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Microbial Biotechnology (BT402)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Objective Questions

  1. Nisin inhibits the growth of a wide range of ________, including Listeria, Clostridium, Bacillus, and enterococci, but is not effective against yeasts, and molds

    1. Gram positive bacteria
    2. Gram negative bacteria
    3. Streptococcus
    4. None of the given
  2. One molecule of N2 requires about ________ molecules of ATP, so it is expensive from the bacterial standpoint.

    1. 25
    2. 30
    3. 40
    4. 50
  3. Some ________ are so-called biocontrol organisms, can inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms.

    1. bacteria and fungi
    2. Plants
    3. Animals
    4. Viruses
  4. Biodiesel, Biogas and syngas is an example of

    1. First generation biofuel
    2. Second generation biofuel
    3. Third generation biofuel
    4. All of the given
  5. The process of making genetically engineering animals is a slow, tedious, and ________ process.

    1. Expensive
    2. Cost effective
    3. Both Expensive and Cost effective
    4. None of the given
  6. The study involves to combat plant diseases that attack important food crops, work on methods to increase soil fertility and crop yields etc called as ________.

    1. Agricultural microbiology
    2. Microbial microbiology
    3. Botany
    4. Zology
  7. Microbial mining is where acidophilic bacteria, such as are used to obtain copper from their ore. Acidic solution is showered over the copper ore, to increase bacterial growth residing in the soil surrounding the ore

    1. Thiobacillus ferroxidans
    2. Sulfobacillus
    3. Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans
    4. None of the given
  8. The first, largest, and most inclusive group under which organisms are classified is called a ________.

    1. Domain
    2. Order
    3. Family
    4. Division
  9. ________ is based on designing a selection scheme in which only strains with the desired property can grow.

    1. Dominant Selection
    2. Stabilizing selection
    3. Natural selection
    4. None of the given
  10. True yeast metabolizes sugar producing ________ and ________ gas. This is known as fermentation.

    1. Alcohol, carbon dioxide
    2. Nitrogen, carbon dioxide
    3. oxygen, nitrogen
    4. None of the given