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(1)
Which of the followings is mainly produced by the activity of anaerobic bacteria on sewage?
[1]
Laughing gas
[2]
Propane
[3]
Marsh gas
[4]
Mustard gas
(2)
Pollution from animal excreta and organic waste from kitchen can be most profitably minimized by
[1]
Storing them in underground storage tanks
[2]
Using them for producing biogas.
[3]
Vermiculture
[4]
Using them directly as biofertilizers
Answer: Using them for producing biogas.
(3)
Which one of the following is used as biological insecticide?
[1]
Silkmoth
[2]
Caterpillar
[3]
Tiger beetle
[4]
Mazra Poka
(4)
Azolla is used as a biofertilizer because it
[1]
Has association of nitrogen fixing Cyanobacteria
[2]
Has association of nitrogen fixing Rhizobium
[3]
Multiplies very fast to produce massive biomass
[4]
Has association of mycorrhiza
Answer: Has association of nitrogen fixing Cyanobacteria
(5)
A nitrogen fixing microbe associated with Azolla in rice fields is
[1]
Frankia
[2]
Tolypothrix
[3]
Spirulina
[4]
Anabaena
(6)
Physical removal of large and small from the sewage through filtration and sedimentation is called:
[1]
Primary treatment
[2]
Secondary treatment
[3]
Tertiary treatment
[4]
Quaternary treatment
Answer: Primary treatment
(7)
The yeast that is used in alcohol production and bread making is
[1]
Escherichia coli
[2]
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
[3]
Bacillus subtilis
[4]
Pseudomonas putida
Answer: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(8)
In paddy fields biological nitrogen fixation is chiefly brought by
[1]
Mycorrhiza
[2]
Green algae
[3]
Cyanobacteria
[4]
Rhizobium
(9)
Which of the following bacterium produces butyric acid?
[1]
Acetobacter aceti
[2]
Clostridium butylicum
[3]
Lactobacillus
[4]
None of these
Answer: Clostridium butylicum
(10)
Green manure plants used by farmer mainly belong to
[1]
Solanaceae
[2]
Compositae
[3]
Leguminosae
[4]
Poaceae
(11)
The common nitrogen-fixer in paddy fields is
[1]
Frankia
[2]
Rhizobium
[3]
Azospirillum
[4]
Oscillatoria
(12)
Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of
[1]
Saccharomyces
[2]
Escherichia
[3]
Mycobacterium
[4]
Rhizobium
(13)
Morphine, which is used as an analgesic is obtained from
[1]
Taxus brevifolia
[2]
Papaver somniferum
[3]
Cinchona officinalis
[4]
Berberis nilghiriensis
Answer: Papaver somniferum
(14)
Which one of the following microbes forms symbiotic association with plants and helps them in their nutrition?
[1]
Glomus
[2]
Trichoderma
[3]
Azotobacter
[4]
Aspergillus
(15)
Yeast is used in the production of
[1]
Bread and beer
[2]
Cheese and butter
[3]
Citric acid and lactic acid
[4]
Lipase and pectinase
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