Microbes in Human Welfare questions
610 published questions with worked solutions.
- Assertion (A): Biogas plants are widely used in rural India. Reason (R): Cattle dung, abundant in rural India, is rich in...
- Assertion (A): Baculoviruses are considered eco-friendly biocontrol agents. Reason (R): They are broad-spectrum viruses that...
- Assertion (A): Mycorrhizal association benefits host plants. Reason (R): Mycorrhizal fungi improve phosphorus absorption and...
- Assertion (A): Azotobacter and Azospirillum can fix atmospheric nitrogen without forming a symbiotic relationship with plant...
- Assertion (A): Chemical fertilisers and pesticides are increasingly being replaced by biofertilisers and biocontrol agents....
- Nitrogen fixing genes are called:
- Match the following and choose the correct combination from the options given. | Column-I | Column-II | |---|---| | (A)...
- A bioreactor is:
- Which of the following should be chosen for best yield if one has to produce a recombinant protein or enzyme on a large scale,...
- Microorganisms can be grown in the bioreactor by:
- A device in which a large volume of living cells are cultured in order to get a specific product is called:
- Which of the following equipment is essentially required for growing microbes on a large scale, for industrial production of...
- The protein toxin producing bacteria, used to control biological pest, is
- Mixture of biogas contains
- The bacterium, *Bacillus thuringiensis*, is widely used in contemporary biology as
- Which bacteria was the first to be used as a biopesticide on a commercial scale in the world?
- *Bacillus thuringiensis* is used to control
- Which one of the following is not used as a bio-fertilizer?
- Mycorrhiza is a mutualistics association of plants root with fungi. The association occurs in
- Prickly pear cactus (an exotic species) can brought under control (in Australia) by using
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