Multiple Choice Questions - NET, SET, MSc, PhD
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Borrow et al. investigated the biosynthesis of Gibberellic acid by Gibberella fujikuroi and divided growth of organisms into balanced, storage and maintenance phase. What do you mean by storage phase?
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48%
The phase equivalent to the early to middle exponential phase
21%
The phase equivalent to the late exponential phase
21%
The phase equivalent to the stationary phase
9%
The phase equivalent to the lag phase
During continuous culture/fermentation, nutrients in the fermenter are utilized at a fast rate.
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78%
True
23%
False
Which scientist(s) gave a full kinetic description of external and internal feedback system?
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31%
Monod
28%
Pirt
15%
Bull
26%
Harte and Webb
In continuous culture, the turnover rate is high.
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84%
True
16%
False
All the constituents of medium are excess in _______
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20%
Chemostat
30%
Turbidostat
36%
Batch culture
14%
Fed-Batch culture
Who introduced the term “Fed-Batch”?
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30%
Burrow et al.
46%
Bu’Lock et al.
19%
Yoshida et al.
5%
Maniatis et al.
Which scientist(s) described the kinetics of variable-volume fed-batch culture?
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27%
Dunn and Mor
39%
Maniatis et al.
24%
Van’t Hoff
9%
Maxwell
1
Which of the following does not include in the range of fermentation processes?
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Microbial Enzymes
40%
Microbial metabolites
27%
Biotransformation
13%
Recombinant DNA
In fixed-volume fed-batch culture, volume changes with fermentation time due to the substrate feed.
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82%
True
18%
False
Cyclic Fed-Batch culture has been used for the production of _______
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19%
Bovine serum albumin
39%
Penicillin
32%
Human serum albumin
10%
Cheese Production
Which of the following method is not used in isolation and screening of desired microorganisms?
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25%
Crowded plate technique
28%
Auxanographic technique
22%
Enrichment Culture technique
25%
Hanging Drop technique
1
The screening is isolation and detection of microorganisms of interest.
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87%
True
13%
False
Which of the following shows the zone of inhibition when a particular organism is grown on a Petri plate?
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21%
Growth Factor producers
54%
Antibiotic producers
18%
Organic acid producers
7%
Amino acid producers
The prototrophs are the organisms which are not capable of synthesizing all growth requirements for themselves.
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71%
True
29%
False
Which of the following plate is used to detect and isolate organic acid producers?
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18%
Phenol red plate
40%
Potato Dextrose Agar plate
33%
MacConkey’s Agar plate
10%
Rose Bengal Agar plate
Which scientists gave the details of the techniques of preservation?
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22%
Jacob and Monod
27%
Kirsop and Doyle
33%
William and Wilkins
18%
Boliver and Rodriguez
Which of the following is NOT a cryoprotective agent?
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20%
DMSO
18%
Glycerol
30%
Ethylene Glycol
33%
Paraffin wax
The preservation by liquid Nitrogen is called as ___________
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62%
Cryopreservation
23%
Lyophilization
13%
Freeze-drying
3%
Desiccation