| Post Name | MICROBIOLOGIST |
|---|---|
| Department | THE PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION (IM) KERALA LIMITED |
| Question Paper Code | 228/2015 |
| Date of Test | 11 December 2015 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | OMR Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Ifa DNAsample contains 13% adenine, what percentage of the sample contains cytosine?
Answer
B. 37%
2
QOzonation of water is an example of βββββββββ type of effluent treatment.
Answer
D. Tertiary |
3
Synecology deals with : |
Answer
C. Ecology of community
4
Which biosensor is based on the movement of electrons?
Answer
C. Amperometric
5
Species that occur in different geographical regions separated by special barrier are :
Answer
A. Allopatric
6
The first phase contrast microscope was developed by ββββββββββ in 19333. |
Answer
C. Frits Zernike
7
Amajor organism used in commercial bioleaching for copper recovery ts :
Answer
D. Thiobacillus ferrooxidans |
8
Which microorganismβs genome was first sequenced? |
Answer
B. Haemophilus influenza |
9
Which of the following best describes biodegradation?
Answer
D. All of the above
10
Who discovered the bacteria that cause cholera?
Answer
A. Filippo Pacini
11
Which of the following devices is suitable for the removal of gaseous pollutants?
Answer
C. Wet scrubber
12
βSuperbugβ was a name coined for organisms engineered for :
Answer
C. Hydrocarbon degradation
13
All the following are immunogenic EXCEPT :
Answer
B. Haptens
14
The most important organism to be eliminated from the canned food :
Answer
B. Clostridium
15
Which of the following is used in the production of βcryβ proteins?
Answer
A. Bacillus thuringiensis
16
Earthworm used in vermicomposting :
Answer
D. All of the above
17
The resolution obtainable with electron microscope is in the range of :
Answer
B. 0.003 ΞΌm
18
Which of the following abbreviations refers to a cultural technique for determining microorganisms in food?
Answer
B. SPC
19
Antibody diversity results from :
Answer
C. Somatic recombination
20
SDS-PAGE is used in one of the following immunological technique :
Answer
C. Immunoelecrophoresis
21
The Corynebacteria inhabit the surface of eye is an example of :
Answer
A. Commensalism
22
Which among the following is a virus predominantly infect insects?
Answer
A. Baculovirus
23
Enzyme widely used in ice cream industry :
Answer
Question Cancelled
24
Size exclusion is related to which form of chromatography :
Answer
A. Gel filtration
25
Which of the following vaccine are products of genetic engineering?
Answer
B. Hepatitis B vaccine
26
Which of the following is not a method of immobilization?
Answer
C. Hydrogen bonding
27
The enzyme complex responsible for symbiotic nitrogen fixation is called :
Answer
D. None of the above
28
The most frequently used amino acid in food industry :
Answer
A. Glutamic acid
29
The first cell to recognize that a graft is foreign are the ββββββββ cells.
Answer
B. T cell
30
Quellung reaction is used for typing of :
Answer
C. Both (A) and (B)
31
Mechanism based enzyme inactivation is also known as :
Answer
D. suicide inhibition
32
Which of the following genera do not contain species that fix nitrogen symbiotically?
Answer
C. Nitrobacter
33
Algal blooms impart a distinct colour to water due to :
Answer
A. their pigments
34
Immunocompromised persons are suffered from several fungal diseases. Which of the following is the least frequently associated?
Answer
C. Malassezia furfur
35
Aspergillosis is recognized in tissue by the presence of :
Answer
C. Septate hyphae
36
A girl who pricked her finger while pruning some rose bushes develops a local pustule that progresses to an ulcer. Several nodules then develop along the local lymphatic drainage. The most likely agent is :
Answer
B. Sporothrix schenckii
37
All of the following scientist got Nobel Prize for their contribution in the field of Microbiology EXCEPT :
Answer
A. Louis Pasteur
38
The organism whose natural habitat is terrestrial and which are able to grow in media without sea water yet able to tolerate varying degrees of salinity are known as :
Answer
B. Transient organism
39
Spinae are tubular surface appendages in :
Answer
B. Gram negative
40
Griseofulvin is a ββββββββ antibiotic.
Answer
B. Antifungal
41
Ethanol is one of the most commonly used disinfectants. Which concentration of ethanol is most effective for this purpose?
Answer
B. 70%
42
The proteins produced in plants in the event of a pathogen attack :
Answer
D. PR
43
Cold agglutinin test is useful for the diagnosis of :
Answer
A. Mycoplasma pneumonia
44
Carl Woese proposed the concept of the domain based on differences in which of the following cellular molecules?
Answer
A. rRNA
45
Which of the following can be the final electron receptor in anaerobic respiration in bacteria?
Answer
C. Nitrate
46
Mitochondria are missing in :
Answer
B. Cyanobacteria
47
Any process that destroys the non-spore-forming contaminants on inanimate objects is :
Answer
C. Disinfection
48
Fildes technique is used for the culture of :
Answer
B. Clostridium tetani
49
A woman with infertility receives an ovary transplant from her sister who is an identical Twin. What type of graft it is?
Answer
D. Isograft
50
Type 1 hypersensitivity is mediated by which of the following immunoglobulins?
