Cellular and Acellular life

MDCAT • Biology

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    It is known that red light_____ flowering in the long day plants.

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    Name the cyanobacteria which are helpful in fixing atmospheric nitrogen.

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    Herpes simplex is caused by __________ virus.

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    The cell suspension culture of __________ produces quinine.

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    Which of the following is used for lowering blood cholesterol?

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    Which of the following are spiral-shaped bacteria?

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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    Name the enveloped RNA virus that causes infusion hepatitis.

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    The giant amoebas inhabit mud at the bottom of freshwater ponds and obtain energy from:

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    Which of the following is aerobic bacterium?

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    __________________ are used as important vectors in genetic engineering.

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    The major cell infected by HIV is

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    Symptoms of Herpes Simplex is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2011

    Bacterial ‘death rate’ is equal to ‘birth rate; in:

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    UHS MDCAT 2013

    The plants having foreign DNA incorporated into their cells are called:

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    UHS MDCAT 2014

    What are the sequences of steps in which a bacteriophage attacks bacteria and injects its DNA?

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    UHS MDCAT 2014

    The use of living organisms in industry for the production of useful products is known as:

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    UHS MDCAT 2016

    Many bacteria are motile due to the presence of:

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    UHS MDCAT 2017

    The life cycle in which the phage kills the bacteria is known as:

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    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    Gene can be made from mRNA using:

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    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    DNA polymerase is a temperature-insensitive enzyme extracted from:

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    UHS MDCAT 2018

    Yeasts, the unicellular fungi belongs mostly to the group:

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    UHS MDCAT 2018

    Phages which show lysogenic cycle are known as:

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    UHS MDCAT 2018

    The chemical nature of primers used in the PCR process is _.

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    UHS MDCAT 2019

    Genetic engineering has been successfully used to produce?

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    UHS MDCAT 2019

    DNA polymerase enzyme for PCR is isolated from bacteria, Thermus aquaticus, because:

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    UHS MDCAT 2019

    Complementary DNA molecule is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2022

    Nitrifying bacteria are the examples of:

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    Which structure of prokaryotic cell will play the role of mitochondrion?

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    Number of major layer/layers of cell wall in gram positive bacteria is/are:

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    The molecules used to control virus during infection of animal cells are:

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    Virus is what type of agent?

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    All the following are disinfectants to control bacterial growth except:

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    Which of the following is an example of spiral shaped bacteria?

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    Bacterial cell have ability to maintain its shape through

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    Helicobacter pylori is an example of:

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    Number of layers of cell wall in Gram positive bacteria is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    What of the following virus contains single stranded DNA?

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    According to evolutionary studies. prokaryotes may have arisen around:

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    PMDC MDCAT 2025

    Which option is CORRECT about endospore?

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    UHS MDCAT 2024

    Bacterial genome becomes diploid:

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    UHS MDCAT 2024

    Prokaryotic cells lack:

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    UHS MDCAT 2024

    Autotrophic mode of nutrition in an organism depends upon:

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    UHS MDCAT 2024

    Respiration in Pseudomonas bacteria is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2024 FMDC MDCAT 2023

    Mesosomes are the invaginations of which bacterial cell structure?

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    PMDC MDCAT 2025

    Why are retroviruses placed in a separate class of RNA viruses?

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    UHS MDCAT 2012

    Mesosomes are infoldings of the cell membrane and are involved in

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    Antibiotics that kill microbes immediately are called

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    The structure which contains the gene for drug resistance in bacteria are

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    A slippery outer covering in some bacteria that protects them from phagocytosis by host cells is:

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    Which is not present in bacteria?

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    Heat sensitive compounds like antibodies seras and hormones can be sterilized by means of:

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    Pick up the bacteria with exceptional shape:

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    Bacteria vary in:

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    Which one of the following is a specific structure of bacterial cell?

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    It gives shape to the bacterial cell:

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    Bacteria that can grow in the absence of oxygen are called as:

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    The bacteria which get their food from dead organic matter are called as:

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    Pili are hollow, non helical, filamentous appendages in bacteria. Which one is not true for pili:

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    Single cell of rod shaped bacteria is called as:

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    When cocci occur in pairs, this arrangement is called _

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    It is responsible for drug resistance in bacteria:

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    Antibiotics act against:

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    DNA of bacteria is present in:

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    Square of four cocci is_.

