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| 1-Dont try to cram or spend more time here just read it fast and cover syllabus then practice MCQ's cheptor of same topic to check your progress. . |
| 2-Wrong options are also given but dont concentrate there, Right answer is in bold format. |
| Q1 ⇒ Which of the following is true regarding anthrax? Inhalation Anthrax requires infection with a large number of spores [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q2 ⇒ Mucus helps in protecting against pathogens by blocking access and attachment of pathogens to mucosal surfaces [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q3 ⇒ Immunization with which of the following toxoid induces high titer serum antibody, but does not protect from the corresponding disease? Botulism [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q4 ⇒ Which of the following disease is not caused by microbial protein toxin? Tuberculosis [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q5 ⇒ The agent responsible for causing mad cow disease is thought to be a prion [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q6 ⇒ Lactoferrin helps to protect against pathogens by sequestering Iron [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q7 ⇒ Which of these cytokines is also known under the name cachectin? Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q8 ⇒ What is common in catheters and ventilators? They bypass important defenses of the body [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q9 ⇒ Each of the 3 virulence factors of Bacillus anthracis i.e. the capsule, edema toxin and lethal toxin can affect the activity of macrophages [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q10 ⇒ The nature of the poliovirus gives for oral vaccination (satin vaccine) as part of the eradication programme is live attenuated strains of all three immunological types [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q11 ⇒ Cholera toxin is an A-B type toxin in which the B portions bind to a receptor on a host cell and the A portion enters the cell to cause ADP ribosylation of a G protein that locks it into an active form that stimulates adenylate cyclase to make cAMP [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q12 ⇒ All infections do not cause fever and all fevers are not due to infections which of the following is an example of non-infections cause of fever? Rheumatic disease [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q13 ⇒ Fatalities following influenza infection are usually due to the bacterial superinfection [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q14 ⇒ Plastic implants can pose a serious nosocomial infection problem because all of the above [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q15 ⇒ Pseudomembraneous colitis is all of the above [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q16 ⇒ Coxsackie virus B3, a subgroup of enteroviruses, commonly causes myocarditis [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q17 ⇒ Which of the following disease is caused by DNA viruses? Small pox [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q18 ⇒ A major difference between EHEC and EPEC is EHEC secretes a Shiga-like toxin and EPEC does not [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q19 ⇒ Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus pneumoniae are acquired by inhalation [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
| Q20 ⇒ Prontosil is an effective antibacterial both in animals as well as in in-vitro cultures [other wrong options] [Discuss in forum] |
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