Answer
D. IgE
51
The most common pathogens responsible for nosocomial pneumonias in the ICU are :
Answer
B. Gram negative organisms
52
Which dye is most suitable for fungal demonstration in biopsy?
Answer
D. P.A.S.
53
Which one of the following organisms was not a model organism related to the birth of molecular genetics?
Answer
D. Neurospora
54
The first aminoacid synthesized during protein synthesis :
Answer
C. Methionine
55
The insert capacity of plasmid vectors :
Answer
A. 1 β 15kb
56
The blotting technique used to detect RNA :
Answer
C. Northern Blot
57
The regulation of gene expression in response to fluctuations in cell-population density :
Answer
C. Quorum sensing
58
Which one is not a DNA staining reagent aiding DNA visualization?
Answer
D. Methyl red
59
The theory behind si-RNA therapy :
Answer
B. Blocking translation of mRNA from a mutant gene with an oligonucleotide
60
The enzyme that degrades double stranded DNA :
Answer
A. DNase I
61
Hops are used in the preparation of :
Answer
D. Beer
62
An organism that has super oxide dismutase and peroxidase but lack catalase is most likely a :
Answer
D. Aerotolerant anaerobe
63
Industrial alcohol will be produced by using starter culture :
Answer
C. Bottom yeast
64
2-aminopurine induces mutation by :
Answer
A. Base pair change
65
The group which is no longer considered under fungi is :
Answer
D. Oomycetes
66
Name the bacteria known as natural genetic engineer of plants :
Answer
A. Agrobacterium tumefaciens
67
The movement of a single cell was required to be continuously monitored during development. This cell was marked with reporter gene. To visualize this movement one would use :
Answer
C. Fluorescence Microscope
68
Major stimulus for spore formation in bacteria is :
Answer
A. Nutrition limitation
69
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an intra cellular bacterium. It prefers to infect :
Answer
A. Macrophages
70
Which of the following organism is widely used as biocontrol agent in organic farming?
Answer
B. Trichoderma viride
71
Which of the following acid will have higher bacteriostatic effect at a given pH?
Answer
D. Acetic acid
72
If milk is left open lactose is fermented first to produce acid. This is followed by proteolytic bacterial activity which increases the pH. Ultimately milk fats are degraded to produce rancidity. This is example of :
Answer
A. Ecological succession
73
Which is the best method for checking Mycoplasma contamination in mammalian cell line?
Answer
C. PCR
74
Plate count of bacteria in foods generally use the plating medium consisting of :
Answer
D. peptone, yeast extract, glucose, agar and distilled water
75
Which of the following is not true for the thermal resistance of the bacterial cells?
Answer
D. Cells low in lipid content are harder to kill than other cells
76
The time temperature combination for HTST pasteurization of 71.1Β°C for 15 sec is selected on the basis of :
Answer
A. Coxiella Burnettii
77
Suspected colonies of Staphylococcus aureus when grown on Baird-Parker medium shall show :
Answer
A. coagulase activity
78
Which of the following characteristic differentiates Eubacteria from Archaebacteria?
Answer
D. Presence of murein in cellwall
79
PCR based DNA amplification is an essential feature of which of the following combination of molecular markers?
Answer
B. AFLP, SSR and RAPD
80
Which of the following processes does not take place in the 5β² β 3β² direction?
Answer
D. RNA editing
81
ββββββββ is the founder of Kerala Kaumudi.
Answer
B. C.V. Kunjuraman
82
Who is the author of the novel Patitapankajam?
Answer
A. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
83
Martyrdom of Anastasia is a short epic poem written by :
Answer
D. Blessed Elias Kuriakose Chavra
84
Mrs. Dutty is the initiater of industry.
Answer
A. Lace
85
Ananda Guru Geeta is written by :
:
Answer
D. Brahmananda Siva Yori
86
Meena Kumari Report is related to:
|
Answer
A. Fishermen
87
Representative Indians is written by :
Answer
A. Barrister G.P. Pillai
88
What is the real name of Daya Bhai?
Answer
A. Mercy Mathew
89
Whois the author of The Red Sari?
Answer
A. Javier Moro
90
Name the literary Figure that used the pen names like, Gaja Kesari, Vajrasoochi,
| Uddandhan and Desabhimani :
Answer
Question Cancelled
91
Ente Jeevitha Katha is the Autobiography of :
Answer
A. ALK. Gopalan
92
Velattu Lakshmi kkutty, K.K. Kuramba and K.C. Kalikutty are the leaders of :
Answer
A. Uppercloth revolts
93
Which of the following is the Drama written by Kodungallur Kunjikkuttan Thampuran?
Answer
A. Chandrika
94
Which is regarded as the International Soil Year?
Answer
C. 2015
95
Supreme Court of which country allowed Transgender people to identify as the Third Gender
in 2014?
Answer
A. India
96
In which year the Government of India had launched The National Rural Health Mission?
Answer
A. 2005
97
The scheme launched by the Government of India in 2014 for uplift of urban rural poor is
known as: '
Answer
A. DAY
98
CLPRA 2012 is related to:
Answer
C. Children
99
Tozhilkendratitlekku is a Famous : |
Answer
B. Drama
100
2009 was the Birth Centenary of Whom?
Answer
C. Lalitambika Antarjanam
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