DR PREETI SHARMA

MBBS GOLD MEDALIST

MD GOLD MEDALIST
Q) Which of the following is not a virulence factor of Bacillus
anthracis?

a) Labile toxin
b) Edema toxin
c) Lethal toxin
d) Capsular polypeptide
Q) All of the following are properties characteristic of Bacillus
anthracis except,

a) Motility on wet mount examination

b) Medusa head colonies
c) Poly-d-glutamic acid capsule
d) Boxcar appearance
Q) Which of the following is not a cultural characteristic of
B.anthracis?

a) Medusa head appearance

b) String of pearl reaction
c) Inverted fir tree appearance
d) Bamboo stick appearance
Q) Which disease occurs after eating uncooked
meat

a) Bacillus anthrax
b) Brucella
c) Trichosis
d) TB
Q) Organism responsible for toxicity due to
Chinese fried rice:

a) Staph. Aureus
b) Cereus
c) Salmonella
d) Shigella
Q) The following are true about Bacillus Cereus induced
diarrhea EXCEPT
a) Can be transmitted by parenteral route
b) Incubation period is longer
c) It is caused by enterotoxins
d) It is usually associated with fried rice or
Chinese food which is reheated.
Q) Which clostridium species is capsulated?
A) C.perfringens
B) C.butyricum
C) A and B
D) C. Novyi
Q) Gas gangrene is caused by all except?
a) C. perfringens
b) C. tetani
c) C. Novyi
d) C. Septicum
Q) Naegler reaction is predominantly associated with which toxin of
Perfringens
a) Theta toxin
b) cytokine
c) desmolase
d) lecithinase
Q) Which of the following is incorrect about the toxin leading to the
disease shown below
A) It is heat labile
B) It is oxygen stable
C) It acts post synaptically
D) Inhibits the release of GABA
Botulism causes:

1.Descending flaccid paralysis

2.Descending spastic paralysis
3.Ascending paralysis
4.Ascending spastic paralysis
Botulism causes:

1.Descending flaccid paralysis

2.Descending spastic paralysis
3.Ascending paralysis
4.Ascending spastic paralysis
Q) Hospitalised patient developed severe watery diarrhoea and
dehydration following a long term course of antibiotics. The
histopathological image is shown below. Which of the following toxins
are responsible for the production of this condition
A) collagenase
B) fibrinolysin
C) lecithinase
D) Toxin A and B
Q) Clostridium difficile can be spread through all
EXCEPT-

a) Oral-Fecal route
b) Direct
c) Hand to hand contact
d) Needles
Q) All of the following organisms cause gas
gangrene EXCEPT:

a) Clostridium Difficile
b) Clostridium Welchi
c) Clostridium Septicum
d) Clostridium Perfringens
Q) Necrotizing enteritis is caused by:

a) Clostridium tetani
b) Clostridium difficile
c) Clostridium Perfringens
d) Clostridium septicum
Q) A 3-year-old boy fell down and injured his leg while
he was playing on ground. After a few days, there are
crepitations felt from injured area, what could be the
probable causative organism?

a) Corynebacterium Diphtheriae
b) Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
c) Clostridium Tetani
d) Clostridium Welchii
Q) Drum stick is characteristic of:

a) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
b) Clostridium tetani
c) Neisseria meningitides
d) Strep Pneumoniae
Q) Catalase negative organism of the enterobacteraciae family is ?
A) E.coli
B) Klebsiella
C) Proteus
D) Shigella dysenteriae
Q) Indicator used in CLED? Q) Indicator used in MacConkey
a) Neutral red Agar?
b) Bromothymol blue a) Neutral red
c) Phenol red b) Bromothymol blue
d) Azure c) Phenol red
d) Azure
Q) CLED medium is considered better than MacConkey Agar for
the following reason? (AIIMS 2016)
a) It differentiates lactose fermenters from non fermenters
b) It prevents swarming of proteus
c) It inhibits growth of commensals
d) It allows staphylococcus and candida to grow

Q) CLED medium is considered better than MacConkey

Agar for the following reason? (NEET 2015)
a) It supports gram positive and gram negative
organisms
b) It prevents swarming of proteus
c) Klesiella and E coli can be differentiated
d) It inhibits growth of commensals
Q) Which organism causes haemolytic uremic
syndrome?

a) Neisseria
b) Salmonella
c) Pseudomonas
d) E.Coli
Q) HUS is caused by:

a) EIEC
b) EPEC
c) ETEC
d) EHEC
Q) Traveller’s Diarrhea is caused by:

a) EIEC
b) EPEC
c) ETEC
d) EHEC
Q) Anti-microbials are given with which type of
diarrhea:

a) Traveller’s diarrrhea
b) Rotavirus
c) Secretory diarrhea
d) Osmotic diarrhea
Q) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOWS STACKED BRICK APPEARANCE ON
CELL LINES

A) ETEC
B) EAEC
C) DAEC
D) EHEC
Q) 5 year old girl attended a birthday party at a local fast food restaurant.
After 48 hours, she developed cramping abdominal pain and low grade
fever and had five episodes of loose, bloody stools. She is taken to the
emergency room next morning as diarrhoea continued and she looked pale.
On examination, she is hypotensive with tachycardia. Blood reports
revealed hb 8, thrombocytopenia, evidence of hemolysis. Most likely
pathogen?
A) 0157;H7
B) EPEC
C) ETEC
D) PSEUDOMONAS
Q) The blood of a patient suspected to have pyogenic live
abscess was sent for culture. The colony morphology shows
large mucoid colonies. The most likely etiologic organism is
____.

a) Eshcherichia coli
b) Klebsiella pneumoniae
c) Vibrio alginolyticus
d) Streptococcus milleri
Q) PPA TEST IS USED FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF
A) E.COLI
B)PSEUDOMONAS
C)PROTEUS
D)KLEBSIELLA
Q) THE PHENOMENON SHOWN BELOW IS INDICATIVE OF

A) SAME STRAINS OF PROTEUS

B) DIFFERENT STRAINS OF PROTEUS
C) DIFFERENT STRAINS OF VIBRIO PARAHEMOLYTICUS
D) DIFFERENT STRAINS OF CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI