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Discipline: Parasitology
Question Bank for GAT/GRE Subject Type Entry Test
(Parasitology)
A) Protozoology (MCQs)
Answer
Key
1)
On the basis of light and electron microscopic morphology, the protozoa are currently classified into
C
A. Four Phyla
B. Five Phyla
C. Six Phyla
D. Seven Phyla
2)
The most common form of asexual reproduction in protozoa is called as
A
A. Binary fission
B. Multiple fission
C. Both
D. None
3)
All protozoa required organic materials, which may be particulate or in solution. Such type of nutrition is called
A
A. Holozoic
B. Saprozoic
C. Both
D. None
4)
Protozoal parasites belonging to class Rhizopoda are characterized by having
D
A. Cilia
B. Flagella
C. Cyst
D. Rhizopoda
5)
Amoebic dysentery in man and animals is caused by
C
A.
Entamoeba (E.) coli
B.
E. gingivalis
C.
E. histolytica
D. None
6)
Amoebic liver abscesses is the most common form of
A
A. Extraintestinal amaebiasis
B. Pulmonary amoebiasis
C. Cutaneous amoebiasis
D. All above
7)
Non-pathogenic species of genus Entamoeba occurs commonly in the human mouth is
B
A.
E. coli
B.
E. gingivalis
C.
E. hartmanni
D. None
8)
Protozoal parasites belonging to class Mastigophora are characterized by having
B
A. Cilia
B. Flagella
C. Cyst
D. Rhizopoda
9)
Protozoan parasites required hematin obtained from blood haemoglobin for aerobic respiration are called
B
A. Heteroxenous
B. Hemoflagellates
C. Both
D. None
10)
Metronidazole is the drug of choice for
A
A. Amoebiasis
B. Trypanosomiasis
C. Giardiasis
D. Trichomoniasis
11)
Trypomastigotes stage of Trypanosoma usually found in
B
A. Invertebrate host
B. Vertebrate host
C. Both
D. None
12)
Epimastigotes stage of Trypanosoma usually found in
B
A. Invertebrate host
B. Vertebrate host
C. Both
D. None
13)
Species of Trypanosomes develop in the anterior portion of the insect gut are called as
B
A. Stercoraria
B. Salivaria
C. Both
D. None
14)
Species of Trypanosomes develop in the posterior portion of the insect gut are called as
A
A. Stercoraria
B. Salivaria
C. Both
D. None
15)
In human beings, Trypanosoma brucei caused a disease called as
D
A. African Trypanosomiasis
B. Sleeping sickness
C. Both
D. Nagana
16)
In animals, Trypanosoma brucei caused a disease called as
D
A. African Trypanosomiasis
B. Sleeping sickness
C. Both
D. Nagana