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    Important vectors in modern genetic engineering are _

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    Pick up the component which is comparatively in greater amount in Gram -ve cell wall:

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    Killing bacteria from a living surface by using some chemical substance is called:

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    Diameter of E. coli is_ to_ micrometer:

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    Moist heat cause_and kill the microbes:

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    The plasma membrane of eukaryotes differs from that of bacteria in having:

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    Cell wall is only absent in:

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    Many bacteria are motile due to presence of:

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2010 DUHS and JSMU Sindh MCAT NTS 2009

    The reaction involved in chemotrophic nutrition is:

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    ETEA MDCAT 2014

    Cell wall of gram-positive bacteria is composed of:

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    For sterilization purposes, generally, X-rays are used which cause:

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    Photosythetic bacteria have the ablilty to release:

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    Which of the following provides resistance against high temperature?

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    The chemical substances that are used to inhibit the growth of micro organism on living surfaces, are called:

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    Nitrifying bacteria belong to following group:

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    During the sterilization process, in order to control pathogens, we use dry heat that causes?

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    ETEA MDCAT 2017

    If in solution some bacteria infected by a certain phages had somehow developed the ability to make a particular amino acid that was not in their genes before. What would be the possible explanation to his new ability ?

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    ETEA MDCAT 2017

    If one of the following components is missing , bacteria can not increase the number of its plasmid copies.

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    ETEA MDCAT 2019

    In humans the disease symptoms develop during the:

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    ETEA MDCAT 2019

    The following are sexual reproduction methods in bateria except

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    Sulphur bacteria belongs to which group of bacteria called

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    A bacterium which has a group of two or more flagella inserted at one pole of the cell

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    ETEA MDCAT 2018

    In nitrogen-fixing bacteria, the nitrogenase complex is sensitive to:

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    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    Which type of bacteria has less amount of lipids in them:

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    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    When cocci form long chain of cells, the arrangement is termed as:

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    UHS MDCAT 2013

    Which of the following bacteria have more lipids in their cell wall?

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    UHS MDCAT 2013

    Antibiotics are produced by fungi and certain bacteria of group:

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    UHS MDCAT 2013

    Pasteurization technique is widely used for preservation of:

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    Bacterial 'death rate' is equal to 'birth rate; in:

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    UHS MDCAT 2011

    When the division of cells is in three planes, the arrangement is known as:

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    UHS MDCAT 2012

    Most widespread problem of the antibiotics misuse is the

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    UHS MDCAT 2012

    Bacteria and fungi are examples of

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    UHS MDCAT 2015

    During unfavourable conditions, certain bacteria produces:

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    UHS MDCAT 2015

    Cyanobacteria are:

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    UHS MDCAT 2015

    Which one of the following edible products is widely pasteurized?

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    Which part of bacteria is resistant to antibiotics?

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    Which of the following bacteria is equal to the size of the hyphen?

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    The structure of prokaryotes which is involved in attachment:

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    Which of the following is a spiral-shaped bacteria?

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    Which of the following is used for sterilization?

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    Coagulation of bacteria means:

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    When a water sample from a hot thermal vent was tested, it was found to contain a single-celled organism having a cell wall lacking a nucleus. What is its classification most likely?

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    Sex pili are formed in which of the following processes?

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    Some bacteria have resistant organelles called as:

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    All of the following is true about bacilli bacteria except?

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    A much smaller and ancient bacteria are present in group

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    Which of the following structure provides greater pathogenicity to the bacteria?

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    Compared to gram negative bacteria, how many more membrane-bound organelles do gram positive bacteria contain?

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    Approximately how many species of bacteria are known to cause diseases in humans?

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    Which of the following structure primarily helps in attachment of bacteria on various surfaces?

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    Which of the following would not be found in an E. Coli sample?

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    Bacteria are capable of sharing genetic materials through the surroundings that can be advantageous in certain environments. This type of gene transmission is an example of which of the following?

