Parasitology
- Infective stage of Enterobius vermicularis is:
a) Larva
b) Cercaria
c) Egg
d) Cyst
e) Metacercaria ✅
- The definitive host is an animal:
a) Entamoeba histolytica
b) Toxoplasma gondii ✅
c) Trypanosoma cruzi
d) E. coli
e) Giardia lamblia
- Parasite can cause fetal cerebral infection:
a) Taenia
b) Toxoplasma gondii ✅
- Intracellular parasite:
a) E. coli
b) Toxoplasma gondii ✅
c) Giardia lamblia
d) Trypanosoma cruzi
e) Trichomonas vaginalis
- Non-motile protozoa:
a) E. coli
b) Entamoeba histolytica ✅
c) Trypanosoma cruzi
d) Giardia lamblia
e) Trichomonas vaginalis
- Identification of Leishmania parasite:
a) Lymph node aspirate ✅
- Infective stage of Taenia:
a) Larva
b) Cercaria
c) Embryonated egg ✅
d) Cyst
e) Metacercaria
- Autoinfection of humans can be caused in case of:
a) Enterobius vermicularis ✅
b) Taenia sp.
c) Ancylostoma duodenale
d) Ascaris lumbricoides
- Iodine stain of Entamoeba cyst is used to detect (diagnose):
a) Chromatoidal bars ✅
b) Cell wall
c) Nuclei
- Diagnostic stage of Ascaris lumbricoides:
a) Finding of a typical fertilized egg in stool ✅
- Parasite can be detected in vaginal and urethral discharge:
a) Trichomonas vaginalis ✅
- Blood of microfilaria infection diagnostic with:
a) Wuchereria bancrofti ✅
- Oocyst is beneficial to diagnose:
a) E. histolytica
b) E. coli
c) Toxoplasma gondii
d) Giardia lamblia ✅
e) Trypanosoma cruzi
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis is transmitted by:
a) Phlebotomus sand fly ✅
- Schistosoma hematobium diagnosis:
a) Egg in urine with terminal spine ✅
- One of these organisms multiplies as an intracellular parasite:
a) Giardia lamblia
b) Entamoeba histolytica
c) E. coli
d) Trypanosoma cruzi
e) Toxoplasma gondii ✅
- Infective stage of Ascaris lumbricoides:
a) Larva ✅
b) Cercaria
c) Egg
d) Cyst
e) Metacercaria
- The worm that causes blood in urine:
a) Ascaris
b) Fasciola
c) Schistosoma haematobium ✅
- Generally diagnosed by recovery & identification of typical larva in stool:
a) Hookworms ✅
b) Trichuris trichiura
c) Strongyloides stercoralis
- Which of the following does not lay eggs in the small intestine:
a) Hookworm
b) Trichuris saginata
c) Pinworm ✅
- Poliomyelitis is transmitted through:
a) Skin
b) Respiration
c) Feco-oral ✅
- A parasite that does not deposit eggs in the intestine:
a) E. vermicularis (Pinworm)
b) A. duodenale
c) A. lumbricoides
d) T. saginata
e) T. spiralis ✅
- The causative parasite of Egyptian bilharziasis:
a) Trichomonas vaginalis
b) Schistosoma haematobium ✅
c) Schistosoma japonicum
d) Schistosoma mansoni
e) All of the above
- Best for identification of parasites if not visible in stool (Negative in stool):
a) Concentration technique ✅
- Identification of fertilized eggs in feces:
a) Ascaris lumbricoides ✅
- Sugar cannot be detected in urine using copper reduction test:
a) Fructose
b) Galactose
c) Arabinose
d) Sucrose ✅
- The infective stage of Ancylostoma duodenale is:
a) Eggs in stool
b) Larva in stool ✅
c) Larva in tissue
d) Cysticercus bovis
- What practical cardiolipin is applicable in laboratory work:
a) FTA
b) VDRL & RPR ✅
c) RPR only
d) VDRL only
- The intermediate host of Toxoplasma is:
a) Dog
b) Cat
c) Mouse
d) All
e) None ✅
- A semen specimen contains sugar, the source of spermatozoa energy is:
a) Glucose
b) Mannose
c) Galactose
d) Fructose
e) Sucrose ✅
- To check intestinal efficacy, the following test is done:
a) Pepsin
b) Lipase
c) Stool fats ✅
