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Introduction to Microbiology
Very Short Answer Questions
1. Enlist various branches of microbiology.
2. What is the Pasteur Effect?
3. What are interferons?
4. Give any four examples of beneficial bacteria.
5. Write a note on the contribution of Louis Pasteur in the development of microbiology.
6. What is the theory of spontaneous generation?
Short Answer Questions
1. Write a short note on the scope of microbiology.
2. Write a note on Koch’s postulates.
3. Give a short note on the golden era of microbiology.
4. Write a note on the contribution of Robert Koch.
Long Answer Questions
1. Write a detailed note on the history of microbiology.
2. Give a descriptive note on various branches of microbiology.
3. Write a note on the scope and importance of microbiology.
Cell
Very Short Answer Questions
1. Enlist double-membranous and single-membranous cellular structures.
2. Draw a neat diagram of mitochondria with labeling.
3. Why are lysosomes known as suicide bags?
4. Give examples of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
5. Write a note on chromatids.
Short Answer Questions
1. Differentiate between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
2. Write notes on the following cellular structures:
– i) Mitochondria
– ii) Nucleus
3. Write a note on plastids.
4. Write a short note on the structure and chemical composition of the cell membrane.
5. Give a detailed note on plastids.
Long Answer Questions
1. Write a detailed note on the plasma membrane.
2. Give a descriptive note on eukaryotic cells.
Study of Bacteria
Very Short Answer Questions
1. What are pili or fimbriae?
2. How do pili differ from flagella?
3. What are endospores?
4. Define the following terms:
– i) Lag phase
– ii) Pure culture
– iii) Exponential phase
5. Define the cryopreservation method.
6. Enlist various types of culture media.
7. What is the transduction method?
8. Define transformation.
9. Enlist various methods of bacterial reproduction.
10. Give raw materials used for bacterial culture.
11. Define the budding process.
12. What is the serial dilution method?
Short Answer Questions
1. Classify bacteria based on their morphology.
2. Explain the nutritional requirements of bacteria.
3. Write a note on the growth of bacteria.
4. Explain the growth curve of bacteria.
5. Enlist various methods of bacterial reproduction and explain the budding method.
6. Write a note on the bacterial cell wall and differentiate between the cell walls of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
7. What are the physical parameters for the growth of bacterial culture?
8. Write a note on types of culture media.
9. What is the lyophilization method?
10. Give a note on the streak-plate method or pour-plate method.
11. What is the serial dilution method?
Long Answer Questions
1. Explain the ultrastructure of bacteria.
2. Write a descriptive note on culture media.
3. Write a detailed note on bacterial reproduction.
4. What are the isolation methods for pure culture of bacteria?
5. Explain preservative methods for pure culture.
6. Write a detailed note on the quantitative measurement of bacterial growth.
Microscopy
Very Short Answer Questions
1. What is microscopy?
2. Draw a neat diagram of a light microscope with labeling.
3. Write a note on DIC (Differential Interference Contrast).
4. Give the principle of light microscopy.
5. Give applications of the phase contrast microscope.
6. Write a short note on dark field microscopy.
7. Write a note on bright field microscopy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is microscopy? Give its types.