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    Chromatin body in prokaryotes can also be termed as

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    Those bacteria which are fully dependent upon their host for nutrition are called?

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    The main feature of prokaryotic cell is

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    In bacterial categories the bacteria smaller in number are which of the following?

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    The process of recombination in prokaryotes takes place in which of the following ways?

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    The filamentous appendages called pilli are present only on?

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    The existance of microbes was confirmed by:

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    Which of the following would not be found in a prokaryotic cell?

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    The Prokaryotic Life is characterized by:

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    All of the following are characteristics of prokaryotic cell except for?

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    The flagella originates from which part of the cell?

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    Which of the following characteristics make plasmid DNA useful for researchers?

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    Which of the following bacteria are thick rigid and spiral?

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    Methanopyrus kandleri is an organism which lives in a hydrogen-carbon dioxide environment, and was first discovered in a hydrothermal vent where temperatures reached 230°F. What sort of organism is this?

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    The mode of reproduction for cyanobacteria is which of the following?

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    E.coli is an example of which type of bacteria?

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    Which of following is not considered as basic shape of a bacterium?

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    In prokaryotic cells, ribosomes are _.

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    In what category of bacteria does Neisseria most likely fall?

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    Porphyromonas gingivalis is a gram-negative bacterium found in the oral cavity that is negatively affected by the presence of oxygen. What term best describes this bacteria?

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    Chemical substances used on living tissues that inhibit the growth of microorganisms are called

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    The cell wall of a bacterial cell is more permeable in

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    The several distinct arrangments of cocci is based on their

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    Which of the following scientists developed the vaccine for anthrax?

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    Prokaryotes that can utilize oxygen if available, but do not require it, are called?

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    Which of the following structure is not present in all the bacteria?

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    The most common waste material produced by bacteria is?

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    Which of the following contains genes for drug and disease resistance in bacteria?

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    Pilli hollow appendages in bacteria function in?

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    Louis Pasteur discovered a vaccine against which disease?

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    Eukaryotes can't share which of the following structures with prokaryotes?

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    A bacterium with a tuft of flagella at both poles is called:

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    Which of the following is the most responsible factor for bacterial cell motility?

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    Eukaryotes can share which of the following structures with prokaryotes?

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    The gram-positive bacteria appear which colour under gram staining?

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    A giant micro organism, which was discovered in the intestine of brown surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus), is:

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    Unlike eukaryotes, prokaryotes have no membrane-bound organelles. How, then, are prokaryotes able to generate energy?

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    What allows a bacteria to stain positively with gram stain?

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    The nitrifying bacteria are an example of which of the following?

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    Some bacteria ranging occasionally a size of 500 µm in length are which of the following?

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    In prokaryotes, the hair-like outgrowths which attach to the surface of other bacterial cells are _.

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    Spirochete is an example of which type of bacteria?

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    Which of the following is found in bacterial cells, but not in mature red blood cells?

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    Which of the following is true regarding the bacteria?

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    The division of cocci in three planes results in formation of a:

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    Louis Pasteur made many discoveries in field of:

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    What is the structure in prokaryotic cells that often holds antibiotic resistance genes?

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    What is true for pili and flagella-like structures of bacteria?

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    Which of the following will not survive in the presence of oxygen?

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    Streptobacillus is basically a

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    Microbiologists place bacteria in the following major catogories:

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    Which of the following is basic function of bacterial slime and capsule?

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    How much smaller are viruses than bacteria?

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    Flagella are basically composed of a:

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    Robert Koch discovered bacteria that causes:

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    The first bacteria ever to be isolated is?

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    Which of these processes is the means by which a bacterium can directly uptake and incorporate foreign DNA from the environment into its genome?

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    Example of bacteria requiring low concentration of oxygen is?

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    Which of these is a characteristic of prokaryotic cells?

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    Which of the following is a method of asexual reproduction?

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    Coccobacillus has a shape similar to which of the following?

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    What is the strengthening material of the prokaryotic cell wall?

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    KPK MDCAT 2024

    A bacteria without flagella is called:

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    E. coli is

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    Bacteria plays an important role in:

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    Tooth discoloration in children is caused by which antibiotic?

