Microbiology MCQs (Quiz 19) Posted on June 11, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. The genome of HIV consists of _______________________ Two copies of single-stranded RNA Double-stranded RNA Single-stranded DNA Double-stranded DNA 2. ____________ virus is a major cause of liver cirrhosis Influenza virus HIV HCV Rabies virus 3. Malaria is caused by a microorganism _____________________ Plasmodium Bacterium Virus Fungus 4. AIDS is abbreviation of ____________________ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome Acute Immune Deficiency Syndrome Acquired Infectious Disease Syndrome 5. __________________ is the vector of malaria Female Housefly Male Anopheles mosquito Male Sandfly Female Anopheles mosquito 6. __________________ are dormant and highly resistant bacterial structures Fimbriae Capsules Flagella Endospores 7. The scientist who proposed that the infectious agent causing tobacco mosaic disease could pass through bacterial filters was _____________ Robert Koch Louis Pasteur Dmitri Ivanovsky Edward Jenner 8. The primary target organ of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is _____________ Liver Kidney Heart Lung 9. ____________ are the fungal root-like structures that anchor the organism Basidia Conidia Asci Rhizoids 10. The thread-like filaments of fungi are called ______________ Hyphae Pili Capsomeres Flagella Loading … Question 1 of 10
