The primitive prokaryotes responsible for the production of biogas from the dung of ruminant animals include the:

1.Halophiles2.Thermoacidophiles
3.Methanogens4.Eubacteria

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Which of the following is wrongly matched in the given table?

Microbe

Product

 Application

1.

Trichoderma polysporum

Cyclosporin A

Immunosuppressive drug

2.

Monascus purpureus

Statins

Lowering of blood cholesterol

3.

Streptococcus

Streptokinase

Removal of clot from blood vessel

4.

Clostridium butylicum

Lipase

 Removal of oil stains

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Match Column I with Column II and select the correct option using the codes given below:

Column I

Column II

(a)

Citric acid

(i)

Trichoderma

(b)

Cyclosporin A

(ii)

Clostridium

(c)

Statins

(iii)

Aspergillus

(d)

Butyric acid

(iv)

Monascus

Codes:

 

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

1.

(iii)

(i)

(iv)

(ii)

2.

(i)

(iv)

(ii)

(iii)

3.

(iii)

(iv)

(i)

(ii)

4.

(iii)

(i)

(ii)

(iv)

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Which of the following, in sewage treatment, removes suspended solids?

1. Secondary treatment 2. Primary treatment
3. Sludge treatment 4. Tertiary treatment 

Subtopic:  Microbes in Sewage Treatment |
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Select the mismatch:  
1. Rhodospirillum - Mycorrhiza
2. Anabaena - Nitrogen fixer
3. Rhizobium - Alfalfa
4. Frankia - Alnus 

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Which of the following is correctly matched for the product produced by them?             

1. Methanobacterium : Lactic acid
2. Penicillium notatum : Acetic acid
3. Saccharomyces cerevisiae : Ethanol
4. Acetobacter aceti : Antibiotics

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Conversion of milk to curd improves its nutritional value by increasing the amount of        

1. Vitamin B12
2. Vitamin A
3. Vitamin D
4. Vitamin E 

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BOD of waste water is estimated by measuring the amount of:

1. total organic matter

2. biodegradable organic matter

3. oxygen evolution

4. oxygen consumption.

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What would happen if oxygen availability to activated sludge flocs is reduced?

1. It will slow down the rate of degradation of organic matter.
2. The center of flocs will become anoxic, which would cause the death of bacteria and eventually breakage of flocs.
3. Flocs would increase in size as anaerobic bacteria would grow around flocs.
4. Protozoa would grow in large numbers.
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What important nutrient is added to the curd that is produced with the help of LAB [Lactic Acid Bacteria]?

1. Vitamin A 2. Cyanocobalamin
3. Essential amino acids 4. Essential fatty acids
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