Applied Clinical Microbiology
- Previous year questions on Applied Clinical Microbiology for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Microbiology section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 49 live questions in Applied Clinical Microbiology.
- 6 of 49 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019, 2020.
- Microbiology is worth about 20 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Nosocomial infection is called after how many hours of hospital admission?
- A12 hours
- B24 hours
- C48 hours✓ Correct answer
- D72 hours
Q2.Medium used for antibiotic sensitivity:
- ACLED agar
- Bchocolate agar
- CMueller-Hinton agar✓ Correct answer
- DSalt milk agar
Q3.Nosocomial infections are diagnosed after how many hours of hospitalization/ admission?
- A24 hours
- B48 hours✓ Correct answer
- C72 hours
- D96 hours
Q4.An advanced diagnostic technique which has been suggested as an alternative to culture methods is
- APolymerase chain reaction✓ Correct answer
- BDirect immunofluorescence
- CLatex agglutination
- DIndirect immunofluorescent microscope assay
Q5.Contact isolation is done for:
- AMumps
- BMRSA✓ Correct answer
- CDiphtheria
- DTyphoid
Q6.CLED medium is used in preference in macconkey agar in relation to culture of organism involved in urine infection the reason is ?
- Ait prevents swarming of proteus
- Bdifferentiates LF & NLF
- CPROMOTES staphylococcus and candida growth✓ Correct answer
- Didentifies pseudomonas
Q7.Most common organism involved in nosocomial infection -
- AStaph aureus
- BE. coli✓ Correct answer
- CLegionella
- DStrep pneumonia
Q8.In fever of unknown origin, blood sample should be drawn how many times
- A2
- B3✓ Correct answer
- C4
- D5
Q9.nosocomial infection after how many hours ?
- A48hrs✓ Correct answer
- B72hrs
- C7 days
- D1 day
Q10.n95 mask is used for;
- Arespiratory droplets
- Baerosol✓ Correct answer
- Cin general
- DDust
Answer key
Q1: C. 48 hours; Q2: C. Mueller-Hinton agar; Q3: B. 48 hours; Q4: A. Polymerase chain reaction; Q5: B. MRSA; Q6: C. PROMOTES staphylococcus and candida growth; Q7: B. E. coli; Q8: B. 3; Q9: A. 48hrs; Q10: B. aerosol.
Other topics in Microbiology
- Principles of General Microbiology
- Cells and Organs of the Immune System
- Immune System: Organisation, Function and Response
- Hypersensitivity
- Disorders of Immunity
- Streptococci and Enterococci
- Staphylococci
- Corynebacterium, Listeria and Actinomyces
- Clostridium and Bacillus
- Non-Sporing Anaerobes
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Mycobacteria Other Than Tuberculosis
- Escherichia, Proteus and Klebsiella
- Shigella and Salmonella
- Vibrio and Campylobacterales
- Pseudomonas and Burkholderiales
- Haemophilus
- Yersinia, Brucella, Bartonella and Legionella
- Gram-Negative Cocci
- Rickettsia, Chlamydia and Mycoplasma
- Spirochetes
- Virus Structure and General Properties
- DNA Viruses
- Hepatitis
- HIV
- Myxoviruses and Rhabdoviruses
- Arboviruses and Picornaviruses
- Rubella, Coronaviruses, Prions, Rotavirus, Filovirus, Zika Virus and Nipah Virus
- Superficial and Systemic Fungal Infections
- Opportunistic Fungal Infections
- Principles of Parasitology
- Protozoa: Amoebae, Ciliates and Flagellates
- Protozoa: Sporozoa
- Helminths: Cestodes and Trematodes
- Helminths: Nematodes