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


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  • A. peas>string beans>spinach> corn
  • B. corn> string bean>peas>spinach
  • C. corn> spinach> peas>string beans
  • D. corn> peas>string beans>spinach

  • Correct Answer
  • corn> peas>string beans>spinach 


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    • 1. A bacterial food intoxication refers to

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    • A. illness caused by presence of pathogens
    • B. food borne illness caused by the presence of a bacterial toxin formed in food
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. The method of successful treatment of botulism prior to appearance of botulism symptoms involve administration of

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    • A. antibiotic
    • B. analgesic
    • C. antitoxin
    • D. antipyretic
    • Discuss
    • 3. The application of Gamma rays destroys botulism toxin. The dose of gamma rays required for this purpose is

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    • A. 73 Gy
    • B. 73 Rad
    • C. 7.3 Mrad
    • D. 173 Rad
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is a food infection?

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    • A. Salmonellois
    • B. Botulism
    • C. Staphylococcal intoxication
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. The botulism intoxication occurs due to

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    • A. an enterotoxin
    • B. neurotoxin
    • C. mycotoxin
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Botulism is caused by the presence of toxin developed by

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    • A. Clostridium tyrobutyricum
    • B. Clostridium sporogenes
    • C. Clostridium botulinum
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Viruses can be purified based on their size and density by using

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    • A. gradient centrifugation
    • B. differential centrifugation
    • C. precipitation
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. The yield of phage per bacterium is called the

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    • A. eclipse size
    • B. latent size
    • C. burst size
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Inclusion bodies of measles virus are

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    • A. intracytoplasmic
    • B. intranuclear
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. The extracellular phage number increases until a constant titer at the end of the multiplication cycle. This time interval is termed as

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    • A. eclipse period
    • B. rise period
    • C. latent period
    • D. burst size
    • Discuss


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