MCQ’S ON MYCOPLASMA
1. Mycoplasma is
(a) eukaryotic and unicellular
(b) prokaryotic and unicellular
(c) prokaryotic and multicellular
(d) eukaryotic and multicellular
Answer: (b)
2. The “witches broom” of legumes is caused by a
(a) fungus
(b) bacterium
(c) mycoplasma
(d) virus
Answer: (c)
3. This species of mycoplasma causes human sterility
(a) T.mycoplasma
(b) M.fermentans
(c) M.hominis
(d) all of the above
Answer: (d)
4. In mycoplasma, the elementary cell body performs the function of
(a) respiration
(b) reproduction
(c) excretion
(d) metabolism
Answer: (b)
5. This is called “Jockers of microbiological park”
(a) nostoc
(b) mycoplasma
(c) bacteria
(d) none of these
Answer: (b)
6. These are osmotically inactive
(a) nostoc
(b) mycoplasma
(c) bacteria
(d) all of these
Answer: (b)
7. Vancomycin and Penicillin do not affect the mycoplasma as
(a) there is no Golgi body
(b) there are no mitochondria
(c) there is no nucleus
(d) there is no cell wall
Answer: (d)
8. This is a bacteria without cell wall
(a) cyanobacteria
(b) mycoplasma
(c) viroid
(d) virus
Answer: (b)
9. Little leaf of brinjal is caused by
(a) algae
(b) fungus
(c) mycoplasma
(d) virus
Answer: (c)
10. This is the smallest organism capable of autonomous growth and reproduction
(a) mycoplasma
(b) viroid
(c) virus
(d) none of these
Answer: (a)