Spirochetes
- Previous year questions on Spirochetes 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.
- 10 live questions in Spirochetes.
- 1 of 10 questions carries a verified exam year: 2018.
- Microbiology is worth about 20 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.The test is done to diagnose syphilis in a newborn if the mother is syphilitic is
- ASyphilis Captia M test✓ Correct answer
- BDetection of IgG
- CZN staining
- DFluorescent antigen test
Q2.Which test is most specific for the detection of syphilis?
- ARapid plasmin reagin (RPR)
- BFluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption (FTA-ABS)✓ Correct answer
- CVenereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL)
- DZiehl-Neelsen stain
Q3.Selective culture medium to grow leptospira
- AThayer-Martin medium
- BMc Conkey agar
- CChocolate agar
- DEMJH✓ Correct answer
Q4.Borrelia recurrentis is transmitted by
- AMite
- BLouse✓ Correct answer
- CTick
- DMosquito
Q5.a sewer worker comes with high grade fever neck rigidity and signs of meningismus. lab findings suggestive of renal failure and elevated liver enzymes. what is your diagnosis
- Aleptospirosis✓ Correct answer
- Bborrelia recurrentis
- Cdiphtheria
- Dplague
Q6.Among the following, earliest test to be positive in leptospirosis is:
- AMicroagglutination test (MAT)
- BLeptospira culture of blood
- CIgM ELISA of serum✓ Correct answer
- DMacroagglutination test
Q7.Freshwater swimming can lead to
- ABrucellosis
- BLeptospirosis✓ Correct answer
- CBabesiosis
- DLassa fever
Q8.A bacterial disease that has been associated with the 3 "R" s ie Rats , rice fields and rainfall is
- APlague
- BMelioidosis
- CRodent bite fever
- DLeptospirosis✓ Correct answer
Q9.Complement Fixation test is:
- AWIDAL
- BCoombs test
- CWassermann reaction✓ Correct answer
- DVDRL
Q10.Which of the following is not seen in Weil disease?
- AFever
- BJaundice
- CRenal failure
- DLung involvement✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: A. Syphilis Captia M test; Q2: B. Fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption (FTA-ABS); Q3: D. EMJH; Q4: B. Louse; Q5: A. leptospirosis; Q6: C. IgM ELISA of serum; Q7: B. Leptospirosis; Q8: D. Leptospirosis; Q9: C. Wassermann reaction; Q10: D. Lung involvement.
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- Hypersensitivity
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- 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
- Virus Structure and General Properties
- DNA Viruses
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- Myxoviruses and Rhabdoviruses
- Arboviruses and Picornaviruses
- Rubella, Coronaviruses, Prions, Rotavirus, Filovirus, Zika Virus and Nipah Virus
- Superficial and Systemic Fungal Infections
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- Principles of Parasitology
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