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69. Limit of resolution of compound micro-

79. Primary mediators in anaphylaxis
scope is a. Histamine b. Seratonin
a. 0.018 Ao b. 0.1 mm c. Heparin d. All of these
c. 5 ìm d. 1 mm
80. Arthus reaction was discovered by
70. Source of light in fluorescence microscopy a. Marrice Arthus b. Von Perquit
is from
c. Richet d. Porter
a. Mercury lamp b. Sunlight
c. Both a and b d. None of these 81. Serum sickness reaction was discovered
by
71. Who perfected a magnetic lens in 1927 a. Marrice Arthus b. Von perquit
a. Gabor b. Broglie c. Richet d. Porter
c. Busch d. None of these
82. Hybridoma technique was developed by
72. The magnefication power of electron a. Kochler & Milston b. Niel’s Jerne
microscope developed by Knell and c. Both a and b d. None of these
Ruska is
a. 10,000x b. 12,000x 83. Disease that effects many people at
different countries is termed as
c. 15,000x d. 20,000x
a. Sporadic b. Pandemic
73. In electron microscope source of electrons c. Epidemic d. Endemic
is from
a. Mercury lamp b. Tungsten metal 84. If the vectors transmit the infection
mechanically they are called
c. Both a and b d. None of these
a. Biological vectors
74. Th e el e c tro n passed o u t fro m th e b. Mechanical vectors
specimen are called
c. Biological reservoir
a. Primary electrons b. Secondary electrons d. Both a and c
c. Tertiary electrons d. None of these
85. If a person can be infected by direct
75. Mycorrhiza was first observed by contact with infected tissue of another
a. Funk b. Frank person, it is termed as
c. Fisher d. Crick a. Indirect contact transmission
b. Attachment
76. The transfer of genetic material during
transformation is proved basing on c. Direct contact transmission
Griffith’s experiment by d. None of these
a. Avery Macleod & Mc.Carthy 86. Reduction of virulence is known as
b. Lederberg & Taulum a. Exaltation b. Attenuation
c. Zinder & Lederberg
d. Watson & Crick c. Both a and b d. None of these
87. Enhancement of virulence is known as
77. Phagocytic theory was proposed by a. Exaltation b. Attenuation
a. Louis Pasteur b. Elie Metchnikoff c. Both a and b d. None of these
c. Behring d. Widal
88. The virulence of a pathogen is usually
78. Anaphylaxia was first observed by measured by
a. Parter & Richet b. Coombs a. LD b. MLD
c. Gell d. None of these c. ID d. All of the above

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89. The lethal dose required to kill 50% of99.

the Staphylococcus aureus was isolated by
lab animals tested under standard called a. Rosenbach
a. ID b. LD
50 b. Louis Pasteur
c. ID50 d. MLD c. Passet
90. The most important virulence factors are d. Sir Alexander Ogston
a. Adhesions b. Invasiveness 100. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was first
c. Toxigenicity d. Enzymes named
e. All of the above a. Schroeter and Gessard
91. The ability of a pathogen to spread in ths b. Robert Koch
host tissues after establishing the c. Louis Pasteur
infection is known as d. Edward Jenner
a. Adhesion b. Invasiveness 101. T. pallidum was discovered by
c. Toxigenicity d. None of these
a. Robert Koch
92. Which is the following enzyme acts as a b. Schaudinn and Hoffman
spreading factor?
a. Hyaluronidase b. Coagulase c. Louis Pasteur
d. Edward Jenner
c. Catalase d. DNase
102. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was first described
93. Vibrio Cholerae was discovered by by
a. Koch b. Metchnikoff a. Neisser in 1879 b. Pasteur in 1878
c. John Snow d. Virchow c. Robert Koch d. None of these
94. E.coli was first isolated by 103. Rh factor of the blood was discovered by
a. Louis Pasteur b. Escherich scientist
c. Shiga d. Robert Koch a. Louis Pasteur
95. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was first b. Landsteiner and Weiner
discovered by c. Janskey
a. Robert Koch b. Edward Jenner d. Moss
c. Louis Pasteur d. None of these e. None of these
96. Mycobacterium lepree was discovered by Trepanema pallidum was discovered by
104.
a. Robert Koch b. Hansen a. Schaudinn and Hoffman
c. Edward Jenner d. Louis Pasteur b. Louis Pasteur
97. Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated c. Burgey
by d. Laennec
a. Robert Koch e. None of these

b. Edward Jenner
c. Antony von Leewenhock 105. Fluroscent substance used in fluorescent
microscopy are
d. Louis Pasteur a. Quinine sulphate b. Auramine
98. B.anthracis was isolated by c. All of these d. None of these
a. Louis Pasteur
b. Robert Koch
c. Antonyvon Leewenhok
d. None of these

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ANSWERS
1. a 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. a
7. b 8. d 9. c 10. b 11. b 12. c
13. b 14. d 15. c 16. d 17. b 18. a
19. b 20. b 21. c 22. a 23. c 24. b
25. d 26. c 27. c 28. c 29. b 30. b
31. a 32. b 33. b 34. a 35. c 36. c
37. c 38. a 39. b 40. c 41. d 42. a
43. c 44. b 45. c 46. a 47. b 48. a
49. a 50. d 51. d 52. b 53. b 54. c
55. a 56. c 57. a 58. c 59. a 60. b
61. d 62. c 63. c 64. b 65. b 66. a
67. c 68. a 69. b 70. a 71. a 72. b
73. b 74. b 75. b 76. a 77. b 78. a
79. d 80. a 81. b 82. c 83. a 84. b
85. c 86. b 87. a 88. d 89. b 90. e
91. d
97. b 92. a
98. b 93. b
99. 94. b
100. a 95. b
101. a 96. b
102.
103. b 104. a 105.

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