This document contains a microbiology quiz by Dr. Abhijeet Mane with 20 multiple choice questions and their answers. The questions cover topics like Nobel prize winners in microbiology, discoveries of various bacteria and microbes, contributions of scientists to the field of microbiology, life cycles of parasites, and more. The quiz acts as a review of important people, discoveries and concepts in microbiology.

1. Microbiology
Quiz with
Answers
Dr. Abhijeet Mane
Assistant Professor,
Department of Microbiology
BVDUMC, Pune

2. QUESTIONS
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3. 1. Name 4 Nobel prize winners in
Microbiology
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4. 2. Who discovered the
microscope?
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5. 3. What is the other name of
Corynebacterium diphtheriae ?
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6. 4. Who discovered bacterium
Escherichia coli?
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7. 5. What is Filippo Pacini credited with?
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8. 6. Identify. Give 2 contributions to
Microbiology
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9. 7. Who discovered Shigella dysentriae,
bacillus causing dysentery?
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10. 8. Give 2 contributions of this
Stalwart to field of Microbiology
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11. 9. Who invented Polymerase Chain
Reaction?
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12. 10. This man discovered malarial parasites in GI
tract of mosquito thus proving malaria is
transmitted by mosquito. Identify him.
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13. 11. Who identified the bacterium
Mycobacterium leprae as causative agent
of Leprosy?
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14. 12. What is contribution of Ignaz
Philipp Semmelweis to Medical
field?
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15. 13. Name 4 Intestinal Nematodes
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16. 14. Which family does Ebola virus
belong to?
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17. 15. Scientific name of Guinea worm?
How does it enter human being?
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18. 16. Where does Amoebiasis
metastasize?
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19. 17. Name 4 protozoal parasites.
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20. 18. Name the different species of
Plasmodium?
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21. 19. Name 3 stages of asexual
cycle of Plasmodium spp in man?
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22. 20. Name causative agent and
vector for Kala Azar?
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23. ANSWERS
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24. 1. Name 4 Nobel prize winners in
Microbiology
 Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet - for discovering
acquired immunological tolerance
 Barry Marshal (1951-) & Robin Warren (1937-)
shared Nobel prize in Medicine (2005) for
discovery of Helicobacter Pylori
 Kary Mullis - Nobel prize in Chemistry (1993) for
invention of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
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25. 2. Who discovered the
microscope?
 Antony van Leeuwenhoek
 draper in Delft, Holland
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26. 3. What is the other name of
Corynebacterium diphtheriae ?
 Klebs Loefflers bacillus
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27. 4. Who discovered bacterium
Escherichia coli?
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 Theodor Escherich

28. 5. What is Filippo Pacini credited with?
 First observed Vibrio cholerae
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29. 6. Identify. Give 2 contributions to
Microbiology
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 Sir Frank Macfarlane
Burnet
 Australian virologist &
immunologist
 Identified causative agent
of Q fever
 Gave Burnet’s clonal
selection theory
 Shared Nobel prize with
Sir Peter Medawar (1960)
for discovering acquired
immunological tolerance

30. 7. Who discovered Shigella dysentriae,
bacillus causing dysentery?
 Kiyoshi Shiga
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31. 8. Give 2 contributions of this
Stalwart to field of Microbiology
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 Established that
fermentation was a
result of bacterial
activity
 Proved that all forms of
life, even microbes,
arose only from their
like & not de novo
 introduced techniques
of sterilization, etc.

32. 9. Who invented Polymerase Chain
Reaction?
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 Kary Mullis

33. 10. This man discovered malarial parasites in GI
tract of mosquito thus proving malaria is
transmitted by mosquito. Identify him.
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 Sir Ronald Ross

34. 11. Who identified the bacterium
Mycobacterium leprae as causative agent
of Leprosy?
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 Albert Ludwig
Sigesmund Neisser

35. 12. What is contribution of Ignaz
Philipp Semmelweis to Medical
field?
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 Proposed the
practice of washing
hands with
chlorinated lime
solutions in
obstetrical clinics in
1847 to reduce
incidence of
puerperal fever

36. 13. Name 4 Intestinal Nematodes
 Trichuris trichiura
 Enterobius vermicularis
 Ancylostoma duodenale
 Necator americanus
 Strongyloides stercoralis
 Ascaris lumbricoides
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37. 14. Which family does Ebola virus
belong to?
 Filoviridae
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38. 15. Scientific name of Guinea worm?
How does it enter human being?
 Dracunculus medinensis
 Oral route – contaminated drinking water
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39. 16. Where does Amoebiasis
metastasize?
 Lung abscess
 Cerebral abscess
 Splenic abscess
 Granuloma cutis
 Amoebic pericarditis
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40. 17. Name 4 protozoal parasites.
 Entamoeba histolytica
 Naegleria fowleri
 Giardia lamblia
 Trichomonas vaginalis
 Leishmania donovani
 Trypanosoma spp
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41. 18. Name the different species of
Plasmodium?
 P. vivax
 P. falciparum
 P. malariae
 P. ovale
 P. knowlesi
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42. 19. Name 3 stages of asexual
cycle of Plasmodium spp in man?
 Pre – erythrocytic schizogony
 Erythrocytic schizogony
 Gametogony
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43. 20. Name causative agent and
vector for Kala Azar?
 Leishmania donovani
 Female Sand fly – Phlebotomus argentipes
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44. Thank you!!!
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