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(1) What does a high value of BOD(Biochemical Oxygen Demand) indicate?
[A] That water is pure
[B] that water is less polluted
[C] that water is highly polluted
[D] that consumption of organic matter by microbes is higher in the water
Answer: that water is highly polluted
(2) This is a good producer of citric acid
[A] Aspergillus
[B] Clostridium
[C] Saccharomyces
[D] Pseudomonas
Answer: Aspergillus
(3) This is not an example of performing biological control of diseases/pests using microbes
[A] Trichoderma sp. against some plant pathogens
[B] Nucleopolyhedrovirus against insects and other arthropods
[C] Ladybird beetle against aphids
[D] Bt-cotton to increase yield
Answer: Bt-cotton to increase yield
(4) This is chiefly produced by the activity of an anaerobic bacteria on sewage
[A] Laughing gas
[B] Propane
[C] Mustard gas
[D] Marsh gas
Answer: Marsh gas
(5) For the production of ethanol, the most common substrate used in distilleries is
[A] Soya meal
[B] Molasses
[C] Ground gram
[D] cornmeal
Answer: Molasses
(6) This is not a biofertilizer
[A] Agrobacterium
[B] Nostoc
[C] Rhizobium
[D] Mycorrhiza
Answer: Agrobacterium
(7) Carbon dioxide is not released in which of the following processes?
[A] Lactate fermentation
[B] Alcoholic fermentation
[C] Aerobic respiration in animals
[D] Aerobic respiration in plants
Answer: Lactate fermentation
(8) Which one is biofertilizer?
[A] Mycorrhiza
[B] N2 Fixing bacteria
[C] N2 Fixing cyanobacteria
[D] All the above
Answer: All the above
(9) Which one is wrongly matched?
[A] Streptomyces- Antibiotics
[B] Coliform- Vinegar
[C] Methanogens- Gobar gas
[D] Yeast- Ethanol
Answer: Coliform- Vinegar
(10) Highest number of antibiotics are produced by:
[A] Streptomyces
[B] Bacillus
[C] Penicillium
[D] Cephalosporium
Answer: Cephalosporium
(11) One of the following is not a biofertiliser:
[A] Azotobacter
[B] Bacillus thuringiensis
[C] Clostridium
[D] Azolla
Answer: Bacillus thuringiensis
(12) Secondary sewage treatment is mainly a :
[A] Chemical process
[B] Biological process
[C] Physical process
[D] Mechanical process
Answer: Biological process
(13) “Bt” toxin is :
[A] Intracellular lipid
[B] Intracellular crystalline protein
[C] Extra cellular crystalline protein
[D] Lipid
Answer: Intracellular crystalline protein
(14) Spirulina is:
[A] Biofertilizer
[B] Biopesticide
[C] Edible fungus
[D] Single cell protein
Answer: Single cell protein

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