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Class 8 Practice – Level 3 – Set 2 – Microorganisms
Total questions: 15
1.
Which of the following conditions is most favorable for the growth of Clostridium botulinum in canned foods?
High oxygen and low acidity
Low oxygen and low acidity
High oxygen and high acidity
Low oxygen and high acidity
None
2.
Which enzyme is responsible for nitrogen fixation in Rhizobium bacteria?
Catalase
Nitrogenase
Amylase
Pepsin
None
3.
Which of the following is NOT true about fermentation?
It is an anaerobic process.
It produces alcohol and carbon dioxide in the case of yeast.
It requires oxygen for the breakdown of glucose.
It is used in the production of bread, beer, and wine.
None
4.
How do microorganisms contribute to bioremediation?
They produce antibiotics that kill harmful pathogens.
They break down harmful pollutants into less toxic forms.
They absorb pollutants from the environment.
They release oxygen into contaminated soil.
None
5.
Why are antibiotics ineffective against viruses?
Viruses do not have a metabolism for antibiotics to target.
Viruses are too large for antibiotics to affect.
Antibiotics cannot penetrate viral protein coats.
Antibiotics kill all viruses too quickly for treatment.
None
6.
Which microorganism plays a role in the process of denitrification?
Nitrosomonas
Nitrobacter
Pseudomonas
Azotobacter
None
7.
Which of the following diseases is NOT caused by a bacterium?
Cholera
Anthrax
Rabies
Tuberculosis
None
8.
Which microorganism is responsible for converting nitrates into nitrogen gas, reducing soil fertility?
Nitrosomonas
Rhizobium
Pseudomonas
Lactobacillus
None
9.
Which microorganism is most commonly used in the production of recombinant DNA products like insulin?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Bacillus thuringiensis
Escherichia coli
Nitrobacter
None
10.
Which food preservation method works by removing oxygen, thus preventing aerobic microorganisms from growing?
Pasteurization
Freezing
Vacuum packing
Salting
None
11.
Why do some viruses, such as the flu virus, require new vaccines every year?
They lose their effectiveness after a year.
They mutate rapidly, changing their surface proteins.
They become resistant to vaccines.
They become less virulent over time.
None
12.
Which microorganism is often used in sewage treatment to degrade organic matter?
Rhizobium
Pseudomonas
Penicillium
Lactobacillus
None
13.
Which of the following is used to produce the enzyme invertase, which is involved in the hydrolysis of sucrose in the food industry?
Escherichia coli
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Clostridium botulinum
Bacillus thuringiensis
None
14.
Which bacterium has been genetically modified to produce proteins toxic to insect pests, making it an environmentally safe insecticide?
Escherichia coli
Bacillus thuringiensis
Streptococcus
Lactobacillus
None
15.
In the production of vinegar, which microorganism converts alcohol into acetic acid?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Acetobacter
Lactobacillus
Penicillium
None
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