Practice Diseases and Microbes – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Which of the following pairs of disease and causative microbe is correctly matched?

Which of the following diseases is NOT caused by a virus?

Consider the following statements about yeast:

1. Yeast is a bacterium used in making bread.

2. Carbon dioxide released by yeast during respiration makes the dough rise.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I with List-II:

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Rhizobium lives in the root nodules of leguminous plants, fixes nitrogen for them and takes food from the plant. This relationship is best described as:

Which of the following pairs of plant or animal disease and its cause is correctly matched?

Select the odd one out.

Arrange the following steps in the working of a vaccine in the correct sequence:

1. The body produces antibodies against the microbes.

2. Dead or weakened microbes enter the body through the vaccine.

3. The body is ready to fight when the real microbe attacks later.

Select the correct sequence.

Consider the following statements about antibiotics:

1. Penicillin blocks the process by which bacteria build their cell-wall.

2. Antibiotics are an effective cure for the common cold.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following diseases spreads mainly through drinking contaminated water?