Question No:1
Roquefort cheese is ripened by growing a specific fungus on it which gives it a particular
[A] texture
[B] large holes
[C] flavour
[D] color
Question No:2
Vessels for growing microbes on industrial scale are known as ______.
[A] Incubators
[B] Sterilizers
[C] Fermentors
[D] Microbial vessels
Question No:3
Alcoholic beverages are produced by microbial fermentation of:
[A] Malted cereals
[B] Fruit juices
[C] Vegetable juices
[D] Both (a) and (b)
Question No:4
Brewer’s Yeast is:
[A] Saccharomyces cariocanus
[B] Saccharomyces florentinus
[C] Saccharomyces cerevisiae
[D] Saccharomyces spencerorum
Question No:5
______ is the alcoholic beverage obtained without distillation,
[A] Whiskey
[B] Brandy
[C] Wine
[D] Rum
Question No:6
Point the odd one out.
[A] Rum
[B] Beer
[C] Whiskey
[D] Brandy
Question No:7
‘Antibiotics’ literally means:
[A] Protecting life
[B] Against life
[C] Healing life
[D] Accelerating life
Question No:8
Penicillin was discovered by ______.
[A] Edward Jenner
[B] Louis Pastew
[C] Alexander Fleming
[D] Howard Florey
Question No:9
Penicillin was discovered by chance as the organism producing it retarded growth of
[A] Lactobacilli
[B] Staphylococci
[C] Streptococci
[D] E. Coli
Question No:10
The name penicillin was given after the mould ______.
[A] Penicillium notatum
[B] Penicillium chrysogenum
[C] Penicillium candidum
[D] Penicillium glaucum
Question No:11
The full potential as an effective antibiotic in context of penicillin was studied by _
[A] Sutton and Boveri
[B] Chain and Florey
[C] Watson and Crick
[D] Edward Jenner
Question No:12
Penicillin was extensively used during which war?
[A] World War I
[B] World War II
[C] Both (a) and (b)
[D] Cold War
Question No:13
______ soldiers were extensively treated with penicillin during World War II.
[A] German
[B] Austrian
[C] American
[D] Japanese
Question No:14
‘Gal ghotu’ is a common name for which disease?
[A] Whooping cough
[B] Diphtheria
[C] Plague
[D] Leprosy
Question No:15
‘Kusht rog’ is a common name for which disease?
[A] Dermatitis
[B] Plague
[C] Leprosy
[D] Whooping cough
Microbes in Human Welfare Mock Test-2
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