The rising of dough is due to:

1. Multiplication of yeast

2. Production of CO2

3. Emulsification

4. Hydrolysis of wheat flour starch into sugars

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Methanogenic bacteria are not found in:

1. rumen of cattle

2. gobar gas plant

3. bottom of water-logged paddy fields

4. activated sludge

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The technology of biogas production from cow dung was developed in India largely due to the efforts of:

1. Gas Authority of India
2. Oil and Natural Gas Commission
3. Indian Agricultural Research Institute and Khadi & Village Industries Commission
4. Indian Oil Corporation
Subtopic:  Microbes in Production of Biogas |
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The free-living fungus Trichoderma can be used for:

1. killing insects

2. biological control of plant diseases

3. controlling butterfly caterpillars

4. producing antibiotics

Subtopic:  Microbes in Biocontrol Agent |
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Mycorrhiza does not help the host plant in:

1. Enhancing its phosphorus uptake capacity
2. Increasing its tolerance to drought
3. Enhancing its resistance to root pathogens
4. Increasing its resistance to insects
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Which one of the following is not a nitrogen-fixing organism?

1.  Anabaena 2.  Nostoc
3.  Azotobacter 4.  Pseudomonas

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The residue left after methane production from cattle dung is:

1. burnt 2. buried in landfills
3. used as manure 4. used in civil construction
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Methanogens do not produce:

1. oxygen 2. methane
3. hydrogen sulfide 4. carbon dioxide

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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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During which stage of the sewage treatment are the microbes used?

1.  Primary 2.  Secondary
3.  Tertiary 4.  Quaternary
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