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(1)
Cheese is a product of:
[A]
Distillation
[B]
Fermentation
[C]
Pasteurisation
[D]
Dehydration
(2)
Which one of the following alcoholic drinks is produced without distillation?
[A]
Wine
[B]
Whisky
[C]
Rum
[D]
Brandy
(3)
The free living fungus Trichoderma can be used for:
[A]
Killing insects
[B]
Biological control of plant diseases
[C]
Controlling butterfly caterpillars
[D]
Producing Antibiotics
Answer: Biological control of plant diseases
(4)
Which one of the following processes CO2 is not released?
[A]
Alcoholic fermentation
[B]
Lactate fermentation
[C]
Aerobic respiration in plants
[D]
Aerobic respiration in animals
Answer: Lactate fermentation
(5)
High value of B O D (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shows
[A]
water is normal
[B]
water is highly polluted
[C]
water is less polluted
[D]
none of these
Answer: water is highly polluted
(6)
Which of the following is fermentation process?
[A]
batch process
[B]
continuous process
[C]
both a and b
[D]
none of these
(7)
Who showed that Sacchaaromyces cerevisiae causes fermentation forming products such as beer and buttermilk?
[A]
Louis Pasteur
[B]
Alexander Fleming
[C]
Selman Waksman
[D]
Schatz
(8)
Rennet is used in
[A]
bread making
[B]
fermentation
[C]
cheese making
[D]
antibiotics synthesis
(9)
Tissue plasminogen activator is
[A]
a vitamin
[B]
an Enzyme
[C]
a chemical that stimulates tissue differentiation
[D]
amino acid
(10)
A bioreactor is
[A]
hybridoma
[B]
Culture containing radioactive isotopes
[C]
Culture for synthesis of new chemicals
[D]
Fermentation tank
Answer: Fermentation tank
(11)
Humulin is
[A]
carbohydrate
[B]
protein
[C]
fat
[D]
antibiotics
(12)
Which of the following can be application of fermentation?
[A]
tanning of leather
[B]
curing of tea
[C]
production of vine
[D]
all of these
(13)
Enzyme immobilisation is
[A]
conversion of an active enzyme into inactive form
[B]
providing enzyme with protective covering
[C]
changing a soluble enzyme into insoluble state
[D]
changing pH so that enzyme is not able to carry out its function
Answer: providing enzyme with protective covering
(14)
Biogas is produced by
[A]
aeobic breakdown of biomass
[B]
anaerobic break down of biomass
[C]
with the help of methanogenic bacteria
[D]
both b and c
(15)
Name the first organic acid produced by microbial fermentation
[A]
citric acid
[B]
lactic acid
[C]
acetic acid
[D]
none of the above
(16)
The residue left after methane production from cattle dung is:
[A]
Burnt
[B]
Burried in landfills
[C]
Used as manure
[D]
Used in civil construction
Answer: Used in civil construction
(17)
Pencillin inhibits bacterial mulitiplication because it
[A]
Checks RNA synthesis
[B]
Checks DNA synthesis
[C]
Destroys chromatin
[D]
Inhibits cell wall formation
Answer: Inhibits cell wall formation
(18)
Biogas production from waste biomass with the help of methanogenic bacteria is:
[A]
Onestep process
[B]
Twostep process
[C]
Threestep process
[D]
Multistep process
Answer: Threestep process
(19)
Aquatic fern which is excellent biofertiliser:
[A]
Azolla
[B]
Salvinia
[C]
Marsilea
[D]
Pteridium
(20)
Most famous bacterial fertilizer is:
[A]
Nitrosomonas
[B]
Nitrobacter
[C]
Nitrosococcus
[D]
Rhizobium
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