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    Cyanobacteria help in nitrogen fixation because they have:

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    Which type of bacteria causes gonorrhoea?

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    Which part of bacteria is most delicate and damage to it can kill the bacteria?

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    Cyanobacteria resemble photosynthetic eukaryotes because they have:

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    Pili are mainly found on certain species of:

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    The nucleoid is found only in certain species of:

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    Bacteria that live in intestine and produce vitamin K belong to?

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    Bacteria that can only survive in the presence of oxygen?

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    Cell wall is only absent in the following group of bacteria

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    A Dutch scientist firstly observed very small creatures in:

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    PMC Practice Test 5 2021

    The sex pili is formed in which of the following processes?

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    PMC Practice Test 5 2021

    A type of bacterial cell that is completely surrounded by flagella is called:

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    PMC Practice Test 4 2021

    Which of the following is not a sterilization method for the control of bacteria?

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    PMC Practice Test 4 2021

    For respiratory metabolism, a bacterial cell membrane contains:

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    PMC Practice Test 4 2021

    Which of the following bacteria possesses a spherical shape?

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    PMC Practice Test 4 2021

    In cocci, three plane division results in the formation of sarcina which is a?

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    UHS MDCAT 2018

    If lipopolysaccharides did not appear in the wall of bacteria on staining then it will be known as _.

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    PMC Practice Test 3 2021

    Which of the following statements about the systemic effect of bacterial cells is true?

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    Which of the following is true of both bacterial conjugation and meiosis?

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    PMC Practice Test 3 2021

    The presence of peptidoglycan in gram-positive bacteria is:

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    PMC Practice Test 2 2021

    Purple non-sulphur bacteria is an example of which of the following?

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    PMC Practice Test 2 2021

    Who discovered the bacteria causing tuberculosis and also developed various techniques of media preparation and maintenance of pure culture?

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    PMC Practice Test 1 2021 PMC Practice Test 1 2022

    Which of the following is true bacteria?

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    PMC Practice Test 1 2021 PMC Practice Test 1 2022

    The function of a cell wall in prokaryotes is:

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    In a bacterial cell, plasma membrane with all things present within it is called:

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    Who coined the term Animalcule for microorganisms like Bacteria and Protozoa?

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    A bacterial cell envelope of mollicutes does not include?

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    A_ is an organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but is capable of switching to fermentation if oxygen is absent.

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    Vibrio cholera is an example of _ type of bacteria.

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    The shape of Cocci bacteria is:

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    Apparently which bacteria is more resistant to antibiotics?

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    The cell membrane of a bacterial cell often invaginates to produce membranous structures referred to as:

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    The DNA of the bacterium is present in a distinct region called:

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    In many bacteria, the cell wall is enclosed within a slime capsule made up of:

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    Rod-shaped bacteria are known as:

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    NUMS MDCAT 2019

    The causing agent of the tuberculosis that grows very well in poor living conditions and malnutrition is:

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    NUMS MDCAT 2020

    In which phase of bacterial growth, does division at an exponential rate occur?

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    Cysts are not resistant to _ but spores are:

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    Genetic recombination in bacteria can occur through:

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    What are labelled phases A, B, and C in the below given sigmoidal growth curve?

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    Which of the following is not a component of extracellular matrix in bacteria?

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    Spirochaete bacterium Treponema Pallidum causes _.

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    Which one of the following sets includes the bacterial diseases?

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2017

    Bacteria having a tuft of flagella at one end are called:

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2015 SMBBMC Lyari

    Tuberculosis is caused by?

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    PMDC MDCAT 2020

    Which of the following is true about the structure of a typical bacterium?

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2018

    Which of the following bacteria are able to release oxygen into the environment?

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2018

    In which of the following growth phases, the number of bacteria increases the most rapidly?

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2011 DUHS and JSMU

    Bacterial pilli help in:

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    The first simplest oxygen producing organism:

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    Gram-negative bacteria are stained pink by the use of:

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    Which of the following bacteria are without a cell wall?