2. Write a note on phase contrast microscopy.
3. Give the principle, construction, working, and applications of SEM or TEM.
4. Write a note on phase contrast microscopy.
Long Answer Questions
1. Write a detailed note on electron microscopy.
2. Give the principle of light microscopy and define its various types.
Identification of Bacteria
Very Short Answer Questions
1. What is monochrome staining?
2. Enlist various techniques of staining.
3. What are stains?
4. Give examples of stains used in simple staining.
5. Write the full form of the IMViC test.
6. What is negative staining?
Short Answer Questions
1. Differentiate between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
2. Give the principle and procedure of negative staining.
3. Write a note on acid-fast staining.
4. What are biochemical tests?
5. Write the principle and procedure of Gram’s staining.
6. Give the application and aim of staining.
Long Answer Questions
1. Write a detailed note on differential staining techniques.
2. What is simple staining? Explain various types of simple staining.
3. Write a note on the IMViC test.
Sterilization
Very Short Answer Questions
1. What is sterilization?
2. Enlist various methods of sterilization.
3. Give the importance of sterilization.
4. Write the aim of the evaluation of the sterilization process.
5. Draw a neat diagram of an autoclave with labeling.
6. What is fermentation?
7. Give examples of gases used in the sterilization process.
8. Write the chemicals used in sterilization.
Short Answer Questions
1. Write notes on the following sterilization methods:
– i) Sunlight
– ii) Ultrasonic
– iii) Radiation
2. Write the principle, procedure, merits, demerits, and applications of dry heat sterilization.
3. Write a note on the evaluation of the efficiency of sterilization methods.
4. Give the principle, procedure, merits, demerits, and applications of the mechanical method of sterilization.
5. Write a note on gaseous sterilization.
6. Write a note on sterilization methods involving heating with bactericide.
Long Answer Questions
1. Give the principle, procedure, merits, demerits, and applications of chemical or physical methods of sterilization.
2. Write a detailed note on sterility indicators.
3. Write a note on large-scale sterilization.
4. Write a note on moist heat sterilization.
Study of Funzi and Virus
Very Short Answer Questions
1. Write properties of fungi.
2. Define the following terms:
– i) Mycelium
– ii) Dematiaceous fungi
– iii) Pseudohyphae
– iv) Moulds
3. What are sclerotia?
4. Define the following types of spores formed in fungi:
– i) Zoospores
– ii) Conidiophores
– iii) Sporangiospores
– iv) Chlamydospores
5. Define plasmogamy and karyogamy.
6. Viruses are connecting links between living and non-living. Comment.
7. Give properties of viruses.
8. Enlist steps of reproduction of viruses.
9. Define the following terms:
– i) Capsid
– ii) Nucleocapsid
– iii) Capsomers
10. Define viruses and virions.
Short Answer Questions
1. Give the Baltimore system of classification of viruses.
2. Write a note on asexual reproduction in fungi.
3. What are the cultural requirements for the cultivation of fungi?
4. Write a note on sexual reproduction in fungi.
5. Give a short note on the importance of fungi in the present era.
6. Write a short note on yeasts.
7. What are filamentous fungi?
8. Give a note on the embryonated egg inoculation method.
Long Answer Questions
1. Give the classification of fungi.
2. Write a note on the morphology of viruses.
3. Write a detailed note on the cultivation of fungi.
4. Classify viruses according to LHT classification and give the structure of TMV.
5. Give a detailed note on the cultivation of viruses.
Disinfectants and Antibiotics
Very Short Answer Questions
1. Give examples of oxidizing agents.
2. What is the temperature coefficient?
3. What is the Chick-Martin test?
4. Enlist various factors influencing disinfection.
5. Give the mode of action of dyes.
6. Give applications of halogens as disinfectants.
7. What is the mechanism of heavy metals as disinfectants?
Short Answer Questions
1. Write a note on ideal properties of disinfectants.
2. What is the Phenol coefficient test?
3. Write a short note on the following methods of evaluation:
– i) Tube dilution method
– ii) Filter paper method
4. Give the mode of action and applications of phenols and phenolic compounds.
5. Write the mode of action of the following disinfectants:
– i) Surface-active agents
– ii) Alcohols
6. Write a note on factors affecting disinfection.
Long Answer Questions
1. What are disinfectants? Classify them.
2. Give a descriptive note on the mode of action of various disinfectants.
3. Write a note on the evaluation of bacteriostatic and bactericidal actions of disinfectants.
