Immunology (Module 1) MITBIO Batch 2020

What are all living things composed of?

• a) at least 100 cells

• b) at least a trillion cells

• c) one or more cells

• d) only one cell

Theory of inheritance of acquired characters was given by

• a) Wallace

• b) Lamarck

• c) Darwin

• d) De Vries

Theory of evolution through natural selection was given by

• a) Wallace

• b) Lamarck

• c) Darwin

• d) De Vries

The evolution of the long necked giraffes is due to

• a) the efforts of their ancestors to stretch their necks for adapting to environment

• b) draught conditions at that time

• c) random genetic variations and natural selection

• d) change in the structure of the neck proteins

The first living organisms on Earth is most likely

• a) Amoeba

• b) Archaebacteria

• c) Viruses

• d) Fungi

Who first observed that person who had cowpox can not have smallpox?

• a) James Phipps

• b) Edward Jenner

• c) Luis Pasteur

• d) A dairy maid

Earliest usage of variolation technique was done by

• a) Greeks

• b) Egyptians

• c) Romans

• d) Buddhist monks in China

In variolation, the following virus form is used

• a) Dead virus

• b) Live weakened virus

• c) Cowpox virus

• d) Live virus

Which of the following is NOT a role of immune system?

• a) Defense against microbes

• b) defense against growth of tumour cells

• c) Homeostasis

• d) maintenance of body temperature

Innate immunity is responsible for immunization/vaccination

• True

• False