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NCERT - Microbes in Human Welfare Questions and Answers of Class 12 Biology | GkSeries

(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
Answer: Marsh 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.

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(3) Which one of the following is used as biological insecticide?
[1] Silkmoth
[2] Caterpillar
[3] Tiger beetle
[4] Mazra Poka
Answer: Tiger beetle
(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
Answer: 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
Answer: Cyanobacteria
(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
Answer: Leguminosae
(11) The common nitrogen-fixer in paddy fields is
[1] Frankia
[2] Rhizobium
[3] Azospirillum
[4] Oscillatoria
Answer: Azospirillum
(12) Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of
[1] Saccharomyces
[2] Escherichia
[3] Mycobacterium
[4] Rhizobium
Answer: Escherichia
(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
Answer: Glomus
(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
Answer: Bread and beer

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