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4. For the commercial and industrial production of Citric Acid,

which of the following microbes is used? (2020-Covid)
Microbes in Household &
a. Lactobacillus sp
Industrial Product b. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
c. Clostridium butylicum
1. Identify the microorganism which is responsible for the d. Aspergillus niger
production of an immunosuppressive molecule cyclosporin 5. Cyclosporin A, used as immuno-suppression agent, is
A: (2022) produced from: (2020-Covid)
a. Streptococcus cerevisiae a. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
b. Trichoderma polysporum b. Penicillium notatum
c. Clostridium butylicum c. Trichoderma polysporum
d. Aspergillus niger d. Monascus purpureus
2. Match List-I with List-II. (2021) 6. Match the following organisms with the products they
List-I List-II produce (2019)
(A) Aspergillus niger (i) Acetic Acid A. Lactobacillus i. Cheese
(B) Acetobacter aceti (ii) Lactic Acid B. Saccharomyces cerevisiae ii. Curd
C. Aspergillus niger iii. Citric Acid
(C) Clostridium butylicum (iii) Citric Acid
D. Acetobacter aceti iv. Bread
(D) Lactobacillus (iv) Butyric acid
v. Acetic Acid
Choose the correct answer from the options given below. Select the correct option.
a. A-i B-ii C-iii D-iv (A) (B) (C) (D)
b. A-ii B-iii C-i D-iv a. (ii) (iv) (v) (iii)
c. A-iv B-ii C-i D-iii b. (ii) (iv) (iii) (v)
c. (iii) (iv) (v) (i)
d. A-iii B-i C-iv D-ii
d. (ii) (i) (iii) (v)
3. Match the following columns and select the correct option.
7. Which of the following is a commercial blood cholesterol
(2020)
lowering agent? (2019)
Column-I Column-II a. Cyclosporin A b. Statin
1. Clostridium butylicum (i) Cyclosporin-A c. Streptokinase d. Lipases
2. Trichoderma polysporum (ii) Butyric acid 8. Conversion of milk to curd improves its nutritional value by
3. Monascus purpureus (iii) Citric acid increasing the amount of: (2018)
4. Aspergillus niger (iv) Blood cholesterol a. Vitamin D b. Vitamin A
lowering agent c. Vitamin B12 d. Vitamin E
(1) (2) (3) (4) 9. Which of the following is correctly matched for the product
produced by them? (2017-Delhi)
a. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
a. Acetobacter aceti : Antibiotics
b. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
b. Methanobacterium : Lactic acid
c. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
c. Penicillium notatum : Acetic acid
d. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) d. Saccharomyces cerevisiae : Ethanol
2 Chapter & Topicwise NEET PYQ's PW
10. Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct a. Floating debris b. Effluents of primary treatment
option using the codes given below (2016-II) c. Activated sludge d. Primary sludge
Column-I Column-II 15. Which of the following in sewage treatment removes
A. Citric acid i. Trichoderma suspended solids? (2017-Delhi)
B. Cyclosporin A ii. Clostridium
a. Tertiary treatment b. Secondary treatment
C. Statins iii. Aspergillus
c. Primary treatment d. Sludge treatment
D. Butyric acid iv. Monascus
Codes: 16. During sewage treatment, biogases are produced which
a. A-i B-iv C-ii D-iii include: (2013)
b. A-iii B-iv C-i D-ii a. Hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, methane
c. A-iii B-i C-ii D-iv b. Methane, hydrogen sulphide, carbon dioxide
d. A-iii B-i C-iv D-ii
c. Methane, oxygen, hydrogen sulphide
11. Which of the following is wrongly matched in the given
table? (2016-I) d. Hydrogen sulphide, methane, sulphur dioxide
Microbe Product Application
a. Trichoderma Cyclosporin A drug Immunosuppressive Microbes as Biocontrol Agents
Lowering of blood 17. Match the following columns and select the correct option:
b. Monascus Statins cholesterol
(2020-Covid)
c. Streptococcus Streptokinase Removal of clot
from blood vessel Column-I Column-II
d. Clostridium Lipase Removal of oil stains 1. Dragonflies (i) Biocontrol agents of several
butylicum
plant pathogens
12. Match the following list of microbes and their importance:
2. Bacillus (ii) Get rid of Aphids and
(2015 Re)
thuringiensis mosquitoes
A. Saccharomyces i. Production of
3. Glomus (iii) Narrow spectrum insecticidal
cerevisiae immunosuppressive agents
applications
B. Monascus ii. Ripening of Swiss cheese
4. Baculoviruses (iv) Biocontrol agents of
purpureus
lepidopteran plant pests
C. Trichoderma poly- iii. Commercial production of
(v) Absorb phosphorus from soil
sporum ethanol
D. Propionibacterium iv. Production of blood (1) (2) (3) (4)
sharmanii cholesterol lowering a. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
agents b. (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
a. A-iv B-iii C-ii D-i c. (ii) (iv) (v) (iii)
b. A-iv B-ii C-i D-iii d. (iii) (v) (iv) (i)
c. A-iii B-i C-iv D-ii
18. Which of the following can be used as a biocontrol agent in
d. A-iii B-iv C-i D-ii the treatment of plant disease? (2019)
13. A good producer of citric acid is: (2013)
a. Trichoderma b. Chlorella
a. Saccharomyces b. Aspergillus
c. Anabaena d. Lactobacillus
c. Pseudomonas d. Clostridium
19. Select the correct group of biocontrol agents. (2019)
a. Bacillus thuringiensis, Tobacco mosaic virus, Aphids
Microbes in Sewage Treatment
b. Trichoderma, Baculovirus, Bacillus thuringiensis
14. Which of the following is put into Anaerobic sludge digester c. Oscillatoria, Rhizobium, Trichoderma
for further sewage treatment? (2020) d. Nostoc, Azospirillium, Nucleopolyhedrovirus
Answer Key
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