MCQ History of Microbiology One: The epidemic that infected Europe, Middle East, and North Africa and killed tens of millions of people were known as the Black Death. The disease was caused by
a)Â Â Â Â Â Anthrax
b)Â Â Â Â Â Breathing of foul air
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Bubonic plague
d)Â Â Â Â Â Smallpox
e)Â Â Â Â Â Swine flu
MCQ History of Microbiology Two: The event that triggered the development and establishment of microbiology as a science is the
a)Â Â Â Â Â Development of microscope
b)Â Â Â Â Â Germ theory of disease
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Spontaneous generation
d)Â Â Â Â Â Use of disinfectants
e)Â Â Â Â Â Vaccinations
MCQ History of Microbiology Three: Which of the following pioneers of Microbiology is credited with the discovery of microorganisms using high-quality magnifying lenses (early microscopes)?
a)Â Â Â Â Â Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
b)Â Â Â Â Â Louis Pasteur
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Hooke
d)Â Â Â Â Â Robert Koch
e)Â Â Â Â Â Semmelweis
**MCQ History of Microbiology four:**Which scientists’ first disproved spontaneous generation by showing that maggots only appear on decaying meat that has been exposed to flies?
a)Â Â Â Â Â Francesco Redi
b)Â Â Â Â Â Joseph Lister
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Louis Pasteur
d)Â Â Â Â Â Robert Hooke
e)Â Â Â Â Â Robert Koch
MCQ History of Microbiology Five*:* The purpose of swan-necked flasks that Louis Pasteur designed to disprove spontaneous generation is to:
a)Â Â Â Â Â Allow the multiplication of microbes in the broth
b)Â Â Â Â Â Implicate the role of flies in the development of maggots on rotting meat
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Pasteurize the meat broth
d)Â Â Â Â Â Prevent air from entering the flask
e)Â Â Â Â Â Trap the microbes and prevent them from reaching the broth
MCQ History of Microbiology Six*:* The Alpha helical structure of DNA was discovered by:
a)Â Â Â Â Â Edward Tatum
b)Â Â Â Â Â Eile Metchnikoff
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â James Watson and Francis Crick
d)Â Â Â Â Â Oswald Avery, Maclyn McCarty, and Colin McLeod
e)Â Â Â Â Â Paul Ehrlich
MCQ History of Microbiology Seven: Match the following scientists with their contribution:
a. I-4, II-3, III-2, IV-1 b. I-3, II-4, III-1, IV-2 c. I-3, II-1, III-2, IV-4 d. I-4, II-3, III-1, IV-2
MCQ History of Microbiology Eight:Match the following scientists with their contribution:
a. I-3, II-1, III-4, IV-2 b. I-3, II-4, III-1, IV-2 c. I-4, II-1, III-2, IV-3 d. I-4, II-1, III-3, IV-2
Answer Keys of MCQs in Microbiology
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c) Bubonic plague
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a) Development of Microscope
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a) Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
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a) Francesco Redi
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e) Trap the microbes and prevent them from reaching the broth
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c) James Watson and Francis Crick
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b. (I-3, II-4, III-1, IV-2)
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a. (I-3, II-1, III-4, IV-2)
Some of the scientists and their discoveries
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| Investigator | Nationality | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Hooke | English | Discovery of microorganisms (fungi) |
| Antoni van Leeuwenhoek | Dutch | Discovery of bacteria |
| Edward Jenner | English | Vaccination (smallpox) |
| Louis Pasteur | French | Principle of immunization (rabies vaccine), mechanism of fermentation, the defeat of spontaneous generation |
| Joseph Lister | English | Antiseptic surgery |
| Ferdinand Cohn | German | Discovery of endospores |
| Robert Koch | German | Koch’s postulates, the discovery of agents causing tuberculosis and cholera, pure culture microbiology |
| Sergei Winogradsky | Russian | Chemolithotrophy and chemoautotrophy, nitrogen fixation, and discovery of sulfur bacteria |
| Martinus Beijerinck | Dutch | Enrichment culture technique, the concept of the virus, and the discovery of many metabolic groups of bacteria. |