Bacteria Morphology MCQs : This section focuses on the "Bacteria Morphology". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Bacteria Morphology skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
Which of the following bacteria lack a cell wall and are therefore resistant to penicillin?
A. Cyanobacteria
B. Mycoplasmas
C. Bdellovibrios
D. Spirochetes
Question 2
A cluster of polar flagella is called
A. lophotrichous
B. amphitrichous
C. monotrichous
D. petritrichous
Question 3
Flagella move the cell by
A. many flagella beating in a synchronous, whip-like motion
B. an individual flagellum beating in a whip-like motion
C. spinning like a propeller
D. attaching to nearby particles and contracting
Question 4
The protein from which hook and filaments of flagella are composed of, is
A. keratin
B. flagellin
C. gelatin
D. casein
Question 5
The cooci which mostly occur in single or pairs are
A. Streptococci
B. Diplococci
C. Tetracocci
D. None of the above
Question 6
Which of the following may contain fimbriae?
A. Gram-positive bacteria
B. Gram-negative bacteria
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
Question 7
Peptidoglycan accounts for __________ of the dry weight of cell wall in many gram positive bacteria
A. 50% or more
B. About 10%
C. 11%+ 0.22%
D. About 20%
Question 8
Bacteria having no flagella are unable to
A. move
B. reproduce
C. stick to tissue surfaces
D. grow in nutrient agar
Question 9
Which of the following is true about cell wall of gram-positive bacteria?
A. It consists of multiple layers
B. It is thicker than that associated with gram-negative bacteria
C. It contains teichoic acids
D. All of the above
Question 10
The cell walls of many gram positive bacteria can be easily destroyed by the enzyme known as
A. lipase
B. lysozyme
C. pectinase
D. peroxidase
Question 11
The cell wall of
A. gram-positive bacteria are thicker than gram-negative bacteria
B. gram-negative bacteria are thicker than gram-positive bacteria
C. both have same thickness but composition is different
D. None of the above
Question 12
Peptidoglycan is also known as
A. N-acetyl muramic acid
B. murein mucopeptide
C. N acetylglucosamine
D. mesodiaminopimetic acid
Question 13
Genetic system is located in the prokaryotes in
A. nucleoid
B. chromatin
C. nuclear material
D. All of the above
Question 14
Which is most likely to be exposed on the surface of a gram-negative bacterium?
A. Pore protein (porin)
B. Protein involved in energy generation
C. Lipoteichoic acid
D. Phospholipids
Question 15
The last step in synthesis of peptidoglycan is
A. attachment of a peptide to muramic acid
B. attaching two amino acids to form a cross-link
C. attachment of a portion of peptidoglycan to a membrane lipid
D. binding of penicillin to a membrane protein
Question 16
Cytoplasmic inclusions include
A. ribosomes
B. mesosomes
C. fat globules
D. All of these
Question 17
The cocci which forms a bunch and irregular pattern are
A. Staphylococci
B. diplococci
C. Tetracocci
D. Streptococci
Question 18
Chemotaxis is a phenomenon of
A. swimming away of bacteria
B. swimming towards a bacteria
C. swimming away or towards of bacteria in presence of chemical compound
D. none of the above
Question 19
The structure responsible for motility of bacteria is
A. pilli
B. flagella
C. sheath
D. capsules
Question 20
The next to last step in peptidoglycan biosynthesis is
A. synthesis of the NAM-peptide subunit
B. removal of the subunit from bactoprenol
C. linking the sugar of the disaccharide-peptide unit to the growing peptidoglycan chain
D. cross-linking the peptide side chains of peptidoglycan
Question 21
The cocci which forms a chain is
A. Streptococci
B. diplococci
C. Staphylococci
D. Tetracocci
Question 22
The arrangement, in which flagella are distributed all round the bacterial cell, is known as
A. lophotrichous
B. amphitrichous
C. peritrichous
D. monotrichous
Question 23
Periplasm is
A. the area between the inner and outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria
B. the area between the inner and outer membranes of Gram-positive bacteria
C. the interior portion of mitochondria
D. the area outside the cell membrane that is influenced by the polymers
Question 24
Which of the following has peptidoglycan as a major constituent of cell wall?
A. Gram-negative bacteria
B. Gram-positive bacteria
C. Fungi
D. None of these
Question 25
The common word for bacteria which are helically curved rods is
A. cooci
B. pleomorphic
C. bacillus
D. spirilla
Question 26
A single polar flagella is known as
A. monotrichous
B. lophotrichous
C. amphitrichous
D. none of these
Question 27
Chemically the capsule may be
A. polypeptide
B. polysaccharide
C. either (a) or (b)
D. none of these
Question 28
Cyanobacteria have
A. a gram-positive cell wall
B. a gram-negative cell wall
C. Neither (a) nor (b)
D. No cell wall
Question 29
Genetic system is located in the prokaryotes in
A. nucleoid
B. chromatin
C. nuclear material
D. all of these
Question 30
Gram positive cells have a
A. second outer membrane that helps to retain the crystal violet stain
B. multiple layer of peptidoglycan that helps to retain the crystal violet stain
C. thick capsule that traps the crystal violet stain
D. periplasmic space that traps the crystal violet
Question 31
In eukaryotic cells, ribosomes are
A. 70S
B. 60S
C. 80S
D. Not specific
Question 32
In which of the following, lipo-polysaccharide is a major constituent of outer membrane of the cellwall?
