bacilli
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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
    • 8. What is the colour of gram-negative bacteria on a gram staining?

    • Options
    • A. Purple
    • B. Pink
    • C. Green
    • D. Colourless
    • Discuss
    • 9. Catalase production is negative in which of the following?

    • Options
    • A. Streptococcus
    • B. Salmonella
    • C. Proteus
    • D. Staphylococcus
    • Discuss
    • 10. The size of a single plant cell is usually within the range of

    • Options
    • A. 10-20?m in diameter and 25-100?m long
    • B. 20-40?m in diameter and 100-200?m long
    • C. 40-60?m in diameter and 200-300?m long
    • D. 60-80?m in diameter and 300-400?m long
    • Discuss


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