Modern farmers can increase the yield of Paddy up to 50% by the use of:
1.  Cyanobacteria
2.  Rhizobium
3.  Cyanobacteria in Azolla pinnata
4.  Farm yard manure

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 59%
AIPMT - 1998
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The most thoroughly studied of the known bacteria-plant interactions is the:
 

1. Gall formation on certain angiosperms by Agrobacterium
2. Nodulation of Sesbania stems by nitrogen-fixing bacteria
3. Plant growth stimulation by phosphate– solubilising bacteria
4. Cyanobacterial symbiosis with some aquatic ferns

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AIPMT - 2004
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The dough kept overnight in warm weather becomes soft and spongy because of:

1. Fermentation

2. Cohesion

3. Osmosis

4. Absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Subtopic:  Microbes in Household Products |
 78%
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AIPMT - 2004
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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched:

1. Serratia – Drug addiction

2. Spirulina – Single-cell protein

3. Rhizobium – Biofertilizer

4. Streptomyces – Antibiotic 

Subtopic:  Industrial Products, Beverages & Antibiotics | Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 71%
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AIPMT - 2004
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A major component of gobar gas is:

1. Methane

2. Ethane

3. Butane

4. Ammonia 

Subtopic:  Microbes in Sewage Treatment |
 99%
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AIPMT - 2004
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A free-living nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium that can also form a symbiotic association with the water fern Azolla is:

1. Chlorella

2. Nostoc

3. Anabaena

4. Tolypothrix

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 69%
AIPMT - 2004
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Common indicator organism of water pollution is:

1. Eichhornia crassipes

2. Escherichia coli

3. Entamoeba histolytica

4. Lemna pancicostata 

Subtopic:  Microbes in Sewage Treatment |
 79%
AIPMT - 2004
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Azolla is used in the cultivation of:

1. Maize 2. Sorghum
3. Wheat 4. Rice
Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 54%
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AIPMT - 1999
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Which one produces gas by decomposing the gobar (Dung) in gobar gas:
1.  Fungus
2.  Virus
3.  Methanogenic bacteria
4.  Algae

Subtopic:  Microbes in Production of Biogas |
 99%
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AIPMT - 1999
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Which bacteria is utilized in a Gobar gas plant:

1. Methanogens

2. Nitrifying bacteria

3. Ammonifying bacteria

4. Denitrifying bacteria

Subtopic:  Microbes in Production of Biogas |
 98%
From NCERT
AIPMT - 2002
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