Amoebiasis Questions With Answers

NEET Biology is the scoring paper in the medical entrance examination. Here, you will discover the NEET Biology MCQ Questions for all Concepts as per the latest syllabus. Practice more on a regular basis with these NEET Biology objective questions on air pollution and improve your subject knowledge & problem-solving skills along with time management. NEET Biology Amoebiasis Multiple Choice Questions make you feel confident in answering the question in the exam & increases your scores to high.

MCQs on Amoebiasis

1. Amoebiasis causes
(a) Headache and cold
(b) Dysentry
(c) Fever
(d) Severe cold

Answer

Answer: (b)


2. Amoebiasis is caused by
(a) Toxoplasma gondii
(b) Entamoeba histolytica
(c) Ascaris lumbricoides
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b)


3. Entamoeba histolytica can be cultured in
(a) Diamond’s medium
(b) CLED medium
(c) NNN medium
(d) MacConkey agar

Answer

Answer: (a)


4. Presence of ingested RBCs is a characteristic feature of
(a) Entamoeba histolytica
(b) Dientamoeba fragilis
(c) Entamoeba coli
(d) Iodamoeba butcheli

Answer

Answer: (a)


5. The most common site for amoebiasis is:
(a) Cecum
(b) Sigmoid colon
(c) Transverse colon
(d) Hepatic flexure

Answer

Answer: (a)


6. Amoebiasis is transmitted by
(a) Direct contact with dirty hands
(b) Sexual contact
(c) Faecal contamination of drinking water and food
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d)


7. Differentiation between pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains can be done by
(a) Phagocytic activity
(b) Use of genetic markers
(c) Zymodeme analysis
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d)


8. In tissues, amoebiasis is treated with
(a) Tinidazole
(b) Nitazoxanide
(c) Metronidazole
(d) Any of these

Answer

Answer: (d)


9. The karyosome of Entamoeba histolytica is
(a) liver
(b) progressive
(c) central
(d) even

Answer

Answer: (c)


10. Entamoeba histolytica cysts have _________ nuclei
(a) 1-4
(b) 5
(c) 9
(d) 6-8

Answer

Answer: (a)


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