1. Which of the following microorganisms causes fermentation?
- A) Virus
- B) Bacteria
- C) Fungi
- D) Protozoa
Correct Answer: B) Bacteria
2. Yeasts are useful in the production of:
- A) Antibiotics
- B) Vaccines
- C) Bread and alcohol
- D) Cheese
Correct Answer: C) Bread and alcohol
3. Which microorganism is used in the production of curd from milk?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Virus
- C) Fungi
- D) Protozoa
Correct Answer: A) Bacteria
4. Penicillin is an antibiotic obtained from which microorganism?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Fungi
- C) Virus
- D) Protozoa
Correct Answer: B) Fungi
5. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria are important for:
- A) Causing diseases
- B) Decomposing organic matter
- C) Fixing atmospheric nitrogen into soil
- D) Producing alcohol
Correct Answer: C) Fixing atmospheric nitrogen into soil
6. Which microorganism causes malaria?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Virus
- C) Fungi
- D) Protozoa
Correct Answer: D) Protozoa
7. Antibiotics are effective against:
- A) Fungi
- B) Bacteria
- C) Viruses
- D) All of the above
Correct Answer: B) Bacteria
8. Which microorganism is used in the production of alcohol?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Virus
- C) Fungi
- D) Protozoa
Correct Answer: C) Fungi
9. Which microorganism causes AIDS?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Virus
- C) Fungi
- D) Protozoa
Correct Answer: B) Virus
10. Which microorganism is responsible for causing tuberculosis?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Virus
- C) Fungi
- D) Protozoa
Correct Answer: A) Bacteria
11. Which microorganism is responsible for causing cholera?
- A) Plasmodium
- B) Vibrio cholerae
- C) Rhizobium
- D) Salmonella
Correct Answer: B) Vibrio cholerae
12. Rhizobium bacteria are found in the root nodules of:
- A) Rice plants
- B) Leguminous plants
- C) Wheat plants
- D) Mango trees
Correct Answer: B) Leguminous plants
13. Which of the following is not a use of microorganisms?
- A) Baking
- B) Medicine
- C) Photosynthesis
- D) Cleaning oil spills
Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis
14. A disease that spreads rapidly from person to person is called:
- A) Endemic
- B) Epidemic
- C) Chronic
- D) Deficiency disease
Correct Answer: B) Epidemic
15. Which of these can survive in extreme conditions like hot springs and salty water?
- A) Viruses
- B) Fungi
- C) Archaebacteria
- D) Amoeba
Correct Answer: C) Archaebacteria
16. Which microorganism is used to produce vaccines?
- A) Inactive or weakened microbes
- B) Fungi
- C) Active viruses
- D) Bacteria only
Correct Answer: A) Inactive or weakened microbes
17. Which of the following is a harmful effect of microorganisms?
- A) Making alcohol
- B) Causing food spoilage
- C) Making curd
- D) Nitrogen fixation
Correct Answer: B) Causing food spoilage
18. The process of converting sugar into alcohol is called:
- A) Digestion
- B) Fermentation
- C) Respiration
- D) Preservation
Correct Answer: B) Fermentation
19. Which method is not used to preserve food?
- A) Pasteurization
- B) Refrigeration
- C) Fermentation
- D) Contamination
Correct Answer: D) Contamination
20. Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?
- A) Typhoid
- B) Tuberculosis
- C) Polio
- D) Cholera
Correct Answer: C) Polio
21. Which of the following microorganisms has no cell structure and can reproduce only inside a host cell?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Fungi
- C) Virus
- D) Protozoa
Correct Answer: C) Virus
22. Which microorganism helps in the decomposition of dead bodies?
- A) Protozoa
- B) Fungi
- C) Viruses
- D) Algae
Correct Answer: B) Fungi
23. What is the name of the microorganism that causes dengue?
- A) Plasmodium
- B) Dengue virus
- C) Salmonella
- D) Vibrio
Correct Answer: B) Dengue virus
24. Which of the following is a unicellular microorganism?
- A) Algae
- B) Mushroom
- C) Amoeba
- D) Earthworm
Correct Answer: C) Amoeba
25. Which of the following helps in the preparation of antibiotics?
- A) Lactobacillus
- B) Rhizobium
- C) Penicillium
- D) Paramecium
Correct Answer: C) Penicillium
26. Which group of microorganisms can live in the soil and fix atmospheric nitrogen?
- A) Algae
- B) Protozoa
- C) Cyanobacteria and Rhizobium
- D) Fungi
Correct Answer: C) Cyanobacteria and Rhizobium
27. Which of the following is an example of a protozoan disease?
- A) Common cold
- B) Typhoid
- C) Malaria
- D) Cholera
Correct Answer: C) Malaria
28. Which of the following methods involves heating milk at high temperature for a short time to kill harmful microbes?
- A) Boiling
- B) Pasteurization
- C) Canning
- D) Drying
Correct Answer: B) Pasteurization
29. Which microorganism can be seen only with the help of an electron microscope?
- A) Bacteria
- B) Virus
- C) Algae
- D) Fungi
Correct Answer: B) Virus
30. Which of the following diseases is caused by bacteria?
- A) AIDS
- B) Typhoid
- C) Influenza
- D) Chickenpox
Correct Answer: B) Typhoid
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