Question 1255586

DAS TUTORIAL
359, 2nd floor, Sahidnagar
MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE

NEET-UG - Biology
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 300
1. The term antibiotic was coined by: [4]
a) Howard Florey b) John Tyndall
c) Gerhard Domagk d) Selman Waksman

2. The discovery that led to development of first antibiotic was made by: [4]
a) Pasteur b) Flemming
c) Jenner d) Pauling
3. The free-living fungus Trichoderma can be used for: [4]
a) Killing insects b) Biological control of plant diseases
c) Producing antibiotics d) Controlling butterfly caterpillars

4. Methanogenic bacteria are not found in: [4]
a) Gobar gas plant b) Activated sludge
c) Rumen of cattle d) Bottom of water-logged paddy fields

5. Which one of the following is not used in organic farming? [4]
a) Snail b) Oscillatoria
c) Earthworm d) Glomus
6. Azolla is used as a biofertilizers because it: [4]
a) has association of nitrogen-fixing b) has association of mycorrhiza

Rhizobium
c) multiplies very fast to produce massive d) has the association of nitrogen-fixing

Cyanobacteria
7. Large-holes in Swiss-Cheese are due to: [4]
a) Acetobacter aceti b) Propionibacterium sharmanii
c) Penicillium chrysogenum d) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

8. Which one of the following is not a nitrogen-fixing organism? [4]
a) Azotobacter b) Pseudomonas
c) Nostoc d) Anabaena
9. Virus that kills bacteria are called: [4]
a) Macrophage b) Saprophytes
1 / 10
c) Microphage d) Bacteriophage
10. What would happen if oxygen availability to activated sludge flocs is reduced? [4]
a) The center of flocs will become anoxic, b) Protozoa would grow in large numbers
which would cause death of bacteria and
eventually breakage of flocs
c) It will slow down the rate of degradation of d) Flocs would increase in size as anaerobic
organic matter bacteria would grow around flocs
11. Which of the following organisms not fix atmospheric nitrogen? [4]
a) Oscillatoria b) Nostoc
c) Spirogyra d) Anabaena
12. α - interferon acts as [4]
a) Allergen b) Carcinogen
c) Sedative d) Biological response modifier

13. Methanogens do not produce: [4]
a) Methane b) Hydrogen sulfide
c) Oxygen d) Carbon dioxide

14. The primary treatment of waste water involves the removal of: [4]
a) Harmful bacteria b) Toxic substances
c) Dissolved impurities d) Stable particles

15. Which one of the following is used as biological insecticide? [4]
a) Caterpillar b) Mazra Poka
c) Silkmoth d) Tiger beetle

16. Which of the following microbes cannot be grown into nutritive media? [4]
a) Yeast b) Bacteria
c) Fungi d) Virus
17. Which one of the following alcoholic drinks is produced without distillation? [4]
a) Rum b) Whisky
c) Brandy d) Wine
18. The organism which helps in the fermentation of Swiss cheese is: [4]
a) Lactobacillus b) Cyclosporin
c) Yeast d) Penicillin
19. BOD of waste water is estimated by measuring the amount of: [4]
a) Biodegradable organic matter b) Oxygen consumption
c) Total organic matter d) Oxygen evolution

20. Green manure plants used by farmer mainly belong to: [4]
2 / 10
a) Poaceae b) Compositae
c) Solanaceae d) Leguminosae
21. The residue left after methane production from cattle dung is: [4]
a) Buried in landfills b) Used in civil construction
c) Burnt d) Used as manure

22. Big holes in Swiss cheese are made by a: [4]
a) a machine b) a fungus that releases a lot of gases during

its metabolic activities
c) a bacterium producing a large amount of d) a bacterium that produces methane gas

carbon dioxide
23. Use of biocontrol measures will greatly reduce our dependence on: [4]
a) Plants and insects b) Fertilizers and manure
c) Useful chemicals and pesticides d) Toxic chemicals and pesticides

24. Crop rotation is used by farmers to increase: [4]
a) Soil fertility b) Nitrogenous content of soil
c) Breeding d) Organic content of soil

25. Agriculture by using only biofertilizers is called: [4]
a) Manuring b) Composting
c) Inorganic farming d) Organic farming

