Quiz Answers
- The most common staining technique used in cytology is
- a. Giemsa stain
- b. Papani colaou stain ✅
- c. Hand E stain
- d. Shorr’s stain
- Tubercle bacillae identified by
- a. Robert Koch ✅
- b. Louis Pasteur
- c. Edward Jenner
- d. Joseph Lister
- Ziehl – Neelsen stain is used for demonstration of
- a. Streptococci
- b. Anthrax Bacilli
- c. Mycobacteria ✅
- d. Spirochaetes
- Triple sugar iron agar contains
- a. Glucose, Maltose, Sucrose
- b. Glucose, Mannitol, Sucrose
- c. Glucose, Lactose, Sucrose ✅
- d. Glucose, Lactose, Maltose
- Blood agar is
- a. Enriched media ✅
- b. Enrichment media
- c. Selective media
- d. Differential media
- RCM is used for the primary cultivation of
- a. Tubercle bacilli
- b. Clostridium Perfringens ✅
- c. Vibrio cholerae
- d. Haemophilus
- Which of the following sensitivity test is used to diagnose Group A Streptococci isolate
- a. Novobiosin
- b. Optochin
- c. Bacitracin ✅
- d. Polymixin
- Elek’s test is used for the invitro toxigenicity of
- a. Coryne bacteria diphthreriae ✅
- b. Haemophilus influenzae
- c. Group B Streptococcus
- d. Clostridium Perfringens
- Which of the following bacteria shows swarming growth ?
- a. Salmonella
- b. Shigella
- c. Pesudomonas
- d. Proteus ✅
- Example of dimorphic fungi
- a. Cryptococcus neoformans
- b. Histoplasma Capsulatum ✅
- c. Candida albicans
- d. Nocardia
- Mantoux test is for the diagnosis of
- a. Tuberculosis ✅
- b. Diphtheria
- c. Echinococcus
- d. Toxoplasma
- Negative staining is used for the demonstration of
- a. Capsule ✅
- b. Flagella
- c. Cell wall
- d. None of the above
- The basic principle behind spectrophotometer is
- a. Beer’s law
- b. Lambert’s law
- c. Beer- Lambert law ✅
- d. None of the above
- Which of the following Immunoglobin can cross the placenta
- a. IgG ✅
- b. IgM
- c. IgA
- d. IgE
- Which of the following condition shows 48XXY chromosomes ?
- a. Down syndrome
- b. Turner’s syndrome
- c. Klinefelter’s syndrome ✅
- d. All the above
- Negri bodies are demonstrated for the diagnosis of
- a. Hepatitis
- b. HIV
- c. Polio
- d. Rabies ✅
- Electrophoretic separation of major protein is known as
- a. Western blotting ✅
- b. Southern blotting
- c. Northern blotting
- d. None of the above
- Which of the following is non-nucleic acid based diagnostic method ?
- a. PCR
- b. LCR
- c. RFLP
- d. GLC ✅
- Monoclonal antibodies are produced from
- a. Myeloma cells
- b. Lymphoma cells
- c. Hybridoma cells ✅
- d. All the above
- Which of the following is not an automated culture system ?
- a. BACTEC
- b. BaCT/ALERT
- c. ESP system
- d. Casteneda method ✅
- Osmotic fragility test is used for the diagnosis of
- a. Sickle cell anaemia
- b. Thalassemia
- c. Spherocytosis ✅
- d. Megaloblastic anaemia
- Haemolytic disease of newborn is due to
- a. ABO incompatibility
- b. Rhincompatibility ✅
- c. Leucocyte incompatibility
- d. None of the above
- Which of the following automated system 1s introduced recently ?
- a. Continuous flow analyser
- b. Descrete analyser
- c. Centrifugal analyser ✅
- d. None of the above
- Biuret method is used for determination of
- a. Protein ✅
- b. Sugar
- c. Urea
- d. Cholesterol
- Which of the following is an example of an enrichment media ?