Sterility Testing of Products
Very Short Answer Questions
1. What is a sterility test?
2. Give the composition of fluid thioglycolate medium.
3. Write the composition of fluid soybean-casein digest medium.
4. Give examples of test microbes used in alternative thioglycolate and soybean-casein digest.
5. Write examples of test microbes for fluid thioglycolate medium.
6. What is nutrient broth?
7. Write a note on cooked meat medium and thioglycollate medium.
Short Answer Questions
1. Write a note on guidelines given for the sterility testing of a product.
2. Write a note on culture media used in sterility testing.
3. Give the test procedure of the membrane filtration method.
4. Write a note on apparatus used in sterility testing.
5. Give the test procedure of the direct inoculation method.
6. Write a note on fluid dilutions.
Long Answer Questions
1. Write a detailed note on the direct inoculation method.
2. What is sterility testing of products? Give a detailed description.
Aseptic Area
Very Short Answer Questions
1. Draw a layout of an aseptic area.
2. Enlist the methods of prevention of contamination.
3. Give uses of laminar flow equipment.
4. Give types of laminar flow equipment.
5. What are vertical airflow hoods?
6. What is an HVAC system?
7. Give uses of laminar airflow hoods.
Short Answer Questions
1. Give the classification of clean areas.
2. Write a note on methods of prevention of contamination.
3. What are the sources of contamination in an aseptic area?
Long Answer Questions
1. Write a detailed note on laminar flow equipment.
2. Give details on the design of an aseptic area.
Microbiological Assay
Very Short Answer Questions
1. What is the minimum inhibitory concentration?
2. Give the principle involved in the standardization of vitamins.
3. Give the principle of standardization of cyanocobalamin.
4. What is the Guthrie test?
5. Define Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
6. What is the enablement value?
7. Give the principle of microbiological assay.
8. Enlist official methods involved in the standardization of antibiotics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Give the principle of standardization of vitamins.
2. Write a note on the cup-plate method.
3. Write a note on the standardization of amino acids.
4. Give the standardization procedure of niacin.
5. What is the tube assay method?
6. Give a note on the standardization of vitamin B₁₂.
Long Answer Questions
1. What is a microbial assay? Give details.
2. Write a note on the standardization of antibiotics.
3. Write a detailed note on the standardization of vitamins.
4. Give a descriptive note on the assessment of new antibiotics.
Microbial Contamination and Preservation of Pharmaceutical Products
Very Short Answer Questions
1. What is water activity?
2. Enlist the factors affecting the microbial spoilage of pharmaceutical products.
3. Give the sources and types of microbial contaminants.
4. What is the BP pyrogen test?
5. What is the Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate test (LAL)?
6. Give ideal characteristics of antimicrobial agents.
7. What are surfactants? Give examples.
Short Answer Questions
1. Write a note on factors affecting microbial spoilage of pharmaceutical products.
2. Give the assessment of microbial contamination and spoilage.
3. Write a note on pharmaceutical products using antimicrobial agents.
4. Write a note on sources and types of microbial contaminants.
Long Answer Questions
1. What is spoilage? Write down the factors affecting the spoilage of pharmaceutical products.
2. Write a note on the evaluation of microbial stability of formulations.
3. Write a detailed note on types of spoilage.
Animal Cell Culture
Very Short Answer Questions
1. Give types of cultured cells.
2. Define the following terms:
– i) Trypsinization
– ii) Cell strain
– iii) Totipotent
3. What is cell culture?
4. Write the conditions needed to be maintained for the growth of animal cells.
5. Give definitions of:
– i) Transformed cells
– ii) Primary cells
– iii) Explant cultures
– iv) Continuous cell lines
6. What is cold trypsinization?
Short Answer Questions
1. What is a primary cell culture?
2. Give the applications of cell cultures in the pharmaceutical industry and research.
3. What is subculture?
4. Write a note on the cell culture system.
5. What is transformed cell culture?
6. Give a short note on mechanical disaggregation.
Long Answer Questions
1. Give the general procedure of cell culture.
2. Write a note on the growth of animal cells in culture.
3. Write a note on types of cultured cells. Give the advantages and disadvantages of animal culture.
4. Give a detailed note on the disaggregation of tissues.