Quiz Answers
- The first step for the sputum smear prepared for cytological examination is
- a. Fix with ether ethyl alcohol mixture ✅
- b. Fix with formalin
- c. Papanicolaou staining
- d. None of the above
- Preservative used in Peltier India ink is
- a. Lactic acid
- b. 0.3% tricresol ✅
- c. Phenol
- d. None of the above
- The color of Schiff’s reagent is
- a. Yellow
- b. Blue
- c. Pink
- d. Colorless ✅
- The bluing solution used for H & E staining
- a. 1% HCl
- b. 70% ethanol
- c. Tap water ✅
- d. All the above
- Bleeding time is increased in
- a. Platelet dysfunction
- b. Vitamin K deficiencies
- c. Severe clotting factor deficiency
- d. All the above ✅
- The refractive index of DPX is
- a. 1.38
- b. 1.45
- c. 1.52 ✅
- d. 1.85
- The fixative used for electron microscopy
- a. Potassium dichromate
- b. Luteraldehyde ✅
- c. Methyl alcohol
- d. All the above
- The normal value of cholesterol is
- a. 150-250 mg%
- b. 100-200 mg% ✅
- c. 250-350 mg%
- d. 120-180 mg%
- The smear used for supra vital staining
- a. Unstained unfixed smear ✅
- b. Fixed and stained smear
- c. Fixed smear
- d. All the above
- Cysticercus bovis is the larval form of
- a. Taenia solium
- b. Taenia saginata ✅
- c. Ascaris lumbricoides
- d. Echinococcus granulosus
- The bullet-shaped virus is
- a. Pox virus
- b. Varicella zoster
- c. Rabies virus ✅
- d. HIV
- Lawn culture or carpet culture is used to
- a. Obtain large amount of growth
- b. For preparation of antigens
- c. For ABST
- d. All the above ✅
- The antibodies that can pass through the placenta
- a. IgG ✅
- b. IgM
- c. (1) and (2)
- d. None of the above
- Van den Bergh reaction is used for the estimation of
- a. Cholesterol
- b. Bilirubin ✅
- c. Protein
- d. None of the above
- In an unstained sputum smear, we can see
- a. Gushman’s spirals
- b. Charcot Leyden crystals
- c. Elastic fibers
- d. All the above ✅
- Normal concentration of sodium in blood
- a. 95-110 mEq/L
- b. 3-5 mEq/L
- c. 130-150 mEq/L ✅
- d. 150-190 mEq/L
- Clostridium perfringes can be identified by
- a. Nagler reaction ✅
- b. Satellite test
- c. Coagulase test
- d. String test
- Cocci that are seen in grape-like clusters
- a. Staphylococcus ✅
- b. Streptococcus
- c. Corynebacterium
- d. Cryptococcus
- Fixative that contains mercuric chloride
- a. Carnoy’s fluid
- b. Bouin’s fluid
- c. Zenker’s fluid ✅
- d. Rossman’s fluid
- SGOT is increased in
- a. Myocardial infarction
- b. Viral hepatitis
- c. Toxic hepatitis
- d. All the above ✅
- In a colorimeter, the cuvette made of is used for UV range of light.