A. Gram-positive bacteria
B. Gram-negative bacteria
C. Fungi
D. None of these
Question 33
Microcapsules are composed of
A. proteins
B. polysaccharides
C. lipids
D. all of these
Question 34
Name the component of flagellum.
A. Filament
B. Hook
C. Basal body
D. All of these
Question 35
Peptidoglycan is found only in the bacterial
A. cell membrane
B. glycocalyx
C. cell wall
D. spore
Question 36
Porins are located in
A. the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria
B. the peptidoglycan layer of gram-positive bacteria
C. the cytoplasmic membrane of both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria
D. the periplasmic space of gram-negative bacteria
Question 37
Single or clusters of flagella at both poles is known as
A. monotrichous
B. petritrichous
C. amphitrichous
D. none of these
Question 38
Swimming towards a chemical of bacteria is termed as
A. positive chemotaxis
B. negative chemotaxis
C. phototaxis
D. magnetotaxis
Question 39
Teichoic acids are typically found in
A. cell walls of gram positive bacteria
B. outer membranes of gram positive bacteria
C. cell walls of gram negative bacteria
D. outer membranes of gram negative bacteria
Question 40
The bacteria deficient in cell wall is
A. Treponema
B. Mycoplasma
C. Staphylococcus
D. Klebsiella
Question 41
The cell wall of
A. gram-positive bacteria are thicker than gram-negative bacteria
B. gram-negative bacteria are thicker than gram-positive bacteria
C. both have same thickness but composition is different
D. none of these
Question 42
The cell walls of Gram positive bacteria contain two modified sugar, viz. N- acetylgucosamine (NAG) and N- acetylmuramic acid (NAM). They are covalently linked by
A. α- 1,4-glycosidic bond
B. β-1,6-glycosidic bond
C. α- 1,6-glycosidic bond
D. β- 1,4-glycosidic bond
Question 43
The common word for bacteria which are spherical in shape is
A. cocci
B. bacilli
C. spirilla
D. pleomorphic
Question 44
The common word for bacteria which are straight rod in shape is
A. cooci
B. bacilli
C. spirilla
D. pleomorphic
Question 45
The cooci which mostly occur in single or pairs are
A. Streptococci
B. Diplococci
C. Tetracocci
D. None of these
Question 46
The location where the bacterial chromosome concentrates is called
A. nucleus
B. nuclein
C. nucleoid
D. nucleose
Question 47
The other name for peptidoglycan is
A. mucopeptide
B. murein
C. both (a) & (b)
D. none of these
Question 48
Which of the following bacterial genera (that produces endospore) have medical importance?
A. Clostridium
B. Bacillus
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Question 49
Which of the following does not contain protein?
A. Pili
B. Flagellum
C. Lipoteichoic acid
D. Porin
Question 50
Which of the following has Chinese letter arrangement?
A. Bacillus anthracis
B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
C. Clostridium tetani
D. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Question 51
Which of the following is analogous to mesosomes of bacteria?
A. Mitochondria of eukaryotes
B. Golgi apparatus of eukaryotes
C. Lysosomes of eukaryotes
D. None of these
Question 52
Which of the following is exposed on the outer surface of a gram-negative bacterium?
A. O-antigen of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
B. Polysaccharide portion of lipoteichoic acid (LTA)
C. Braun lipoprotein
D. Electron transport system components
Question 53
Which of the following is not true about peptidoglycan?
A. It is a polymer consisting of N-acetyl glucosamine, N-acetyl muramic acid and amino acids (alanine, lysine, etc.)
B. It is present in prokaryotic cell wall
C. It occurs in the form of a bag shaped macro molecule surrounding the cytoplasm membrane
D. None of the above
Question 54
Which of the following is true about cell wall of gram-positive bacteria?
A. It consists of multiple layers
B. It is thicker than that associated with gram-negative bacteria
C. It contains teichoic acids
D. All of these
Question 55
Which of the following may be most likely to be missing from a gram-positive bacterium?
A. Penicillin binding protein
B. Peptidoglycan
C. Lipopolysaccharide
D. Phospholipid bilayer membrane
Question 56
Which of the following may contain fimbriae?
A. Gram-positive bacteria
B. Gram-negative bacteria
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Question 57
Which of the following organism has sterols in their cytoplasmic membrane?
A. Clostridum
B. Proteus
C. Mycoplasma
D. Bacillius
Question 58
Which of the following structure(s) is /are external to cell wall?
A. Flagella
B. Stalks
C. Sheath
D. All of these