26. Fleming, Chain and Florey were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1945 for discovery of: [4]
a) Antacid b) Antibodies
c) Insulin d) Antibiotic
27. The vitamin whose content increases following the conversion of milk into curd by lactic acid bacteria is: [4]
a) Vitamin E b) Vitamin D
c) Vitamin B12 d) Vitamin C
28. One of the free-living anaerobic nitrogen-fixer is: [4]
a) Rhodospirillum b) Beijerinckia
c) Azotobacter d) Rhizobium
29. The technology of biogas production was developed in India mainly due to the efforts of: [4]
a) Pusa Agriculture b) ICRI and KVIC
c) IARI and KVIC d) ISRO

30. The main source of bio-fertilizers are: [4]
a) Bacteria, fungi, and cyanobacteria b) Only cyanobacteria
c) Only fungi d) Only bacteria

31. The virus commonly used as biocontrol agents are called: [4]
3 / 10
a) Myxovirus b) Retrovirus
c) Baculovirus d) Reo-virus
32. ____________ is a pigment that gives a pinkish hue to rhizobium induced root nodules. [4]
a) Carotenoid b) Xanthophyll
c) Mauveine d) Leghaemoglobin
33. Cyanobacteria serves as important biofertilizers in the fields of: [4]
a) Wheat b) Rice
c) Maize d) Sugarcane
34. Which of the following will begin fixing nitrogen only after they stop reproducing? [4]
a) Penicillium b) Streptococcus
c) Rhizobium d) Aspergillus
35. Mycorrhiza does not help the host plant in: [4]
a) Enhancing its phosphorus uptake capacity b) Enhancing its resistance to root pathogens
c) Increasing its tolerance to drought d) Increasing its resistance to insects

36. Which among the following is not included under cyanobacteria? [4]
a) Oscillatoria b) Anabaena
c) Rhizobium d) Nostoc
37. In which of the following microbes are not used extensively? [4]
A. Converting milk into curd.
B. Making cheese of different flavors and tastes.
C. Production of viral drugs.
D. Production of antibiotics.
E. As bio-fertilizers.
F. Production of inorganic fertilizers.
a) Only C and F b) Only B and C
c) Only C and D d) Only A and B

38. The technology of biogas production from cow dung was developed in India largely due to the efforts of: [4]
a) Indian Agricultural Research Institute and b) Gas Authority of India

Khadi & Village Industries Commission
c) Oil and Natural Gas Commission d) Indian Oil Corporation

39. Which of the following is a gram-negative bacterium? [4]
a) Streptomyces coelicolor b) Bacillus subtilis
c) Escherichia coli d) Amycolatopsis orientali

40. IPM programme is related with: [4]
a) Biocontrol agents b) Biofertilisers
c) Biogas d) Organic farming
4 / 10
41. The bacteria which grows anaerobically on cellulose material and produces a large amount of methane along [4]
with CO2 and H2 are collectively called:
a) Methanogens b) Methane bacteria
c) Anaerobic bacteria d) Cellulosed bacteria

42. Microorganisms that grow in milk and convert it to curd is commonly called [4]
a) Lactic acid bacteria b) Curd bacteria
c) Lacto-bacteria d) Milk bacteria

43. Baculoviruses are pathogens that: [4]
a) Attacks birds and snail b) Attack insects and other arthropods
c) Promote insects and arthropods d) Kills useful insects in the field

44. Bacteria present in the rumen of cattle digest cellulose to produce. [4]
a) Ethanol b) Sucrose
c) Polysaccharides d) Methane
45. The microbes commonly used in kitchens are: [4]
a) Lactobacillus and Yeast b) Rhizopus and Lactobacillus
c) Penicillium and Yeast d) Microspora and E. coli

46. Wastewater treatment generates a large quantity of sludge, which can be treated by: [4]
a) Anaerobic digesters b) Chemicals
c) Oxidation pond d) Floc

47. The bioactive molecule used as an immunosuppressive agent during organ transplant is: [4]
a) Tetracyclin b) Streptomycin
c) Statin d) Cyclosporin-A
48. Physical removal of the large and small particle from the sewage through filtration and sedimentation is called: [4]
a) Primary treatment b) Secondary treatment
c) Tertiary treatment d) Quaternary treatment