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    Germ theory was presented by:

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    All of the following are examples of substances found in bacteria or archaea except:

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2014 DUHS and JSMU

    Which of the following organelles are present in all the bacteria?

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2016 SMBBMC Lyari

    In which of the following phases of bacterial growth, is the death rate more rapid than the multiplication rate?

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    FMDC MDCAT 2018 PMDC MDCAT 2020

    Select a method which causes the oxidation of chemical constituent of a bacterial cell:

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    Which of the following would not be observed in a bacterial cell?

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    PMC Practice Test 5 2021

    It is suspected that this cell is prokaryotic. The presence of which of these cell structures would confirm that the cell is prokaryotic?

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    The following are viral diseases except:

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    Viruses are called non-cellular infectious entities because:

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    Examples of reverse transcribing diploid single-stranded RNA viruses are:

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    A Russian scientist discovered that certain diseases could be transmitted by an agent that could pass through a very fine filter, which is called:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2024

    Which of the following kingdoms, the eukaryotic multicellular autotrophs are classified?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2024

    Viruses can be classified on the basis of:

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    Poliomyelitis mostly occurs in:

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    In binomial nomenclature, the first name refers to the:

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    Symptoms of Hepatitis are:

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    The conversion of lysogenic cycle to lytic cycle is called:

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    KPK MDCAT 2024

    Viruses can not:

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    KPK MDCAT 2024

    Where are the enzymes required for the replication of HIV found?

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    KPK MDCAT 2024

    The genetic code is bound by a lipid membrane in:

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    KPK MDCAT 2024

    Which of the following is not true about viruses?

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    FMDC MDCAT 2024

    Which one of the following sexually transmitted disease attack on T4 Lymphocytes?

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    FMDC MDCAT 2024

    Who purified filterable agents for the first time?

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    FMDC MDCAT 2024

    The side of sheath attached to head region in bacteriophage is termed as

  259. 259
    FMDC MDCAT 2024

    During which stage of bacteriophage replication, lysozyme is involved?

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    UHS MDCAT 2024

    In the life cycle of a bacteriophage, the lysozymes are required in which of the following steps of the infection process?

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    UHS MDCAT 2024

    The causative organism of measles is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2024

    The complete, mature & infectious particle of virus is known as:

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    UHS MDCAT 2024

    Example of viruses having a polyhedral capsid that is with 252 capsomeres is:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    Phage genome incorporated with host DNA is called:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    Bacteriophages escape from host cells by the activity of:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    Which of the following is an example of a sub-viral particle that infects plants?

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    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    Which virus kills cancer cells and aids immunity?

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    Proteins that cause disease in humans and animals are called:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    Which of the following is a DNA virus?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    Polio virus is an example of?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    Which are called naked viruses?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    A virion is designated as?

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    FMDC MDCAT 2022

    Which of the following is transmitted through infected blood and syringes?

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    All viruses are _.

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    FMDC MDCAT 2022

    Which of the following is true about amoeba?

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    Which of the following pairs of diseases is caused by a virus?

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    The word hepatitis means inflammation of the:

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) particles surround with a coat known as the viral envelope or membrane made up of:

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    In 1935 W.M. Stanley prepared an extract of:

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    Which one of the following is not a characteristic of viruses?

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    UHS MDCAT 2022

    The enzymes integrase, protease, and reverse transcriptase are found in which virus?

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    UHS MDCAT 2022

    How many tail fibrils are attached to the end plate of a bacteriophage?

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    UHS MDCAT 2022

    What does the term bacteriophage refer to?

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    Sindh MDCAT 2022

    Hepatitis is caused by:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2022

    Virus is a latin word meaning:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2022

    In AIDS, "D" stands for:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2022

    Rabies is caused by:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    Which of the following is a viral sexually transmitted disease?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    In how many stages is the HIV infection process divided?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    HIV belongs to which group of viruses?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    What are capsomeres composed of?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    Which of the following viruses is classified as an ssDNA virus?

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    The protein coat surrounding the genome of virus is called:

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    Viruses are not classified based on:

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    The genome of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is made up of:

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    Which of the following is a rod shape virus?

