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Microbiology FMGE Past Paper Questions

Microbiology FMGE Past Paper Questions: High yield subject with 13 marks from pure Microbiology & 10 more marks shall be expected from related subjects like PSM.

Bacteria may acquire characteristics by all of the following except:

Taking up soluble DNA fragments across their cell wall from other species

Incorporating part of host DNA

Through bacteriophages

Through conjugation

Correct! Wrong!

Neonatal thymectomy leads to:

Decreased size of germinal center

Decreased size of paracortical areas

Increased antibody production by B cells

Increased bone marrow

Correct! Wrong!

Staphylococcus aureus differs from Staphylococcus epidermidis by:

Is coagulase positive

Forms white colonies

A common cause of UTI

Causes endocarditis in drug addicts

Correct! Wrong!

Positive Shick’s test indicates that person is:

Immune to diptheria

Hypersensitive to diptheria

Susceptible to diptheria

Carrier of diptheria

Correct! Wrong!

In a patient with typhoid, diagnosis after 15 days of onset of fever is best done by:

Blood culture

Widal

Stool culture

Urine culture

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following is transmitted by rat urine?

Leptospira

Listeria

Legionella

Mycoplasma

Correct! Wrong!

AII the following are true about Listeria except:

Transmitted by contaminated milk

Gram negative bacteria

Causes abortion in pregnancy

Causes meningitis in neonates

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following statement is true about Bacteroides

It is gram positive bacilli

It is strictiy aerobic

It may cause peritonitis

Presence in stool culture indicates need for treatment

Correct! Wrong!

Heat stable enterotoxin causing food poisoning is caused by all the following except

Bacillus cereus

Yersinia enterocolitica

Staphylococcus

Clostridium perfringens

Correct! Wrong!

HIV virus contains:

Single stranded DNA

Single stranded RNA

Double stranded DNA

Double stranded RNA

Correct! Wrong!

Regarding HIV which of the following is not true:

It is a DNA retrovirus

Contains reverse transcriptase

May infect host CD4 cells other than T-lymphocytes

Causes a reduction in host CD4 cells at late stage of disease

Correct! Wrong!

CMV retinitis in HIV occurs when the CD4 counts fall below:

100

200

150

Correct! Wrong!

Epstein Barr virus causes all the following except:

Infectious mononucleosis

Measles

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Correct! Wrong!

In a patient, corneal scraping reveals narrow angled septate hyphae. Which of the following is the likely etiologic agent:

Mucor

Aspergillus

Histoplasma

Candida

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following is true regarding globi in a patient with lepromatous leprosy:

Consists of lipid laden macrophages

Consists of macrophages filled with AFB

Consists of neutrophils filled with bacteria

Consists of activated lymphocytes

Correct! Wrong!

The following diagnostic tests are useful for corresponding purposes except:

Zeil-Neelson staining – Detection of mycobacteria

Immunoflorescence – Detection of influenza virus

Specific IgM antibodies – Immunity against rubella

Specific IgM antibodies – Detection of acute infection

Correct! Wrong!

IL-1 produces:

T lymphocyte activation

Delayed wound healing

Increased pain perception

Decreased PMN release from bone marrow

Correct! Wrong!

Microfilaria are seen in peripheral blood in which stage of filariasis:

Tropical eosinophilia

Early elephantiasis

Early adenolymphangitis stage

None of the above

Correct! Wrong!

Confirmation of diagnosis of rota virus infection is by:

Antigen detection in stool by ELISA

Antibody titres in serum

Antigen detection by immunoflurescence

Antigen detection in serum by ELISA

Correct! Wrong!

Heat labile instruments for use in surgical procedures can be best sterilized by:

Absolute alcohol

Ultra violet rays

Chlorine releasing compounds

Ethylene oxide gas

Correct! Wrong!

Thirty-eight children consumed eatables procured from a picnic party. Twenty children developed abdominal cramps followed by vomiting and watery diarrhea 6-10 hours after the party. The most likely etiology for the outbreak is:

Rotavirus infection

Entero-toxigenic E. coli infection

Staphylococcol toxin

Clostridium perfringens infection

Correct! Wrong!