- a. Borosilicate
- b. Quartz ✅
- c. (1) and (2)
- d. None of the above
- RBC pipette can be used for
- a. RBC count
- b. Platelet count
- c. (1) and (2) ✅
- d. None of the above
- Basophilic stippling can be seen in
- a. G6PD deficiency
- b. Metal poisoning ✅
- c. Splenectomy
- d. Erythroblastosis fetalis
- Dehaemoglobinisation of a thick smear can be done by
- a. Glacial acetic acid and tartaric acid mixture
- b. Methanol
- c. Distilled water
- d. (1) and (3) ✅
- Sickle cell can be demonstrated by
- a. Scriver and Waugh method
- b. Solubility test
- c. Dithionite method
- d. All the above ✅
- Bence Jones proteins can be detected by
- a. Pandy’s test
- b. SSA test
- c. Bradshaw’s test ✅
- d. Heat and acetic acid test
- Bile pigments are detected by
- a. Rotheras test
- b. Fouchet’s test ✅
- c. Hays test
- d. Benzidine test
- Urease test is positive for all except
- a. E. coli ✅
- b. Proteus
- c. Cryptococcus
- d. Citrobacter
- In Plasmodium falciparum infection, erythrocytes show
- a. Schuffner’s dot
- b. Maurer’s dot ✅
- c. Ziemann’s dot
- d. James dot
- Casoni’s test is related to
- a. Trichuris trichura
- b. Enterobius vermicularis
- c. Echinococcus granulosus ✅
- d. Taenia solium
- Seitz filters are example for
- a. Asbestos ✅
- b. Glass
- c. Membrane
- d. Candle
- The red color of the blood is due to
- a. Myoglobin
- b. Globulin
- c. Albumin
- d. Haemoglobin ✅
- For routine staining of blood smear by Giemsa method, the smear is fixed by
- a. Acetone
- b. Acetic acid
- c. Methanol ✅
- d. Chloroform
- The thickness of a tissue section taken using microtome for histopathology is
- a. 5 microns ✅
- b. 50 microns
- c. 100 microns
- d. 1000 microns
- The part of a microscope that serves to regulate light entering the condenser is
- a. Stage
- b. Iris diaphragm ✅
- c. Blue filter
- d. Revolving nose piece
- Which of the following fixative contains picric acid, formaldehyde, and glacial acetic acid?
- a. Clarke’s fluid
- b. Bouin’s solution ✅
- c. Carnoy’s fluid
- d. Neutral buffered formaldehyde
- For fixation, the recommended quantity of the fixative should be
- a. 20 times the volume of the tissue ✅
- b. Half the volume of the tissue
- c. 100 times the volume of the tissue
- d. Equal to the volume of tissue
- The unit for expressing Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) is
- a. Centimetre/minute
- b. Millimetre/minute
- c. Centimetre/hour
- d. Millimetres/hour ✅
- The old name of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) is
- a. Acid phosphatase
- b. Serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
- c. Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase ✅
- d. Creatine phosphokinase
- Which is not a liver function test?
- a. Test for AST
- b. Test for serum creatinine ✅
- c. Test for ALT
- d. Albumin test
- An example of a special staining is
- a. Periodic acid Schiff’s staining ✅
- b. Acid fast staining
- c. Grams staining
- d. Leishman’s staining
- The staining technique that is preferred for viewing intracellular haemoprotozoans is
- a. Leishman’s staining
- b. Giemsa staining ✅
- c. Wright’s staining
- d. Gram’s staining
- The sterilization conditions in a steam-jacketed autoclave is
- a. 121°C at 16 psi pressure for 5 min
- b. 121°C at 5 psi pressure for 15 min
- c. 121°C at 15 psi pressure for 150 min
- d. 121°C at 15 psi pressure for 15 min ✅
- The special microscope used for detecting Leptospira in a blood sample is
- a. Dark field microscope ✅
- b. Phase contrast microscope
- c. Stereo zoom microscope
- d. Fluorescence microscope
- The incorporation percentage of agar in common bacteriological media is
- a. 0.26% — 0.5%
- b. 5%-10%
- c. 1.5% -2% ✅
- d. 10% – 20%
- An example for anaerobic media is
- a. Fluid thioglycollate medium ✅
- b. Nutrient broth
- c. MacConkey broth
- d. Peptone water
- Which among the following is not a modification of Gram’s staining?
- a. Kopeloff and Bearman’s modification
- b. Burke’s modification
- c. Weigert’s modification
- d. Fleming’s modification ✅
- In lactophenol cotton blue stain, the function of cotton blue is to
- a. Kill the fungus
- b. Clear the fungus
- c. Stain the fungus ✅
- d. Fix the fungus
- The most common method of fixing a bacterial smear is
- a. Phenol fixing
- b. Heat fixing ✅
- c. Acetic acid fixing
- d. Methanol fixing
- The natural immunity present in an individual is
- a. Innate immunity ✅
- b. Adaptive immunity
- c. Active immunity
- d. Adoptive immunity
