BIOCHEMISTRY,MICROBIOLOGY question and answer

  1. Features of Vitamin C deficiency is due to defect of which enzyme
    A. Lysyl hydroxylase
    B. Lysyl oxidase
    C. Procollagen peptidase

Ans. A

  1. Okazaki pieces are seen in
    A. DNA repair
    B. DNA replication
    C. Transcription
    D. Translation

Ans. B

  1. Major Histocompatibility Complex is located on
    A. Long arm of chromosome 6
    B. Short arm of chromosome 6
    C. Long arm of chromosome 7
    D. Short arm of chromosome 7

Ans. B

4.Which of the following ketone bodies is commonest following prolonged starvation
A. Aceto acetate
B. B-hydroxy buryrate
C. acetone
D. alpha ketoglutarate

Ans. B?

  1. cAMP is degraded by
    A. Phosphodiesterase
    B. Phosphokinase
    C. Phosphatase
    D. Xanthine oxidase

Ans. A

  1. Bacterial adherence to epithelium is mediated through
    A. pili
    B. fimbriae
    C. flagella
    D. mesosomes

Ans. A

  1. Which of the following organism is capsulated
    A. Histoplasma capsulatum
    B. Cryptococcus neoformans
    C. Candida albicans

Ans. B

  1. Ova with lateral spines is a feature of
    A. Schistosoma japonicum
    B. Schistosoma mansoni
    C. Schistosoma haematobium
    D. Schistosoma mekongi

Ans. B

  1. Which of the following is an oncogenic retrovirus
    A. HTLV-1
    B. HPV
    C. EBV
    D. HBV

Ans. A

  1. Which of the following activates the alternate complement pathway
    A. IgA
    B. IgG
    C. IgM
    D. IgD

Ans. A

  1. Which of the following activates the classical complement pathway
    A. Immune complex
    B. Lipopolysaccharide
    C. Exotoxin

Ans. A

  1. Serum sickness is due to which type of hypersensitivity
    A. Type I
    B. Type II
    C. Type III
    D. Type IV

Ans. C

  1. Most common site of infection with Cryptococcus neoformans is
    A. Lung
    B. Meninges

Ans. B

  1. All are true about streptococcal infections except
    A. throat infection more common in age group of 5-15years
    B. skin infection more common in age <3yrs
    C. 15-20% colonization of mucosal surfaces
    D. scarlet fever more common <3yrs
    Ans. D