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The document contains a 10 question microbiology practice exam from GATE XL 2013, with multiple choice questions testing knowledge of topics like gene rearrangement, antibiotic classes, bacterial transport mechanisms, and chemostat culture systems. It also includes longer questions matching scientific discoveries to researchers or diseases to infectious agents. The questions cover a range of foundational microbiology topics to assess understanding of concepts in bacterial genetics, metabolism, physiology and epidemiology.
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The document contains a 10 question microbiology practice exam from GATE XL 2013, with multiple choice questions testing knowledge of topics like gene rearrangement, antibiotic classes, bacterial transport mechanisms, and chemostat culture systems. It also includes longer questions matching scientific discoveries to researchers or diseases to infectious agents. The questions cover a range of foundational microbiology topics to assess understanding of concepts in bacterial genetics, metabolism, physiology and epidemiology.
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The document contains a 10 question microbiology practice exam from GATE XL 2013, with multiple choice questions testing knowledge of topics like gene rearrangement, antibiotic classes, bacterial transport mechanisms, and chemostat culture systems. It also includes longer questions matching scientific discoveries to researchers or diseases to infectious agents. The questions cover a range of foundational microbiology topics to assess understanding of concepts in bacterial genetics, metabolism, physiology and epidemiology.
This summary provides the key information from the sample document in 3 sentences:
The document contains a 10 question microbiology practice exam from GATE XL 2013, with multiple choice questions testing knowledge of topics like gene rearrangement, antibiotic classes, bacterial transport mechanisms, and chemostat culture systems. It also includes longer questions matching scientific discoveries to researchers or diseases to infectious agents. The questions cover a range of foundational microbiology topics to assess understanding of concepts in bacterial genetics, metabolism, physiology and epidemiology.
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GATE XL 2013 K:MICROBIOLOGY
Q. 1 – Q. 10 carry one mark each.
om Q.1 In 1976, Tonegawa’s experiment gave clue about gene rearrangement during differentiation of B- cells. The two different types of cells used in this experiment were (A) HeLa cells and fibrosarcoma cells (B) embryonic cells and fibroblasts (C) adult myeloma cells and HeLa cells D (D) embryonic cells and adult myeloma cells
.c Q.2 To which one of the following groups, the antibiotics kanamycin, streptomycin and gentamicin belong
ss (A) cephalosporins (B) macrolides (C) aminoglycosides (D) quinolones C Q.3 Shine Dalgarno’s sequence present in mRNA binds to
la (A) 3 end of rRNA (B) 5 end of rRNA (C) 5 end of tRNA A (D) 3 end of tRNA
yc Q.4 Which one of the following transport mechanism is NOT employed by prokaryotes? (A) Passive diffusion (B) Group translocation (C) Endocytosis (D) Active transport C og Q.5 The most common indicator organism of faecal pollution in water is (A) Clostridium botulinum (B) Bacillus subtilis (C) Escherichia coli (D) Clostridium tetani C l Q.6 The theoretical maximum number of ATP molecules produced from aerobic oxidation of glucose io
by eukaryotic cells is (A) 38 (B) 24 (C)12 (D) 8 A yb
Q.7 Which one of the following DO NOT use water as an electron source during photosynthesis? (A) Sulfate reducing bacteria (B) Methanogenic bacteria (C) Green and purple bacteria as
(D) Nitrifying bacteria C
Q.8 surface area
If the radius of a spherical coccus is 0.8 μm, the value of in μm-1 will be .e
volume (A) 7.45 (B) 4.05 (C) 3.75 (D) 0.85 C w
Q.9 The enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of nitrogen to ammonia is
(A) nitrogenase (B) nitrate reductase (C) nitrite reductase (D)deaminase A w
Q.10 Chemostat is a continuous culture system in which sterile medium is fed into the culture vessel at the same rate as the spent medium is removed. If in a chemostat culture, the flow rate is 30 ml h-1 and volume of the medium inside the vessel is 100 ml, the dilution rate in h-1 is w
(A) 3.33 (B) 1.50 (C) 0.75 (D) 0.30
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Q. 11 - Q. 20 carry two marks each.
Q.11 In an experiment the structural genes lacZYAof lac operon were found to be constitutively
om expressed. The following explanations were given for the constitutive expression
(P) absence of a functional repressor due to mutation in the repressor gene lacI (Q) mutation in the operator that can no longer bind the repressor (R) mutation in the lacAgene
.c Which of the following is CORRECT (A) Only P (B) Only Q (C) Both P & Q (D) Only R C
ss Q.12 Which one of the following is TRUE about siderophores in bacteria? (A) Siderophores are secreted only when soluble iron is available in the medium (B) Siderophores form complex with ferrous ions in the medium (C) Siderophores are the only route of iron uptake D
la (D) Siderophores form complex with ferric ions in the medium
Q.13 In a population containing fast and slow growing bacteria, the slow growing bacteria can be
yc enriched by supplementing the medium with (A) chloramphenicol (B) penicillin (C) penicillin & chloramphenicol (D) rifampin B Q.14 When the supply of tryptophan is plentiful, the tryptophan operon is repressed because the og (A) repressor protein-corepressor complex is bound at the operator (B) repressor protein is synthesized in large quantity (C) repressor-corepressor complex is not formed A (D) repressor becomes inactive and therefore has reduced specificity for the operator l io
Q.15 Match the scientists in Group I with their contributions in microbiology in Group II
Group I Group II yb
P. Robert Hooke I. Proved that microbes can cause diseases
Q. Paul Ehrlich II. First to observe cells R. Antony van Leeuwenhoek III. First to observe bacteria S. Sergei Winogradsky IV. Used the first synthetic chemotherapeutic agent as
(C) P-II, Q-I, R-III, S-IV (D) P-V, Q-III, R-IV, S-II w w w
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Q.16 Match the infectious agents in Group I with the associated diseases in Group II
Group I Group II
P. Bordetellapertusis I. Mumps
om Q. Mycobacterium leprae II. Meningitis R. Haemophilusinfluenzae III. Tuberculosis S. Rubella IV. Whooping cough V. Hansen’s disease (A) P-IV, Q-V, R-II, S-I (B) P-V, Q-III, R-I, S-IV ABCD
Q.17 Match the microscopes in Group I with their working principles in Group II
ss Group I Group II
P. Phase contrast I. Light reaches the specimen only from the sides Q. Dark field II. Uses fluorescent dyes
la R. Bright field III. Difference in the refractive index of cells from their S. Electron microscopy surrounding medium IV. Difference in contrast between specimen and its
yc surrounding medium V. Uses electrons instead of photons as energy source (A ) P-V, Q-II, R-III, S-V (B)P-III, Q-I, R-IV, S-V og (C) P-III, Q-II, R-V, S-I (D) P-II, Q-I, R-III, S-V B
Q.18 In a phenol coefficient test for determining the efficacy of a disinfectant X, the maximum effective l dilution for X and phenol was found to be 1/450 and 1/90, respectively. Calculate the phenol io
coefficient for X. (A) 10.0 (B) 5.0 (C) 1.0 (D) 0.2 B yb
Q.19 How many electrons are accepted when sulfate acts as the terminal electron acceptor in bacteria such as Desulfovibrio? (A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 2 as
A Q.20 A bacterial population increases from 103 cells to 109 cells in 10 h. Calculate the number of generations per hour. .e
(A) 20 (B)10 (C)4 (D)2
D END OF SECTION - K w w w
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