General Knowledge Quiz – Set Twenty Three

1.Father of Microbiology
a.Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek
b.Robert Hooke
c.Louis pasteur
d.Robert Koch

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Answer a.Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek

2.Algae means
a.Fresh water organisms
b.Sea weeds
c.Fresh water weeds
d.None of these

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Answer c.fresh water weeds

3.Gram-positive bacteria may appear as
a.Pink
b.Violet
c.Purple
d.None

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Answer c.Purple

4.The largest virus is
a.Parvovirus
b.Rhabdo virus
c.Pox virus
d.None

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Answer d.none

5.The study of algae is known as
a.Mycology
b.Phycology
c.Bacteriology
d.Algalogy

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Answer b.phycology

6.The total no of genes in the group of same individuals is
a.Genome
b.Gene pool
c.Gene map
d.None

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Answer b.gene pool

7.Attenuation means
a.Killing of bacteria
b.Inactivation of bacteria
c.More activating of bacteria
d.None

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Answer b.inactivation of bacteria

8.AIDS is caused by
a.HTLV-I
b.HTLV-III
c.Bunya virus
d.None

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Answer b.HTLV-III

9.The term mutation was coined by
a.Pasteur
b.Darwin
c.Hugo devries
d.Lamarck

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Answer c.hugo devris

10.Tuberculosis is a
a.Water borne disease
b.Air borne disease
c.Food borne disease
d.Arthropod borne disease

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Answer b.air-borne disease

11.Father of biotechnology
a.Károly Ereky
b.Jokichi Takamine
c.Louis Pasteur
d.Robert Bud

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Answer a.karoly ereky

12.The inventor of microscope is
a.Antony von
b.Koch
c.Galileo
d.Janssen

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Answer d.janssen