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Q1. The bread or dosa dough rises because of the action of:
(i) heat
(ii) grinding
(iii) growth of yeast cells
(iv) none of these
(iii) growth of yeast cells
Q2. Microorganisms are also known as
(i) yeast
(ii) microbes
(iii) viruses
(iv) Amoeba
(ii) microbes
Q3. Microbiology is the study of :
(i) Useful products prepared from microbes
(ii) Parts of living organisms
(iii) Microbes
(iv) Diseases caused by microorganisms
(iii) Microbes
Q4. Which of the following drug is an antipyretic?
(i) Insulin
(ii) Alcohol
(iii) Streptomycin
(iv) Paracetamol
(iv) Paracetamol
Q5. Examples of Multicellular Microorganism are
(i) Algae, Bacteria
(ii) Bacteria and Fungi
(iii) Bacteria and Viruses
(iv) Algae and Fungi
(iv) Algae and Fungi
Q6. Which one of the following is called pond silk?
(i) Volvox
(ii) Spirogyra
(iii) Chlamydomonas
(iv) Euglena
(ii) Spirogyra
Q7. Protozoan shaped like a slipper is:
(i) amoeba
(ii) paramecium
(iii) euglena
(iv) entamoeba
(ii) paramecium
Q8. Microorganisms that causes disease are also known as
(i) pathogens
(ii) fungi
(iii) antigen
(iv) microbes
(i) pathogens
Q9. Malaria is caused by
(i) Protozoa
(ii) Virus
(iii) Algae
(iv) Bacteria
(i) Protozoa
Q10. The status of algae in the aquatic food chain is
(i) consumers
(ii) producers
(iii) host
(iv) small in size
(ii) producers
Q11. Rhizobium found in root nodules of leguminous roots is an
(i) Atmospheric Carbon fixer
(ii) Atmospheric Oxygen fixer
(iii) Atmospheric Nitrogen fixer
(iv) All of the above
(iii) Atmospheric Nitrogen fixer
Q12. Agents in infectious diseases responsible are called
(i) Germs
(ii) Cells
(iii) Virus
(iv) Enzyme
(iii) Virus
Q13. The bacteria was first observed by:
(i) Louis Pasteur
(ii) Antony Von Leuwen Hook
(iii) Robert Hooke
(iv) Robert Koch
(ii) Antony Von Leuwen Hook
Q14. Bacilli are the bacteria that are
(i) rod-shaped
(ii) comma-shaped
(iii) curved-shaped
(iv) spiral
(i) rod-shaped
Q15. What process takes place when yeast is added to grape juice and left for a week?
(i) Decomposition
(ii) Fermentation
(iii) Distillation
(iv) Oxidation
(ii) Fermentation
Q16. Bacteria present in root nodules of pea
(i) Coli
(ii) Plasmodium
(iii) Rhizobium
(iv) Penicillin
(iii) Rhizobium
Q17. The process of conversion of sugar into alcohol by yeast is called
(i) Fermentation
(ii) Pasteurisation
(iii) Alcoholism
(iv) All of the above
(i) Fermentation
Q18. Microbes are present:
(i) everywhere
(ii) soil, air, polluted water
(iii) water, soil
(iv) air, water
(i) everywhere
Q19. In Pasteurisation the milk is heated to about:
(i) 100°C
(ii) 50°C
(iii) 70°C
(iv) 110°C
(iii) 70°C
Q20. Simple, plant-like microorganisms are called
(i) algae
(ii) bacteria
(iii) both (i) and (ii)
(iv) protozoa
(i) algae
Q21. Yeast is not used in the preparation of :
(i) bread
(ii) alcohol
(iii) dhokla
(iv) antibiotic
(iv) antibiotic
Q22. The disease caused by protozoa is
(i) tuberculosis
(ii) polio
(iii) typhoid
(iv) malaria
(iv) malaria
Q23. The microbe for Malaria is carried by
(i) Male Anopheles mosquito
(ii) Female Anopheles Mosquito
(iii) Male Aedes mosquito
(iv) Female Aedes mosquito
(ii) Female Anopheles Mosquito
Q24. Which of these are not included in the prevention of measles?
(i) Vaccination
(ii) Antibodies
(iii) Both (i) and (ii)
(iv) None of the above
(ii) Antibodies
Q25. Atmospheric nitrogen ¡s used for the synthesis of:
(i) plant proteins
(ii) animal proteins
(iii) plant carbohydrates
(iv) none of these
(i) plant proteins
Q26. Medicine that kills or stops the growth of harmful disease-causing microbes is known as
(i) antibiotic
(ii) antibody
(iii) antigen
(iv) vaccine
(i) antibiotic
Q27. What are pond scum?
(i) algae
(ii) protozoa
(iii) fungi
(iv) bacteria
(i) algae
Q28. The disease caused by fungi is
(i) measles
(ii) chicken pox
(iii) polio
(iv) ringworm
(iv) ringworm
Q29. Amoeba belongs to
(i) Protozoa
(ii) Algae
(iii) Fungi
(iv) Virus
(i) Protozoa
Q30. Microorganisms are never found in a :
(i) ice cold water
(ii) hot water spring
(iii) marine water
(iv) none of the above
(iv) none of the above
Q31. Hepatitis-A is transmitted through:
(i) water
(ii) air
(iii) food
(iv) contact
(i) water
Q32. Common cold is caused by which type of microbe?
(i) Bacteria
(ii) Virus
(iii) Algae
(iv) Fungi
(ii) Virus
Q33. Which of the following is the smallest microorganism?
(i) Algae
(ii) Bacterium
(iii) Protozoan
(iv) Virus
(iv) Virus
Q34. Which of the following is not used as food preservatives?
(i) Salt
(ii) Sugar
(iii) Vinegar
(iv) Methane
(iv) Methane
Q35. A plant disease called citrus canker is caused by a
(i) Virus
(ii) Protozoa
(iii) Bacteria
(iv) Fungi
(iii) Bacteria
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