Which one of the following natural polymers is found both in insects and fungi?

• Pectin

• Chitin

• Cellulose

• Suberin

Which one of the following antibiotics kills bacterial cells by inhibiting the polymerisation of peptidoglycan?

• Aminoglycosides

• Fluoroquinolones

• Quinines

• Penicillins

Which one of the following organisms is not used as a biocontrol agent?

• Bacillus sphaericus

• Trichoderma viride

• Bacillus thuringiensis

• Bacillus subtilis

Which one of the following insecticides is of plant origin?

• Ecdysone

• Rotenone

• Parathion

• Malathion

Mycoplasma is resistant for

• penicillin

• tetracycline

• streptomycin

• All of the above

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Who coined the term antibiotics ?

• Woodruff

• Darwin

• Selman Waksman

• A Fleming

Which compound has very important role in prebiotic evolution ?

• SO₂

• NO

• CH₄

• SO₃

Curdling of milk in small intestine occurs due to the action of

• trypsin

• erypsin

• rennin

• chymotrypsin

Leprosy is also called as

• Hansen's disease

• sarcoma

• slim disease

• leukamia

A simple technology has been developed in India for plant breeders and farmers to use two plants as biofertilizers for growing rice. These are

• Azotobacter and Rhizobium

• Chlorella and Spirulina

• Azolla and nitrogen fixing blue-green algae

• Riccia and Marchantia