Microbes in Human Welfare

Match List I with List II :

1. A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
2. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
3. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
4. A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

Which of the following is used as a clot buster?

1. Statins
2. Streptokinase
3. Penicillin
4. Cyclosporin A

Which of the following is an example of non-distilled alcoholic beverage produced by yeast?

1. Beer
2. Rum
3. Whisky
4. Brandy

Streptokinase produced by bacterium Streptococcus is used for

1. Liver disease treatment
2. Removing clots from blood vessels
3. Curd production
4. Ethanol production

Match List I with List II Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
2. A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
3. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
4. A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

Match List-I with List-II relating to microbes and their products: Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
2. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
3. A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV
4. A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III

Identify the microorganism which is responsible for the production of an immunosuppressive molecule cyclosporin A :

1. Trichoderma polysporum
2. Clostridium butylicum
3. Aspergillus niger
4. Streptococcus cerevisiae

Match List-I with List-II Choose the correct answer from the options given below

1. (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)
2. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
3. (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
4. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)

Match the following columns and select the correct option.

1. (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
2. (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
3. (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
4. (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

Match the following organisms with the products they produce : Select the correct option.

1. (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(v), (d)-(i)
2. (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(v)
3. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(v), (d)-(iii)
4. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(v)

Which of the following is a commercial blood cholesterol lowering agent?

1. Streptokinase
2. Lipases
3. Cyclosporin A
4. Statin

Which of the following is correctly matched for the product produced by them ?

1. Acetobacter aceti : Antibiotics
2. Penicillium notatum : Acetic acid
3. Methanobacterium : Lactic acid
4. Saccharomyces cerevisiae : Ethanol

Which of the following is wrongly matched in the given table?

1. Microbe - Streptococcus, Product - Streptokinase, Application - Removal of clot from blood vessel
2. Microbe - Trichoderma polysporum, Product - Cyclosporin A, Application - Immunosuppressive drug
3. Microbe - Monascus purpureus, Product - Statins, Application - Lowering of blood cholesterol
4. Microbe - Clostridium butylicum, Product - Lipase, Application - Removal of oil stains

Match the following list of microbes and their importance -

1. (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) - (ii)
2. (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)
3. (a) - (iv), (b) - (ii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii)
4. (a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)

A good producer of citric acid is

1. Clostridium
2. Saccharomyces
3. Aspergillus
4. Pseudomonas

Read the following four statements (A-D) : How many of the above statements are wrong ?

1. Two
2. One
3. Four
4. Three

Monascus purpureus is a yeast used commercially in the production of:

1. Ethanol
2. Streptokinase for removing clots from the blood vessels
3. Citric acid
4. Blood cholesterol lowering statins

A patient brought to a hospital with myocardial infarction is normally immediately given

1. Penicillin
2. Streptokinase
3. Cyclosporin A
4. Statins

Read the following statement having two blanks (A and B): “A drug used for (A) patients is obtained from a species of the organism (B) .” The one correct option for the two blanks is:

1. A Organ-transplant, B Trichoderma
2. A AIDS, B Pseudomonas
3. A Swine flu, B Monascus
4. A Heart, B Penicillium

Which one of the following is a wrong matching of a microbe and its industrial product, while the remaining three are correct?

1. Acetobacter aceti – acetic acid
2. Clostridium butylicum – lactic acid
3. Aspergillus niger – citric acid
4. Yeast – statins

The most common substrate used in distilleries for the production of ethanol is :

1. Ground gram
2. Molasses
3. Soyabean
4. Corn meal

Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of :

1. Clostridium
2. Trichoderma
3. Aspergillus
4. Saccharomyces

Continuous addition of sugars in 'fed batch' fermentation is done to :

1. obtain antibiotics
2. produce methane
3. purify enzymes
4. degrade sewage

Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?

1. Detergents – lipase
2. Fruit juice – pectinase
3. Alcohol – nitrogenase
4. Textile – amylase

Modern detergents contain enzyme preparations of

1. thermoacidophiles
2. thermophiles
3. acidophiles
4. alkaliphiles

Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched ?

1. Methanogens – Gobar gas
2. Yeast – Ethanol
3. Streptomycetes – Antibiotic
4. Coliforms – Vinegar

Curing of tea leaves is brought about by the activity of

1. fungi
2. bacteria
3. mycorrhiza
4. viruses

For retting of jute the fermenting microbe used is

1. methanophilic bacteria
2. butyric acid bacteria
3. Helicobacter pylori
4. Streptococcus lactis.

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

1. Spirulina – Single cell protein
2. Streptomyces – Antibiotic
3. Rhizobium – Biofertilizer
4. Serratia – Drug addiction

Which of the following is used to manufacture ethanol from starch?

1. Saccharomyces
2. Lactobacillus
3. Azotobacter
4. Penicillium