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Secondary sewage treatment is mainly a
[1]
Biological process
[2]
Chemical process
[3]
Virtual process
[4]
Physical process
Answer: Biological process
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During anaerobic digestion of organic waste, such as in producing biogas, which one of the following is left undergraded?
[1]
Hemi-cellulose
[2]
Lignin
[3]
Lipids
[4]
Cellulose
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Which of the following is a symbiotic nitrogen fixer?
[1]
Azolla
[2]
Glomus
[3]
Azotobacter
[4]
Frankia
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Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of
[1]
Aspergillus
[2]
Saccharomyces
[3]
Clostridium
[4]
Trichoderma
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A patient brought to a hospital with myocardial infarction is normally immediately given
[1]
Cyclosporin–A
[2]
Statins
[3]
Penicillin
[4]
Streptokinase
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The term antibiotic was coined by:
[1]
Howard Florey
[2]
John Tyndall
[3]
Selman Waksman
[4]
Gerhard Domagk
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An important drug is obtained from the bark of
[1]
Withania
[2]
Cinchona
[3]
Papaver
[4]
Momordica
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Select the correct statement from the following
[1]
Activated sludge-sediment in settlement tanks of sewage treatment plant is a rich source of aerobic bacteria
[2]
Biogas is produced by the activity of aerobic bacteria on animal waste
[3]
Methanobacterium is an aerobic bacterium found in rumen of cattle
[4]
Biogas, commonly called gobar gas, is pure methane
Answer: Activated sludge-sediment in settlement tanks of sewage treatment plant is a rich source of aerobic bacteria
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Which of the following microbes is used for commercial production of ethanol?
[1]
Trichoderma polysporum
[2]
Streptococcus
[3]
Clostridium butylicum
[4]
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Answer: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Which of the following will begin fixing nitrogen only after they stop reproducing?
[1]
Penicillium
[2]
Rhizobium
[3]
Aspergillus
[4]
Streptococcus
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Organisms called Methanogens are most abundant in a
[1]
Hot spring
[2]
Hot spring
[3]
Cattle yard
[4]
Polluted stream
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains have been used for designing novel
[1]
Biofertilizers
[2]
Bio-mineralization processes
[3]
Bio-insecticidal plants
[4]
Bio-metallurgical techniques
Answer: Bio-insecticidal plants
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What is the common name of Drosophila melanogaster?
[1]
Fruit fly
[2]
Roundworm
[3]
Zebrafish
[4]
Chlamydia
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The most abundant prokaryotes helpful to humans in making curd from milk and in production of antibiotics are the ones categorized as
[1]
Chemosynthetic autotrophs
[2]
Heterotrophic bacteria
[3]
Cyanobacteria
[4]
Archaebacteria
Answer: Heterotrophic bacteria
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Which one of the following is not used in organic farming?
[1]
Glomus
[2]
Snail
[3]
Oscillatoria
[4]
Earthworm
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