49. During anaerobic digestion of organic waste, such as in producing biogas, which one of the following is left [4]
undergraded?
a) Lipids b) Lignin
c) Cellulose d) Hemi-cellulose
50. Treatment of wastewater is done by heterotrophic microbes: [4]
a) Naturally present in portable water b) Naturally present in sewage
c) Artificially generated in laboratory d) Artificially added in sewage water

51. Assertion: It is present in soil, water, air, inside our bodies and that of other animals and plants. [4]
Reason: Microbes are present everywhere.
a) Assertion and reason both are correct b) Assertion and reason both are correct
5 / 10
statements and reason is correct explanation statements but reason is not correct
for assertion. explanation for assertion.
c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is
wrong statement. correct statement.
52. Assertion (A): Lichen is important for chemical industries. [4]
Reason (R): Litmus and Orcein are formed from lichens.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

53. Assertion: Yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae are used in the baking industry. [4]
Reason: Carbon dioxide produced during fermentation causes bread dough to rise by thermal expansion.
a) If Assertion is true statement but Reason is b) If both Assertion & Reason are true and the
false reason is the correct explanation of the
assertion
c) If both Assertion & Reason are true but the d) If both Assertion and Reason are false
reason is not the correct explanation of the statements
assertion
54. Assertion: A lot of cellulosic material present in the food of cattle which digested by it. [4]
Reason: Methanogens bacteria in rumen help in the breakdown of cellulose.
55. Assertion: Cyclosporine A, used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients. [4]
Reason: It produced by the bacteria.
56. Assertion (A): Dough used for making food such as dosa and idli is fermented by bacterial. [4]
Reason (R): The puffed-up appearance of dough is due to the production of lactic acid.

57. Assertion (A): Enzymes application in industry is enhanced by its immobilisation. [4]
Reason (R): Immobilisation provides protection to enzymes without affecting their activity.
6 / 10

58. Assertion: Dried spores of Bacillus thuringiensis are mixed with water and sprayed onto vulnerable plants such [4]
as brassicas and fruit trees for the killing of a harmful insect.
Reason: When these leaf eaten by the insect larvae toxin is released in the gut of the larvae results is larvae get
killed.
59. Assertion: Sewage treatment plans allow treated water to accumulate in large tanks. [4]
Reason: Treated water when gets exposed to UV rays of the sun, gradually becomes fit for reuse.
60. Assertion (A): Streptococcus thermophilus increases nutritional value of milk. [4]
Reason (R): Milk has lesser vitamin content than curd and yoghurt.

61. Assertion (A): The alcoholic content of fortified wines are high. [4]
Reason (R): The fermentation is stopped before all the sugars are being converted.

62. Assertion (A): Biofertilizers are organisms that enrich the nutrient quality of the soil. [4]
Reason (R): Organic farming is the farming technique in which no chemical is used as fertilizers or insecticides.

63. Assertion: Micro-organisms such as Lactobacillus and others commonly called Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) [4]
grow in milk and convert it to curd.
Reason: During growth, the LAB produces acids that coagulate and partially digest the milk proteins.
7 / 10
64. Assertion (A): Intercropping checks the population of insects. [4]
Reason (R): Plant pests can be controlled biologically by their natural parasites and pathogens.

65. Assertion: Different type of alcoholic drinks depending on the type of raw material used for fermentation. [4]
Reason: With or without distillation different types of alcoholic drinks are obtained.
66. Assertion: The primary effluent is passed into large aeration tanks where it is constantly agitated mechanically [4]
and the air is pumped into it.
Reason: This allows vigorous growth of useful anaerobic microbes into flocs.
67. Assertion: Lipases enzyme is produce by microbes and used in laundry. [4]
Reason: Used in detergent formulations for removing oily stains from the cloth.
68. Assertion (A): Beer and wine are called soft liquors while gin, rum, etc. are hard liquors. [4]
Reason (R): Beer and wine are made without distillation.

69. Assertion (A): Whisky develops colour during the aging process. [4]
Reason (R): Vodka is colourless.
8 / 10

70. Assertion: Different varieties of cheese are known by their characteristic texture, flavour and taste, the [4]
specificity coming from the microbes are used.
Reason: Cheese is manufactured by the use of different types of microbes like bacterias or fungi.
71. Assertion: Cyanobacteria are autotrophic microbes widely distributed in aquatic and terrestrial environments. [4]
Reason: All cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen.
72. Assertion (A): Curdling is required in the manufacture of cheese. [4]
Reason (R): Lactic acid bacteria and rennet is used for this purpose.

