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  • Question
  • The Bacillus cereus causes gasteroenteritis by the production of an exoenterotoxin which is released in food as a result of


  • Options
  • A. cell growth
  • B. cell autolysis
  • C. cell permeation
  • D. cell damage

  • Correct Answer
  • cell autolysis 


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    • 1. Arrange the potencies of toxin in descending order of the following canned foods

    • Options
    • A. peas>string beans>spinach> corn
    • B. corn> string bean>peas>spinach
    • C. corn> spinach> peas>string beans
    • D. corn> peas>string beans>spinach
    • Discuss
    • 2. Anchorage -dependent cells require

    • Options
    • A. wettable surface for growth
    • B. dry surface for growth
    • C. either (a) or (b)
    • D. nothing to do with the surface
    • Discuss
    • 3. Activated sludge undergoes

    • Options
    • A. Primary treatment
    • B. Secondary treatment
    • C. Tertiary treatment
    • D. any of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. The common word for bacteria which are spherical in shape is

    • Options
    • A. cocci
    • B. bacilli
    • C. spirilla
    • D. pleomorphic
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following viruses can be transmitted by the parenteral route?

    • Options
    • A. HBV
    • B. HCV
    • C. HDV
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following cross-reacts with cell wall carbohydrate of Streptococcus pyogenes?

    • Options
    • A. Cardiac valves
    • B. Synovial fluid
    • C. Myocardium
    • D. Vascular intima
    • Discuss
    • 7. The number of nuclei per cell in a dikaryotic cell

    • Options
    • A. is greater than diploid cell
    • B. is lesser than diploid cell
    • C. is equal to diploid cell
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. All of the following viruses are enveloped except

    • Options
    • A. Hepatitis A virus
    • B. Hepatitis B virus
    • C. Hepatitis C virus
    • D. Hepatitis D virus
    • Discuss
    • 9. Enveloped viruses have a __________ shape.

    • Options
    • A. icosahedral
    • B. helical
    • C. roughly spherical
    • D. complex
    • Discuss
    • 10. Postgates assay technique is useful in determining if a cell is viable even though it is

    • Options
    • A. incapable of cell division
    • B. too small to see
    • C. an obligate aerobe
    • D. a thermophile
    • Discuss


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