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Microorganisms

Description: Microorganisms
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Which of the following is not a communicable disease?

  1. Cholera

  2. Common cold

  3. Chickenpox

  4. Anaemia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Anaemia is a blood deficiency disorder. It is a non-communicable disease.

DPT vaccines are administered against

  1. virus

  2. bacteria

  3. fungus

  4. protozoa


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

DPT vaccines are administered against bacteria.

Yellow vein mosaic of okra is caused by a

  1. bacterium

  2. fungus

  3. virus

  4. protozoan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yellow vein mosaic of okra is caused by a virus.

The microorganisms that live on a host’s body and take benefit from it without harming the host are called

  1. saprophytes

  2. commensals

  3. symbionts

  4. microbes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Commensals are the microorganisms that live on a host’s body and take benefit from it without harming the host.

Which of the following is not a viral disease?

  1. Mumps

  2. Polio

  3. Dysentery

  4. Rabies


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Dysentery is not a viral disease.

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding yeast?

  1. It is a unicellular and saprophytic fungus.

  2. Yeast cell has a cell wall.

  3. It exhibits sexual as well as asexual reproduction.

  4. It cannot be used in biological researches.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yeast can be used for biological researches.

Which of the following is a non–infectious disease?

  1. Leukaemia

  2. Flu

  3. Cold

  4. Small pox


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Leukaemia is the cancer of white blood cells. It is a non-infectious disease.

Hepatitis B is caused by a

  1. bacterium

  2. fungus

  3. virus

  4. plasmodium


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hepatitis B is a viral disease.

Which of the following diseases affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis?

  1. Polio

  2. Rabies

  3. AIDS

  4. Typhoid


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Polio virus affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis.

Late blight of potato is caused by a

  1. virus

  2. fungus

  3. amoeba

  4. bacterium


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Late blight of potato is caused by a fungus.

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