73. Assertion: Agricultural output increased several times after the introduction of DDT. [4]
Reason: DDT was the first insecticide used on a wide scale.
a) If both Assertion & Reason are true and the b) If both Assertion & Reason are true but the
reason is the correct explanation of the reason is not the correct explanation of the
assertion assertion
c) If Assertion is true statement but Reason is d) If both Assertion and Reason are false
false statements
74. Assertion: BOD is a measure of the organic matter present in the water. [4]
Reason: BOD refers to the amount of oxygen that would be consumed if all the organic matter in one litre of
water were oxidised by bacteria.
75. Assertion (A): Azolla is used as a biofertiliser in rice fields. [4]
9 / 10
Reason (R): Azolla shows the presence of N2 - fixing bacteria in its leaf cavities.
10 / 10

Question 1255586

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Question 1255586

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

DAS TUTORIAL

359, 2nd floor, Sahidnagar

MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE

1. The term antibiotic was coined by: [4]

a) Howard Florey b) John Tyndall

c) Gerhard Domagk d) Selman Waksman

a) Killing insects b) Biological control of plant diseases

c) Producing antibiotics d) Controlling butterfly caterpillars

a) Gobar gas plant b) Activated sludge

c) Rumen of cattle d) Bottom of water-logged paddy fields

a) has association of nitrogen-fixing b) has association of mycorrhiza

c) multiplies very fast to produce massive d) has the association of nitrogen-fixing

a) Acetobacter aceti b) Propionibacterium sharmanii

c) Penicillium chrysogenum d) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

c) Sedative d) Biological response modifier

a) Methane b) Hydrogen sulfide

c) Oxygen d) Carbon dioxide

a) Harmful bacteria b) Toxic substances

c) Dissolved impurities d) Stable particles

a) Caterpillar b) Mazra Poka

c) Silkmoth d) Tiger beetle

a) Biodegradable organic matter b) Oxygen consumption

c) Total organic matter d) Oxygen evolution

a) Buried in landfills b) Used in civil construction

c) Burnt d) Used as manure

a) a machine b) a fungus that releases a lot of gases during

c) a bacterium producing a large amount of d) a bacterium that produces methane gas

a) Plants and insects b) Fertilizers and manure

c) Useful chemicals and pesticides d) Toxic chemicals and pesticides

a) Soil fertility b) Nitrogenous content of soil

c) Breeding d) Organic content of soil

c) Inorganic farming d) Organic farming

c) Vitamin B12 d) Vitamin C

28. One of the free-living anaerobic nitrogen-fixer is: [4]

a) Pusa Agriculture b) ICRI and KVIC

c) IARI and KVIC d) ISRO

a) Bacteria, fungi, and cyanobacteria b) Only cyanobacteria

c) Only fungi d) Only bacteria

c) Increasing its tolerance to drought d) Increasing its resistance to insects

a) Only C and F b) Only B and C

c) Only C and D d) Only A and B

a) Indian Agricultural Research Institute and b) Gas Authority of India

c) Oil and Natural Gas Commission d) Indian Oil Corporation

a) Streptomyces coelicolor b) Bacillus subtilis

c) Escherichia coli d) Amycolatopsis orientali

a) Biocontrol agents b) Biofertilisers

c) Biogas d) Organic farming

a) Methanogens b) Methane bacteria

c) Anaerobic bacteria d) Cellulosed bacteria

a) Lactic acid bacteria b) Curd bacteria

c) Lacto-bacteria d) Milk bacteria

a) Attacks birds and snail b) Attack insects and other arthropods

c) Promote insects and arthropods d) Kills useful insects in the field

a) Lactobacillus and Yeast b) Rhizopus and Lactobacillus

c) Penicillium and Yeast d) Microspora and E. coli

a) Anaerobic digesters b) Chemicals

c) Oxidation pond d) Floc

a) Primary treatment b) Secondary treatment

c) Tertiary treatment d) Quaternary treatment

a) Naturally present in portable water b) Naturally present in sewage

c) Artificially generated in laboratory d) Artificially added in sewage water

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.