Multiple Choice Questions

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A good producer of citric acid is

  • Aspergillus

  • Pseudomonas

  • Clostridium

  • Clostridium


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Aspergillus

A good producer of citric acid is Aspergillus niger (a fungus). Clostridium produces butyric acid, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used for bread baking fermenting malted cereals and fruit juices to produce ethanol. Pseudomonas (a bacterium) is used in Vitamin -B-12 production.

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What is the correct sequence of sperm formation

  • spermatid, spermatocyte, spermatogonia, spermatozoa

  • Spermatognia, Spermatocyte, Spermatozoa, Spermatid

  • Spermatogonia, spermatozoa, Spermatocyte, Spermatid

  • Spermatogonia, spermatozoa, Spermatocyte, Spermatid

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Kyoto Protocol was endorsed at 

  • CoP-3

  • CoP-5

  • Cop-6

  • Cop-6

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DNA fragments generated by the restriction endonucleases in a chemical reaction can be separated by

  • centrifugation

  • polymerase chain reaction

  • electrophoresis

  • electrophoresis

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Menstrual flow occurs due to lack of

  • progesterone

  • FSH

  • Oxytocin

  • Oxytocin

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Which one of the following is not used for ex-situ plant conservation?

  • Field genebanks

  • Seed banks

  • Shifting cultivation

  • Shifting cultivation

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Which of the following is not correctly matched for the organism and its cell wall degrading enzyme?

  • Bacteria -Lysozyme

  • Plant cells - Cellulase

  • Algae - Methylase

  • Algae - Methylase

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Natural reservoir of phosphorus is 

  • sea water

  • animal  bones

  • rock

  • rock

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The colonies of recombinant bacteria appear white in contrast to blue colonies of non-recombinant bacteria because of 

  • Non-recombinant bacteria containing  β-galactosidease 

  • Insertional inactivation of α - galactosidase in recombinant bacteria

  • Insertional inactivation of α-galactosidase in recombinant bacteria

  • Insertional inactivation of α-galactosidase in recombinant bacteria

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Secondary productivity is rate of formation of new organic matter by

  • producer

  • parasite

  • consumer

  • consumer

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