This post covers almost all the topics of Medical Microbiology Frequently Asked Questions from different university examinations.
This post is prepared for the benefit of the Microbiology students who are going to appear in the university examination.
The Paper 1 and Paper 2 divisions are prepared on the basis of syllabus for the B.H.M.S. (Degree course) applicable from the academic session 2015-2016, as per guidelines of Central council of homoeopathy.
All the questions are given under their related chapters.
- FQ: Full Question
- SFQ: Semi Full Question
- SN: Short Note
Number of papers – 02
Marks: Paper 1-100 marks; Paper 2-100 marks.
Paper-1
- Section A: General Pathology – 50 marks
- Section B: Systemic Pathology – 50 marks
Paper- 2
- Section A:
Bacteriology – 25 marks
Fungi and Parasites – 25 marks
- Section B:
Virology – 20 marks
Clinical Microbiology and Diagnostic procedures – 10 marks
Microbiological control and mechanism of pathogenicity – 10 marks
General Topics and Immuno-pathology – 10 marks.
This post contains only the topics of paper 2 (Microbiology). Topics of paper 1 are given in a separate post PATHOLOGY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
1. IDENTIFICATION AND CULTIVATION OF BACTERIA
- FQ: Describe in detail the classification and characteristics of culture media.
- SN: Enriched media
- SN: Enrichment media
- SN: Inoculation
- SN: Selective media
2. BACTERIAL STRUCTURE, GROWTH AND METABOLISM
- FQ: Describe in detail morphological features and staining reactions of bacteria.
- SN: Bacterial capsule/ Glycocalyx
- SN: Bacterial cell wall
- SN: Bacterial spores/ Endospores
- SN: Difference between Gram +Ve and Gram -Ve bacteria.
- SN: Flagella
- SN: Gram staining
- SN: Staining methods
- SN: ZN Stain
3.DISINFECTION AND STERILIZATION
- FQ: Methods of disinfection
- FQ: Physical methods of sterilization.
- FQ: Chemical methods of sterilization.
- FQ: What is disinfection? What are the actions of disinfection? Factors influencing the action of them?
- SN: Auto clave/ Steam sterilization
- SN: Formaldehyde
- SN: Hot air oven
- SN: Ideal disinfectant
- SN: Incineration
- SN: Koch’s Postulates
- SN: Louis Pasteur
- SN: Pasteurization
- SN: Sterilization by dry heat method
- SN: Testing of disinfection
- SN: Tyndallisation
- SN: Types of disinfection.
4. MEDICALLY IMPORTANT PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
- FQ: Corynebacterium Diphtheria
- FQ: Genus Clostridium
- FQ: Neisseria Meningitidis
- FQ: Mycobacterium Laprae
- FQ: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- FQ: Neisseria Gonorrhoea
- FQ: Salmonella Typhi
- FQ: Spirochetes
- FQ: Staphylococci pyogenes
- FQ: Streptococci/ Beta-Haemolytic streptococci (GAS and GBS)
- FQ: Streptococcus pyogenes/ GROUP A streptococcus
- FQ: Syphilis-stages, causes and pathogenesis of causative organism.
- FQ: Treponema pallidum
- FQ: Vibrio Cholerae
- SN: Gas gangrene
- SN: Bacterial food poisoning
- SN: Botulism
5.FUNGI AND PROTOZOA
- FQ: E. Histolytica
- FQ: Kala azar (ref: Leishmania Donovani)
- FQ: Leishmania Donovani
- FQ: Malarial parasite
- FQ: Plasmodium Vivex
- FQ: Trichomonas vaginalis
- SN: Ague cake spleen
- SN: Black water fever (ref: Plasmodium falciparum)
- SN: Chagas disease (ref: American trypanosomiasis)
- SN: Difference between Bacillary dysentery and Amoebic dysentery.
- SN: Plasmodium Falciparum
- SN: Sleeping sleekness (ref: African sleeping sleekness/ Trypanosomiasis)
6. HELMINTHS
- FQ: Ascaris Lumbricoides (ref: Nematode)
- FQ: Difference between T. Solium and T. Saginata.
- FQ: Taenia Solium (ref: Tapeworm/ Cestode)
- FQ: Wuchereria Bancrofti (ref: Nematode)
- SN: Enterobius Vermicularis (ref: Nematode)
- SN: Filariasis occult
- SN: Larva migrans
- SN: Liver fluke/ Fascicola hepati
- SN: Micro filariae
- SN: Pathogenesis of Ancylostoma duodenale
- SN: Round worm
- SN: Schistosoma Haematobium (ref: Trematode)
- SN: Thread worm and hook worm in detail.
7. VIROLOGY
- SN: Dengue fever
- SN: General characteristics of viruses
- SN: Hepatitis virus
- SN: Herpes virus
- SN: HIV virus
- SN: Influenza virus
- SN: Morphology of bacteriophage
- SN: Mumps
- SN: Negri bodies
- SN: Oncogenic virus
- SN: Replication of virus
- SN: Small pox virus
- SN: Viral encephalitis
- SN: Viral multiplication
8. IMPORTANT LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS
- SN: Abnormal colours of urine and its importance.
- SN: ASO titre (for streptococcal A bacteria)
- SN: Casoni’s test
- SN: CSF examination
- SN: ELISA TEST (for HIV)
- SN: HCV (for Hepatitis C)
- SN: Laboratory investigation for kala-azar (L. Donovani)
- SN: Laboratory investigation of Filariasis (Round worm parasite).
- SN: Laboratory investigation of Hook Worm infection.
- SN: Mantoux test (for Tuberculosis)
- SN: Microscopic examination of urine.
- SN: Occult blood in stool
- SN: Pathological significance of microscopical examination of stool.
- SN: Serological test in Amoebiasis.
- SN: Shick test (for Diphtheria)
- SN: Sputum examination
- SN: Standard test for syphilis (VDRL test)
- SN: Venereal disease-lab diagnosis.
- SN: Widal reaction (for Typhoid)
9. IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
- FQ: Classification of Immunoglobulin
- FQ: Immunity- classification with Acquired and Innate immunity.
- FQ: Immunity- classification with Antigen-antibody reaction.
- FQ: Role of homoeopathy in Immunology
- SN: Active and Passive immunity
- SN: Anaphylaxis
- SN: Antibody
- SN: Antigen-antibody reaction
- SN: Bence-Jones protein
- SN: Complement
- SN: Hypersensitivity reaction, classify with examples
- SN: IgG
- SN: Interferon
- SN: Phagocytosis
- SN: Reed-Sternberg cell
10. IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS
- SN: BCG vaccine
- SN: Polio vaccine
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