Quiz  /  NEET MCQ on Sporulation

  • 1. 
    The daughter cells that are formed when the septum forms near the poles of the cell is known as

  • daughter cell
  • macrocell
  • minicell
  • microcell

  • 2. 
    _____________ is also used to address lag phase

  • generation time
  • transitional period
  • period of initial adjustment
  • none of the above

  • 3. 
    This can best describe a microbial control protocol inhibiting the growth of molds and yeasts

  • fungistatic
  • bactericidal
  • fungicidal
  • bacteriostatic

  • 4. 
    In gram-positive cells, during its reproduction, synthesis of new membrane material is carried out by this organelle

  • cytoplasmic membrane
  • endoplasmic reticulum
  • mesosome
  • nucleus

  • 5. 
    A fold or bleb like formation is seen in this bacteria

  • E.coli
  • Bacillus subtilis
  • Rhodopseudomonas acidophila
  • Streptococcus faecalis

  • 6. 
    This is not a characteristic of a growth curve

  • every growth curve has 4 distinct stages
  • Graph numbers of microbes versus time
  • plotted with logarithmic numbers
  • under relatively stable environmental conditions, development of microbial population is seen

  • 7. 
    Spores produced endogenously are found in all except this

  • Rhizopus
  • Mushroom
  • Mucor
  • Albugo

  • 8. 
    _____________ is used to refer to the growth of bacteria or microbes

  • increase in the number of cells
  • change in the total population
  • increase in the mass of an individual entity
  • increase in the size of an individual entity

  • 9. 
    In bacteria, sporulation takes place in this growth phase

  • phase of decline
  • log phase
  • lag phase
  • stationary phase

  • 10. 
    Rhodopseudomonas acidophila follows this mode of reproduction

  • Budding
  • Sporulation
  • Fragmentation
  • Binary fission
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