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  • Question
  • Genetic variations are


  • Options
  • A. temporary
  • B. influenced by the environment
  • C. stable
  • D. not heritable

  • Correct Answer
  • stable 


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    • 1. Because it can be used with a variety of media and allow a resuscitation step the __________ technique has become the common and often preferred method of evaluating the microbiological characteristics of water.

    • Options
    • A. most probable number
    • B. Winogradsky
    • C. MUG
    • D. membrane filtration
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following property(ies), shown by the organisms belong(s) to the family Enterobacteriaceae?

    • Options
    • A. They are catalase-positive
    • B. They are oxidase-negative
    • C. They ferment glucose
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. The hepadnaviruses such as hepatitis B virus are quite different from other DNA viruses with respect to genome replication. These replicate their DNA using

    • Options
    • A. DNA-dependent DNA polymerase
    • B. reverse transcriptase
    • C. Rnase H
    • D. DNA ligase
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following disease is caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in man?

    • Options
    • A. Gastroenteritis
    • B. Mesenteric lymphadenitis
    • C. Septicaemia
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Surface taint in butter which is blamed on Pseudomonas putrefaciens is also called as

    • Options
    • A. rabbito
    • B. putridity
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. The technique(s), used for the assay of heat-labile enterotoxin produced by Escherichia coli, is/are

    • Options
    • A. Steroid production in Yl mouse adrenal cell culture
    • B. Morphological changes in Chinese hamster ovary
    • C. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The affinity of an enzyme for its substrate, when the enzyme has a Km of 0.50 M will be __________ than the affinity of an enzyme for its substrate when the enzyme has a Km of 0.05 M.

    • Options
    • A. greater
    • B. lesser
    • C. approximately equal
    • D. half
    • Discuss
    • 8. Ascoli's thermoprecipition test helps in confirming the laboratory diagnosis of

    • Options
    • A. tetanus
    • B. anthrax
    • C. typhoid
    • D. cholera
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the coxsackieviruses can cause herpangina?

    • Options
    • A. Group A
    • B. Group B
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. The penicillin stable in gastric acid and suitable for oral administration is

    • Options
    • A. methicillin
    • B. carbenicillin
    • C. closacillin
    • D. pencillin-G
    • Discuss


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