MCQs in Microbiology & Parasitology The questions asked in the PG entrance examination are multiple choice questions. A large number of questions in microbiology are asked in the examination.
If a candidate is thorough in microbiology then he/she can easily attempt many infection-related MCQs in other subjects, e.g., surgery, medicine, paediatrics, community medicine, etc. Therefore, it is a high-scoring subject in PG entrance examinations. Most of the books available in the market deal with MCQs and answers only. No explanation of the correct and incorrect choices is given. Therefore, the candidate forgets the correct answers. This book gives full explanations of correct answers and why the other choices are wrong. This helps the candidates to remember the correct answers.
Dr. D.R. Arora M.D., Ph.D., M.N.A.M.S., Ex-Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana), India; and Maharaja Agarsen Medical College, Agroha (Haryana), India; Ex-Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology, Medical Superintendent, and Dean Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, SGT University, Gurgaon (Haryana), India; Lead Assessor and Member, Accreditation Committee, National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), Gurgaon (Haryana), India; Principal Assessor, National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), New Delhi (India); Assessor, National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET), New Delhi (India), has more than 43 years of teaching experience in microbiology to medical and dental undergraduate and postgraduate students. Besides conducting and supervising research in microbiology, he has published nine textbooks on microbiology, parasitology and mycology, and 150 research articles in several indexed national and international journals of repute. The results of his research on malaria parasites and Klebsiella pneumoniae have been cited in World Health Organization WHO/MAL/83.10003 and Topley & Wilson`s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, Bacteriology Vol. 2, 10th ed., 2005, respectively. He has supervised a number of PG students of Ph.D., M.D. and M.S. In appreciation of outstanding research carried out by him in India on bacteriocins of Klebsiella pneumoniae, he was awarded Smt. Kunti Mehrotra Award of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists in 1983. In recognition of significant contribution to the advancement of medical sciences, he was elected Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) in 1985. He has been a Visiting Professor at University of Mauritius in 1989. He was awarded WHO fellowship on Laboratory Aspects of HIV/AIDS and STD at Community Health Surveillance and Laboratories Administration, Baltimore, Maryland (USA) in 1992. He was honoured by Indian Medical Association, Kaithal (Haryana) on the eve of Doctors` Day on 01.07.1999. He has been examiner for B.D.S., M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B. and Ph.D. microbiology of a number of universities. His biography including academic activities and research work has been published in Who`s Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2011-12 (8th Edition), N.J. 07922, USA distinguishing him as one of the leading healthcare professionals from around the world.
