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61.

A good producer of citric acid is

  • Aspergillus

  • Pseudomonas

  • Clostridium

  • Saccharomyces


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Aspergillus

A good producer of citric acid is Aspergillus niger (a fungus). Clostriadium 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-B12 production.


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62.

Which of the following statement(s) are true?

  • Antibiotics can kill bacteria, but disinfectants do not

  • Disinfectants have better bactericidal efficiency than antibiotics

  • Antibiotics are of microbial origin, but disinfectants are chemical compounds

  • Antibiotics can be injected into the patients, whereas disinfectants are not


63.

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

  • Pectin

  • Chitin

  • Cellulose

  • Suberin


64.

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

  • Aminoglycosides

  • Fluoroquinolones

  • Quinines

  • Penicillins


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65.

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

  • Bacillus sphaericus

  • Trichoderma viride

  • Bacillus thuringiensis

  • Bacillus subtilis


66.

Which one of the following insecticides is of plant origin?

  • Ecdysone

  • Rotenone

  • Parathion

  • Malathion


67.

Mycoplasma is resistant for

  • penicillin

  • tetracycline

  • streptomycin

  • All of the above


68.

Who coined the term antibiotics ?

  • Woodruff

  • Darwin

  • Selman Waksman

  • A Fleming


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69.

Which compound has very important role in prebiotic evolution ?

  • SO2

  • NO

  • CH4

  • SO3


70.

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

  • trypsin

  • erypsin

  • rennin

  • chymotrypsin


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