Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
1 |
Streptococcus |
Clot buster |
2. |
Monascus purpureus |
Statins |
3. |
Trichoderma harziamum |
Immunosuppressant |
4. |
Aspergillus niger |
Citric acid |
Baculoviruses are:
1. Species specific, narrow spectrum insecticides
2. Species specific, broad spectrum insecticides
3. Non specific, narrow spectrum inseticides
4. Non specific, broad spectrum insecticides
Gases found in biogas are:
1. Carbon dioxide is the only gas
2. Methane is the only gas
3. Carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide and Methane
4. Carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide and Methane
In the given diagram the gas X can be :
1. Hydrogen
2. Carbon monoxide
3. Ammonia
4. Oxygen
The virus shown here is a causative agent of :
1. Intestinal infections
2. Respiratory infections
3. CNS infections
4. Genito-urinary infections
Consider the following statements:
I: | Statins, used as blood cholesterol-lowering agents, are derived from Monascus purpureus |
II: | Cyclosporin A, derived from Trichoderma, is used as an immunosuppressant |
III: | Baculoviruses, in the genus Nucleopolyhederovirus, are species-specific, broad-spectrum insecticides |
Which of the above statements are true?
1. I and II only
2. I and III only
3. II and III only
4. I, II and III
Modern detergents contain enzyme preparations of
(1) acidophiles
(2) alkaliphiles
(3) thermoacidophiles
(4) thermophiles
High value of BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) indicates that
1. Water is pure
2. water is highly polluted
3. water is less polluted
4. Consumption of organic matter in the water is higher by the microbes
Which of the following in sewage treatment removes suspended solids?
(1) Tertiary treatment
(2) Secondary treatment
(3) Primary treatment
(4) Sludge treatment
A. Saccharomyces cerevisiae | i. Production of immunosuppressive agents |
B. Monascus purpureus | ii. Ripening of Swiss Cheese |
C. Trichoderma polysporum | iii. Commercial production of ethanol |
D. Propionibacterium sharrmanii | iv. Production of blood-cholesterol lowering agents |
Codes
A | B | C | D | |
1. | iii | iv | i | ii |
2. | iv | iii | ii | i |
3. | iv | ii | i | iii |
4. | iii | i | iv | ii |