Amoebiasis Questions
1. Amoebiasis causes
(a) Headache and cold
(b) Dysentry
(c) Fever
(d) Severe cold
Answer:: (b)
2. Amoebiasis is caused by
(a) Toxoplasma gondii
(b) Entamoeba histolytica
(c) Ascaris lumbricoides
(d) None of these
Answer:: (b)
3. Entamoeba histolytica can be cultured in
(a) Diamond’s medium
(b) CLED medium
(c) NNN medium
(d) MacConkey agar
Answer:: (a)
4. Presence of ingested RBCs is a characteristic feature of
(a) Entamoeba histolytica
(b) Dientamoeba fragilis
(c) Entamoeba coli
(d) Iodamoeba butcheli
Answer:: (a)
5. The most common site for amoebiasis is:
(a) Cecum
(b) Sigmoid colon
(c) Transverse colon
(d) Hepatic flexure
Answer:: (a)
6. Amoebiasis is transmitted by
(a) Direct contact with dirty hands
(b) Sexual contact
(c) Faecal contamination of drinking water and food
(d) All of these
Answer:: (d)
7. Differentiation between pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains can be done by
(a) Phagocytic activity
(b) Use of genetic markers
(c) Zymodeme analysis
(d) All of these
Answer:: (d)
8. In tissues, amoebiasis is treated with
(a) Tinidazole
(b) Nitazoxanide
(c) Metronidazole
(d) Any of these
Answer:: (d)
9. The karyosome of Entamoeba histolytica is
(a) liver
(b) progressive
(c) central
(d) even
Answer:: (c)
10. Entamoeba histolytica cysts have _________ nuclei
(a) 1-4
(b) 5
(c) 9
(d) 6-8
Answer:: (a)
11. Choose the incorrect statement w.r.t. amoebiasis.
(a) Causes dysentery
(b) Parasite of the small intestine
(c) Houseflies are mechanical carriers
(d) Symptoms include constipation, abdominal pain and cramp.
Answer:: (b)
