Series OSS                                                                                                                           Code No. 142

                                                                                   MICROBIOLOGY 
                                                                                 (Theory) Paper III

Time allowed : 3 hours                                                                                            Maximum Marks : 50

Instructions :
Attempt all questions.

                                                                                      PART I

 

1. Describe the Laboratory diagnosis of a suspected case of Urinary Tract Infection. Enumerate the organisms causing urinary tract infections.    6+4

 

2. Write briefly on any two of the following    3+3
(i) Klebsiella
(ii) Lepromin test
(iii) Bacillary dysentery

 

3. Write short notes on any three of the following :    3+3+3
(i) Shick test
(ii) Catalase test
(iii) Swarming growth
(iv) Laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

 

 

 

                                                                                     PART II

4. What are flocculation tests ? Describe agglutination reactions.    3+6

 

5. Write briefly on any two of the following
(i) Hypersensitivity reactions
(ii) Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
(iii) Antigen and Hapten

 

 

 

                                                                                   PART III

6. What is cerebral malaria ? Enumerate the complications of malaria and give its laboratory diagnosis.    2+2+2

 

7. Write short notes on any two of the following    2+2
(i) Trichuris trichiura
(ii) Giardia lamblia
(iii) Hymenolepis nana