A good producer of citric acid is:

1. Pseudomonas

2. Clostridium

3. Saccharomyces

4. Aspergillus

Subtopic:  Chemicals, Enzymes & Other Bioactive Molecules |
 94%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2013
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh

Measuring Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) is a method used for:

1. Estimating the amount of organic matter in sewage water
2. Working out the efficiency of oil-driven automobile engines
3. Measuring the activity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in producing curd on a commercial scale
4. Working out the efficiency of RBCs about their capacity to carry oxygen

Subtopic:  Microbes in Sewage Treatment |
 95%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2012
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
Links
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh

Monascus purpureus is the yeast used commercially in the production of:

1. Ethanol
2. Streptokinase for removing clots from the blood vessels
3. Citric acid
4. Blood cholesterol-lowering statins

Subtopic:  Chemicals, Enzymes & Other Bioactive Molecules |
 88%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2012
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh

advertisementadvertisement

A patient brought to a hospital with myocardial infarction is normally immediately given:

1. penicillin 2. streptokinase
3. cyclosporin-A 4. statins
Subtopic:  Chemicals, Enzymes & Other Bioactive Molecules |
 75%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2012
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh

Which one of the following microbes forms a symbiotic association with plants and helps them in their nutrition?

1. Azotobacter

2. Aspergillus

3. Glomus

4. Trichoderma

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 75%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2012
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh

Yeast is used in the production of:

1. Citric acid and lactic acid

2. Lipase and pectinase

3. Bread and beer

4. Cheese and butter

Subtopic:  Chemistry of Fermented Beverages |
 94%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2012
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh

advertisementadvertisement

Which one of the following is an example of carrying out biological control of pests/diseases using microbes?

1. Trichoderma sp. against certain plant pathogens

2. Nucleopolyhedrovirus against white rust in Brassica

3. Bt-cotton to increase cotton yield

4. Ladybird beetle against aphids in mustard

Subtopic:  Microbes in Biocontrol Agent |
 52%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2012
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh

Which one of the following helps in absorption of phosphorus from the soil by plants?

1.  Rhizobium

2.  Frankia

3.  Anabaena

4.  Glomus

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 81%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2011
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh

Which one of the following is not a biofertilizer?

1.  Rhizobium

2.  Nostoc

3.  Mycorrhiza

4.  Agrobacterium

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 82%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2011
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
Links
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh

advertisementadvertisement

Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of:
1. Clostridium 2. Trichoderma
3. Aspergillus 4. Saccharomyces
Subtopic:  Chemistry of Fermented Beverages |
 94%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2011
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh
Hints
To view explanation, please take trial in the course.
NEET 2023 - Target Batch - Aryan Raj Singh