Multiple Choice Questions - NET, SET, MSc, PhD
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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
“Each batch of newly preserved cultures should be routinely checked to ensure their quality”. Who outlined the statement?
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37%
Lincoln
43%
Snell
13%
Malik
7%
Pridham
Which of the following is/are used in dried culture preservation?
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13%
Sand
19%
Soil
50%
Sand and Soil
19%
Slits
The cultures grown on agar slopes may be stored in the refrigerator or freezer at 5°C to -20°C.
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73%
True
27%
False
The cryoprotective agents are used to prevent cell damage.
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91%
True
9%
False
During the preservation of microbial cell culture ______
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39%
metabolism stops
30%
metabolism continues
27%
metabolism changes
3%
physiology changes
Which of the following method of preservation is more suitable and used widely?
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14%
Dried Cultures
28%
Lyophilization
28%
Salt Storage
31%
Storage in liquid Nitrogen
Which of the following is not the composition of N-agar plates/ slants?
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24%
Yeast/Beef extract
24%
Peptone
28%
NaCl
24%
Dextrose
Which of the following procedure has a great application in strain improvement?
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48%
rDNA Technology
23%
Conjugation
23%
Transformation
6%
Transduction
Who isolated a biotin-requiring, Corynebacterium glutamicum?
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31%
Kinoshita
62%
Nakayama
0%
Nakao
8%
Demain
Which of the following secondary metabolites does not prevent the synthesis of its own?
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29%
Chloramphenicol
23%
Puromycin
45%
Penicillin
3%
Streptomycin
Which of the following cannot induce mutations?
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26%
X-rays
31%
Gamma rays
17%
Bromine
26%
Chlorine
1
Which of the following strain is useful for diabetes treatment?
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0%
Interferon
78%
Insulin
13%
Interleukin
9%
Glucagon