For a biocontrol agent to be part of an integrated pest management, it should be:
1. | species-specific and symbiotic |
2. | free living and broad spectrum |
3. | narrow spectrum and symbiotic |
4. | species-specific and inactive on non-target organisms |
Which of the following statements about methanogens is not correct?
1. | They can be used to produce biogas. |
2. | They are found in the rumen of cattle and their excreta. |
3. | They grow aerobically and breakdown cellulose-rich food. |
4. | They produce methane gas. |
Among the following pairs of microbes, which pair has both the microbes that can be used as biofertilizers?
1. Aspergillus and Rhizopus
2. Rhizobium and Rhizopus
3. Cyanobacteria and Rhizobium
4. Aspergillus and Cyanobacteria
Match the following :
(a) |
Lactobacillus |
(i) |
Cheese |
(b) |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
(ii) |
Curd |
(c) |
Aspergillus niger |
(iii) |
Citric Acid |
(d) |
Acetobacter aceti |
(iv) |
Bread |
(v) |
Acetic acid |
Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
1. | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (v) |
2. | (ii) | (iv) | (v) | (iii) |
3. | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) | (v) |
4. | (iii) | (iv) | (v) | (i) |
Which of the following is a commercial blood cholesterol-lowering agent?
1. | Lipase | 2. | Cyclosporin A |
3. | Statin | 4. | Streptokinase |
Select the correct group of biocontrol agents:
1. Nostoc, Azospirillum, Nucleopolyhedrovirus
2. Bacillus thuringiensis. Tobacco mosaic virus, Aphids
3. Trichoderma, Baculovirus, Bacillus thuringiensis
4. Oscilatoria, Rhizobium, Trichoderma
Which of the following can be used as biocontrol agent in the treatment of plant disease?
1. Lactobacillus
2. Trichoderma
3. Chlorella
4. Anabaena
Match the following microorganism with product
Column - I | Column - II | ||
(a) | Clostridium butylicum | (i) | Cyclosporin A |
(b) | Trichoderma polysporunt | (ii) | Butyric acid |
(c) | Monascus purpureus | (iii) | Citric acid |
(d) | Aspergillus niger | (iv) | Blood cholesterol lowering agent |
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
1. | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
2. | (i) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) |
3. | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
4. | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
Which of the following is put into anaerobic sludge digester for further sewage treatment?
1. Floating debris
2. Effluents of primary treatment
3. Activated sludge
4. Primary sludge
For the commercial and industrial production of Citric Acid, which of the following microbes is used?
1. Aspergillus niger
2. Lactobacillus sp
3. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
4. Clostridium bretylium