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