This document contains a microbiology quiz by Dr. Abhijeet Mane with 20 multiple choice questions and their answers. The questions cover topics like Nobel prize winners in microbiology, discoveries of various bacteria and microbes, contributions of scientists to the field of microbiology, life cycles of parasites, and more. The quiz acts as a review of important people, discoveries and concepts in microbiology.
3. 1. Name 4 Nobel prize winners in
Microbiology
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4. 2. Who discovered the
microscope?
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5. 3. What is the other name of
Corynebacterium diphtheriae ?
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6. 4. Who discovered bacterium
Escherichia coli?
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7. 5. What is Filippo Pacini credited with?
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8. 6. Identify. Give 2 contributions to
Microbiology
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9. 7. Who discovered Shigella dysentriae,
bacillus causing dysentery?
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10. 8. Give 2 contributions of this
Stalwart to field of Microbiology
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11. 9. Who invented Polymerase Chain
Reaction?
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12. 10. This man discovered malarial parasites in GI
tract of mosquito thus proving malaria is
transmitted by mosquito. Identify him.
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13. 11. Who identified the bacterium
Mycobacterium leprae as causative agent
of Leprosy?
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14. 12. What is contribution of Ignaz
Philipp Semmelweis to Medical
field?
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15. 13. Name 4 Intestinal Nematodes
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16. 14. Which family does Ebola virus
belong to?
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17. 15. Scientific name of Guinea worm?
How does it enter human being?
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18. 16. Where does Amoebiasis
metastasize?
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19. 17. Name 4 protozoal parasites.
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20. 18. Name the different species of
Plasmodium?
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21. 19. Name 3 stages of asexual
cycle of Plasmodium spp in man?
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22. 20. Name causative agent and
vector for Kala Azar?
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24. 1. Name 4 Nobel prize winners in
Microbiology
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet - for discovering
acquired immunological tolerance
Barry Marshal (1951-) & Robin Warren (1937-)
shared Nobel prize in Medicine (2005) for
discovery of Helicobacter Pylori
Kary Mullis - Nobel prize in Chemistry (1993) for
invention of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
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25. 2. Who discovered the
microscope?
Antony van Leeuwenhoek
draper in Delft, Holland
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26. 3. What is the other name of
Corynebacterium diphtheriae ?
Klebs Loefflers bacillus
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27. 4. Who discovered bacterium
Escherichia coli?
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Theodor Escherich
28. 5. What is Filippo Pacini credited with?
First observed Vibrio cholerae
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29. 6. Identify. Give 2 contributions to
Microbiology
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Sir Frank Macfarlane
Burnet
Australian virologist &
immunologist
Identified causative agent
of Q fever
Gave Burnet’s clonal
selection theory
Shared Nobel prize with
Sir Peter Medawar (1960)
for discovering acquired
immunological tolerance
30. 7. Who discovered Shigella dysentriae,
bacillus causing dysentery?
Kiyoshi Shiga
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31. 8. Give 2 contributions of this
Stalwart to field of Microbiology
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Established that
fermentation was a
result of bacterial
activity
Proved that all forms of
life, even microbes,
arose only from their
like & not de novo
introduced techniques
of sterilization, etc.
32. 9. Who invented Polymerase Chain
Reaction?
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Kary Mullis
33. 10. This man discovered malarial parasites in GI
tract of mosquito thus proving malaria is
transmitted by mosquito. Identify him.
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Sir Ronald Ross
34. 11. Who identified the bacterium
Mycobacterium leprae as causative agent
of Leprosy?
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Albert Ludwig
Sigesmund Neisser
35. 12. What is contribution of Ignaz
Philipp Semmelweis to Medical
field?
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Proposed the
practice of washing
hands with
chlorinated lime
solutions in
obstetrical clinics in
1847 to reduce
incidence of
puerperal fever
36. 13. Name 4 Intestinal Nematodes
Trichuris trichiura
Enterobius vermicularis
Ancylostoma duodenale
Necator americanus
Strongyloides stercoralis
Ascaris lumbricoides
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37. 14. Which family does Ebola virus
belong to?
Filoviridae
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38. 15. Scientific name of Guinea worm?
How does it enter human being?
Dracunculus medinensis
Oral route – contaminated drinking water
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39. 16. Where does Amoebiasis
metastasize?
Lung abscess
Cerebral abscess
Splenic abscess
Granuloma cutis
Amoebic pericarditis
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40. 17. Name 4 protozoal parasites.
Entamoeba histolytica
Naegleria fowleri
Giardia lamblia
Trichomonas vaginalis
Leishmania donovani
Trypanosoma spp
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41. 18. Name the different species of
Plasmodium?
P. vivax
P. falciparum
P. malariae
P. ovale
P. knowlesi
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42. 19. Name 3 stages of asexual
cycle of Plasmodium spp in man?
Pre – erythrocytic schizogony
Erythrocytic schizogony
Gametogony
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43. 20. Name causative agent and
vector for Kala Azar?
Leishmania donovani
Female Sand fly – Phlebotomus argentipes
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