The following are true for Bordetella pertussis except:

It is a strict human pathogen

It can be cultured from the patient during catarrhal stage

It leads to invasion of the respiratory mucosa

Infection can be prevented by a acellular vaccine

Correct! Wrong!

A chest physician performs bronchoscopy in the procedure room of the out patient department. To make the instrument safe for use in the next patient waiting outside, the most appropriate method to disinfect the endoscope is by:

70% alcohol for 5 min

2% gluteraldelyde for 20 min

2% formaldehyde for 10 min

1% sodium hypochlorite for 15 min

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following statements is true about rabies virus:

It is a double stranded RNA virus

Contains a DNA-dependent RNA polymerase

RNA has a negative polarity

Affects motor neurons

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following statements is true about endemic typhus

Is caused by R. rickettsii

Is transmitted by the bite of fleas

Has no mammalian reservoir

Can be cultured in chemical defined culture medium

Correct! Wrong!

The organism most commonly causing genital filariasis in most parts of Bihar and eastern UP is

Wuchereria bancrofti

Brugia malayi

Onchocerca volvulus

Dirofilaria

Correct! Wrong!

Regarding NK cells, false statement is

It is activated by IL-2

Expresses CD 3 receptor

It is a variant of large lymphocyte

There is antibody induced proliferation of NK cells

Correct! Wrong!

Adenosine deaminase deficiency is seen in the following

Common variable immunodeficiency

Severe combined immunodeficiency

Chronic granulomatous disease

Nezelof syndrome

Correct! Wrong!

A beta hemolytic bacteria is resistant to vancomycin, shows growth in 6.5% NaCI, is non-bile sensitive. It is likely to be

Strep. pneumoniae

Enterococcus

Strep. bovis

Strep. agalactiae

Correct! Wrong!

False statement about the streptococcus is:

M protein is responsible for production of mucoid colonies

M protein is the major surface protein of group A streptococci

Mucoid colonies are virulent

Endotoxin causes rash of scarlet fever

Correct! Wrong!

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Microbiology FMGE Past Paper Questions

Microbiology FMGE Past Paper Questions: High yield subject with 13 marks from pure Microbiology & 10 more marks shall be expected from related subjects like PSM.

Bacteria may acquire characteristics by all of the following except:

Neonatal thymectomy leads to:

Staphylococcus aureus differs from Staphylococcus epidermidis by:

Positive Shick’s test indicates that person is:

In a patient with typhoid, diagnosis after 15 days of onset of fever is best done by:

Which of the following is transmitted by rat urine?

AII the following are true about Listeria except:

Which of the following statement is true about Bacteroides

Heat stable enterotoxin causing food poisoning is caused by all the following except

HIV virus contains:

Regarding HIV which of the following is not true:

CMV retinitis in HIV occurs when the CD4 counts fall below:

Epstein Barr virus causes all the following except:

In a patient, corneal scraping reveals narrow angled septate hyphae. Which of the following is the likely etiologic agent:

Which of the following is true regarding globi in a patient with lepromatous leprosy:

The following diagnostic tests are useful for corresponding purposes except:

IL-1 produces:

Microfilaria are seen in peripheral blood in which stage of filariasis:

Confirmation of diagnosis of rota virus infection is by:

Heat labile instruments for use in surgical procedures can be best sterilized by:

Thirty-eight children consumed eatables procured from a picnic party. Twenty children developed abdominal cramps followed by vomiting and watery diarrhea 6-10 hours after the party. The most likely etiology for the outbreak is:

The following are true for Bordetella pertussis except:

A chest physician performs bronchoscopy in the procedure room of the out patient department. To make the instrument safe for use in the next patient waiting outside, the most appropriate method to disinfect the endoscope is by:

Which of the following statements is true about rabies virus:

Which of the following statements is true about endemic typhus

The organism most commonly causing genital filariasis in most parts of Bihar and eastern UP is

Regarding NK cells, false statement is

Adenosine deaminase deficiency is seen in the following

A beta hemolytic bacteria is resistant to vancomycin, shows growth in 6.5% NaCI, is non-bile sensitive. It is likely to be

False statement about the streptococcus is:

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