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    The complete, mature, and infectious virus particle is known as:

  298. 298

    HIV belongs to a special class of virus known as:

  299. 299

    The head of some phages are icosahedral, which means that the head possesses:

  300. 300

    How many pieces of ribonucleic acid (RNA) make up the genome of influenza virus?

  301. 301

    Which of the following agents can easily pass through filter paper?

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    UHS MDCAT 2023

    The provirus of HIV is structurally and chemically made up of?

  303. 303

    The molecules used to control viruses during infection of animal cells are:

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    A virus is what type of agent?

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    UHS MDCAT 2023 Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    Which of the following is used in baking?

  306. 306
    UHS MDCAT 2022

    Which of the following viruses contains single-stranded DNA?

  307. 307
    UHS MDCAT 2024

    _ is transmitted through infected blood and hypodermic syringes.

  308. 308
    FMDC MDCAT 2023

    Choose the organism which requires a single cellular gene to encode the protein making up the organism:

  309. 309
    FMDC MDCAT 2023

    Multicellular, heterotrophic nutrition, cell walls are never present in their cells, which kingdom do these organisms belong to?

  310. 310
    FMDC MDCAT 2023

    Which of the following is absent from membrane of prokaryotes?

  311. 311

    Which of the following is not related to enveloped viruses?

  312. 312

    _ infection is caused by a viroid:

  313. 313
    Sindh MDCAT 2023

    Which of the following may lead to death by the age of three years?

  314. 314
    Sindh MDCAT 2023

    The hepatitis that passes from mother to her child during pregnancy is:

  315. 315
    Sindh MDCAT 2023

    Through which of the following does rabies spread?

  316. 316
    Sindh MDCAT 2023

    Which of the following best characterizes the viruses with un-enveloped plus- (I point) strand RNA?

  317. 317
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2018 PMC Practice Test 4 2021

    Which of the following is not a viral disease?

  318. 318
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2018

    Which of the following is the simplest form of pathogens causing diseases?

  319. 319
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2011 DUHS and JSMU

    The viruses are:

  320. 320
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2011 DUHS and JSMU

    Chicken pox is caused by:

  321. 321

    The shape of the tobacco mosaic virus is:

  322. 322
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2010 DUHS and JSMU

    Binomial nomenclature was proposed for the first time by:

  323. 323
    PMC Practice Test 3 2021

    Which was the first virus to be successfully crystallized?

  324. 324

    What type of virus is the smallpox virus?

  325. 325
    FMDC MDCAT 2024 (Reconduct) FMDC MDCAT 2018 PMDC MDCAT 2020

    Which of the following diseases is sexually transmitted?

  326. 326

    HIV is a:

  327. 327
    PMC Practice Test 5 2021

    When were bacteriophages discovered by Twort?

  328. 328
    UHS MDCAT 2019

    Nowadays every newborn gets regular shots of vaccine for polio. It contains _ for polio to make a child immune against this disease.

  329. 329

    The numbers of capsomeres found in adenovirus capsid is?

  330. 330

    Eukaryotic, multicellular, and consumers belong to _ kingdom.

  331. 331

    What is the size of parvovirus?