- a. MacConkey agar
- b. Nutrient Agar
- c. Peptone water
- d. Selenite F broth ✅
- Name the parasite causing Malaria.
- a. Plasmodium vivax ✅
- b. Wuchereria bancrofti
- c. Brugia malayi
- d. Leishmania donovani
- Which of the following antibody can cross the placenta ?
- a. IgM
- b. IgE
- c. IgA
- d. IgG ✅
- Which of the following is a RBC diluting fluid ?
- a. Hinglemann’s fluid
- b. Tuerk’s fluid
- c. Dacies fluid ✅
- d. Rees — Ecker solution
- Bacteria which require oxygen for their growth is
- a. Aerobic bacteria ✅
- b. Carboxyphilic bacteria
- c. Anaerobic bacteria
- d. Obligate anaerobes
- Who discovered ABO blood group system ?
- a. Weiner
- b. Karl Landsteiner ✅
- c. William Harvey
- d. Denis
- Which of the following is not a Romanowsky stain ?
- a. Leishman’s stain
- b. Geimsa stain
- c. Jenner stain
- d. Crystal violet ✅
- The cell present in normal CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)
- a. Plasma cell
- b. Neutrophils
- c. Lymphocytes ✅
- d. Monocytes
- Staining method used for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis is
- a. Leishman’s staining
- b. Zeihl-Neelsen’s staining ✅
- c. Simple staining
- d. Gram’s staining
- Urinometer is used to measure which of the following property of Urine ?
- a. Reaction
- b. Transparency
- c. Volume
- d. Specific gravity ✅
- Identify a Renal function test from the following tests.
- a. Blood sugar
- b. Serum bilirubin
- c. Blood urea ✅
- d. Total cholesterol
- The accurate method for estimation of haemoglobin is
- a. Sahlis method
- b. Cyanmeth haemoglobin method ✅
- c. Spencer method
- d. Dare method
- Solidifying agent used for preparation of solid culture media is
- a. DPX
- b. Meat extract
- c. Agr ✅
- d. Peptone
- Post-Prandial Blood Sugar (PPBS) sample is taken
- a. 2 hr after intake of food ✅
- b. ‘%hr after intake of food
- c. after 12 hrs of fasting
- d. at anytime after intake of food
- Round shaped bacterias are called
- a. Bacilli
- b. Vibrios
- c. Actinomycetes
- d. cocci ✅
- Normal value of bleeding time by Dukes method is
- a. 3-8 minutes
- b. 2-6 minutes ✅
- c. 3-8 seconds
- d. 2-6 seconds
- Size of a normal red blood cell is
- a. 10-15 micro metre
- b. 15-20 micro metre
- c. 6-8 micro metre ✅
- d. None of these
- The dilution that can be made using an RBC pipette is
- a. 1/200 ✅
- b. 1/10
- c. 1/50
- d. 1/20
- Major plasma protein is
- a. Globulin
- b. Albumin ✅
- c. Bence Jones Protein
- d. Fibrinogen
- Leucocytosis is seen in
- a. Systemic lupus erythematosis
- b. Rheumatoid arthritis
- c. Leukemia ✅
- d. Aplastic anaemia
- Which blood group is known as “Universal Donor” ?
- a. O group ✅
- b. A group
- c. B group
- d. AB group
- Staining method used in cytology is
- a. Haematoxylin and eosin staining
- b. Negative staining
- c. Leishman’s staining
- d. Papanicoloau staining ✅
- Temperature used for storing blood in a blood blank refrigerator is
- a. 4-6°C ✅
- b. 8-10°C
- c. 10-12°C
- d. 0-1°C
- Which of the following step is not included in tissue processing ?
- a. Dehydration
- b. Fixation
- c. Oxidation ✅
- d. Clearing
- Length of an ideal blood smear is
- a. 1-2cm
- b. 5-6cm
- c. 6-7cm
- d. 3-4cm ✅
- Gmelin’s testis used for detecting which of the following compound in urine ?
- a. Sugar
- b. Ketone bodies
- c. Bile salts
- d. Bile pigment ✅
