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[2] Lactic acid bacteria convent milk into curd and improves its nutritional quality
By enhancing vitamin:
[a] A [b] B [c] C [d] D
[4] Heating of milk or any other liquid at 63 C and then sudden cooling os know as:
[a] Preservation [b] Sterilization [c] Fermentation [d] Pasteurization
[6] Curd, Milk, cheese and butter are produced with the help of:
[a] Penicillium [b] Streptococcus [c] Saccharomyces
[d] None of the above
[7] Which one is the most important role of microorganism for the wellbeing of :
[a] Sewage treatment [b] Production of methane [c]
Conversion of milk to curd [d] Biological control of plant disease
[11] Which one of the following is not used in the production of yoghurt?
[a] Acetobacter aceti [b] Streptococcus lactis
[c] Lactobacillus bulgaricus [d] Streptococcus thermophilus
[16] Conversion of sugar into alcohol during fermentation is due to the direct action of:
[a] Zymase [b] temperature [c] microorganisms
[d] Concentration of sugar solution
[17] Which of the following wnzymes in secreted by yeast responsible for fermentation?
[a] Zymase [b] Enolase [c] Invertase [d] Dehydrogenase
[28] The most common substrate used in distilleries for the production of ethanol is:
[a] molasses [b] corn meal [c] soya meal [d] ground gram
[32] Which of the following statements is not true for stirred tank fermentation?
[a] Buffer needed to control [b] Batch and feed possible
[c] Control dissolved oxygen [d] Easy in process sampling
[35] Industrial production of ethanol from starch is brought about by a certain species of:
[a] Penicillin [b] Azotobacter [c] Saccharomyces [d] Lactobacillus
[39] Enzyme diastase was identified for the first time by:
[a] Louis Pasteur [b] William Kuhne [c] Payen and Persoz
[d] Christian Hansen
[42] Modern detergents contain enzymes is used in detergent and leather industries?
[a] Acidophiles [b] Protease [c] Thermophiles
[d] Thermoacidophiles
[44] The products of which of the following organisms has been commercialized as blood
cholesterol lowering agent:
[a] Saccharomyces cerevisiae [b] Trichoderma polysporum
[c] Monascus purpureus [d] Aspergillus niger
[50] A compound which is produced by an organism and inhibits the growth of other organisms
is called:
[a] Antigen [b] Antibody [c] Antibiotic [d] Antimetabolite
[51] Antibiotics are:
[a] toxins [b] drugs [c] syrups [d] plants
[55] In 1928. a scientist discovered an antibiotic which was found to be very effective. The name
of the scientist and the antibiotic respectively:
[a] Woodruff and Actinomycin [b] Waksman and Streptomycin
[c] Cesar Milstein and Rifampicin [d] Alexander Fleming and Penicillin
[56] Which of the following is a broad spectrum antibiotic?
[a] Chloramehenicol [b] Aureomycin
[c] Terramycin [d] All of these
[58] The antibiotic inhibiting cell well formation in bacterial cells is:
[a] Clavicin [b] Penicillin [c] Ergotine [d] Noneof the above