Microbes in Human Welfare questions
610 published questions with worked solutions.
- The term used for the direct use of microorganisms, their products, or their genes, for pest and pathogen control is
- Which of the following is a key benefit of using biopesticides over chemical pesticides in Integrated Pest Management?
- Microbes are exploited commercially at the industrial level to produce
- The large vessels in which microbes are cultured on a commercial scale for the production of useful products are called
- Which of the following is NOT a direct commercial application of microbes as given in the NCERT chapter "Microbes in Human...
- Curd (dahi) formation from milk is brought about by the activity of
- A small amount of curd added to fresh milk as inoculum serves to
- Dough used for making dosa and idli is fermented by the activity of
- Which microbe is traditionally used in the production of "idli" and "dosa" batter fermentation by producing CO2 that causes the...
- Which of the following household fermented food items involves bacteria, NOT yeast, for fermentation?
- Cyclosporin A, used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients, is obtained from
- Statins, blood-cholesterol lowering agents, are produced commercially using the yeast
- Consider the following statements: (A) Spirulina can be grown easily on materials like waste water from potato processing plants,...
- Which of the following is used for the commercial production of citric acid?
- Which of the following pairs of organism and the product/enzyme it produces is INCORRECTLY matched?
- Lactic acid is produced commercially using the bacterium
- Butyric acid is produced commercially using which organism?
- Which enzyme, produced by microbes, is commonly added to detergents to help remove protein-based stains from clothes?
- Consider the following statements about organic farming / microbial applications: (A) Chemical pesticides have no role in organic...
- Lipases produced by microbes are used in detergent formulations to
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