  332. 332
    Cell membrane of prokaryotes resemble cell membrane of ________ eukaryotes
  333. 333
    If a bacterium is characterized by groups of flagella inserted at both ends of the cell
  334. 334
    The oxygen producing photosynthetic prokaryotes are
  335. 335
    Gram positive bacteria are stained
  336. 336
    What would the correct sequence of cell envelope and cell membrane in encapsulated bacteria (Outward to inward)?
  337. 337
    Most abundant living organisms on planet earth are
  338. 338
    All of the following are incorrect about differences between archaea and bacteria, EXCEPT:
  339. 339
    Bacterial galls are undifferentiated growth in plants caused by
  340. 340
    Rifampin and isoniazid are used against which bacterial disease?
  341. 341
    Conjugation is sexual process shown by many types of bacteria. Usually important protein for this process is
  342. 342
    The exponential growth of bacteria is observed during ______ phase
  343. 343
    Mitosis proceeds for 2 hours. What would be the number of bacteria produced after it?
  344. 344
    "Recyclers of nutrients" is a name given to group of bacteria known as
  345. 345
    In binary fission all of the following takes place except
  346. 346
    If division is in two plane then formation made by bacillus shaped bacteria would be
  347. 347
    A bacterium of normal flora of humans, present in oral cavity, respiratory tract and urogenital tract belongs to ______ shape
  348. 348
    The smallest bacteria according to the length is _______ long
  349. 349
    Most of the vital chemical reactions take place in of bacteria
  350. 350
    Enzymes of cellular respiration are present in ________ of bacteria
  351. 351
    If 50 flagella are present only one pole of bacteria, then it is termed as
  352. 352
    Thread like structures called flagella is made up of special protein known as
  353. 353
    Main difference between cell walls of gram positive and gram negative bacteria is
  354. 354
    Following are involved in atmospheric nitrogen fixation
  355. 355
    Streptomycin is an antibiotic, it is obtained from
  356. 356
    _______ are adaptations in sundew to entrap insects:
  357. 357
    Classification of bacteria is based upon
  358. 358
    Temperature suitable for DNA replication in thermophilic archaea is
  359. 359
    Type of archaea bacteria which live in moderate conditions are known as
  360. 360
    One of the following feature/features differ between archaea and bacteria
  361. 361
    Strengthening material of bacterial cell wall is:
  362. 362
    Bacterial cytoplasm lacks:
  363. 363
    Structure present in all bacteria:
  364. 364
    Nitrifying bacteria are examples of:
  365. 365
    Bacteria with tuft of flagella at one end are:
  366. 366
    Chitin is present in cell wall of:
  367. 367
    ________ are the bacteria that use light energy for synthetic reactions.
  368. 368
    Endospores are formed during which phase of bacterial growth:
  369. 369
    Bacterial cyst are:
  370. 370
    Exchange of genetic material between two bacteria via formation of cytoplasmic bridge is called as:
  371. 371
    These are anaerobic bacteria:
  372. 372
    All of the following are true about cell wall of Gram positive bacteria, except:
  373. 373
    Bacterial plasmids are not:
  374. 374
    Bacteria that live on organisms and cause diseases in them are:
  375. 375
    DNA of bacterial chromosome is:
  376. 376
    Chemotoaxis and motility is not shown by most of:
  377. 377
    Peptidoglycan is not present in cell wall of:
  378. 378
    Cocci forming irregular clusters are:
  379. 379
    In lysogenic cycle, phage is replicated along with the bacterial DNA:
  380. 380
    In life cycle of bacteriophage, during maturation ______________ is/are added at last:
  381. 381
    _____________ bacteria are resistant to infections by the same or related phages.
  382. 382
    Host-Guest relationship can be observed in case of:
  383. 383
    The transfer of genetic material from one bacterium to another bacterium through third party the virus:
  384. 384
    After incorporation the phage DNA get attached with bacterial chromosomes and remains inactive called:
  385. 385
    The phage which causes lysis of the host cell is known as:
  386. 386
    The shape of typical virus is represented by:
  387. 387
    Tail sheath of bacteriophage is made up of:
  388. 388
    A cubical phage having 20 facets is called:
  389. 389
    Tail of bacteriophage releases the enzyme "lusozyme" to dissolve a portion of bacterial:
  390. 390
    With in the head of bacteriophage _________________ is present.
  391. 391
    Overall shape of bacteriophage is:
  392. 392
    Shape of influenza virus is:
  393. 393
    Bacteriophage usually attack on:
  394. 394
    Order of Zea mays (corn)
  395. 395
    Each Taxa is ___________ than the one below it and has emergent properties.
  396. 396
    _____________ are independent evolutionary unit.
  397. 397
    Interbreeding cannot be used as a criterion for species-recognition among predominantly _____________ organisms.
  398. 398
    ____________ is a group of natural population which can interbreed freely among themselves and produce fertile offsprings.
  399. 399
    Large groups are divided into smaller groups upto ____________ level.
  400. 400
    All organisms are related to one another at some point in their:
  401. 401
    Known species of animals are:
  402. 402
    Known species of plants are: