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