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  • Question
  • Which of the following properties is due to lysogenic conversion by phages?


  • Options
  • A. Toxin production in Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • B. Toxin production in Clostridium botulinum types C and D
  • C. Antigenic variation in Salmonella anatum
  • D. All of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • All of the above 


  • More questions

    • 1. Mac-Conkey medium is an example of

    • Options
    • A. transport medium
    • B. enrichment medium
    • C. differential medium
    • D. all of these
    • 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. Stringent anaerobes can be grown in a media by taking special measure as

    • Options
    • A. boiling the media for several minutes
    • B. addition of cysteine
    • C. passing through oxygen-free nitrogen
    • D. any of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following modified amino acid is used at the starting of most prokaryotic proteins?

    • Options
    • A. N-formylserine
    • B. N-formylmethionine
    • C. N-formylleucine
    • D. N-formylalanine
    • Discuss
    • 5. The viruses, which is/are transmitted by parenteral and sexual routes is/are

    • Options
    • A. Hepatitis B virus
    • B. Hepatitis C virus
    • C. Hepatitis G virus
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. The most serious infection is

    • Options
    • A. superinfection of an HBsAg carrier by HDV
    • B. infection with HBV alone
    • C. coinfection of HBVand HDV
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following does not represent a human disease caused by fungi?

    • Options
    • A. Ringworm
    • B. Cryptococcosis
    • C. Malaria
    • D. Jock itch
    • Discuss
    • 8. Eukaryotic cell organelles first emerged

    • Options
    • A. from a specialized lineage of cells within the kingdom Protista
    • B. when prokaryotes engulfed each other and became interdependent
    • C. when bacteria made their first attempts at reproduction
    • D. just before the origin of the animal and fungal kingdoms
    • Discuss
    • 9. Hepatitis G virus belongs to the family

    • Options
    • A. Caliciviridae
    • B. Flaviviridae
    • C. Hepadnaviridae
    • D. Coronaviridae
    • Discuss
    • 10. The basidiomycetes include plant parasites that can cause

    • Options
    • A. rust and smut diseases
    • B. candidiasis
    • C. ergot disease
    • D. Dutch elm disease & chestnut blight
    • Discuss


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