This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 10 Microbes In Human Welfare – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 10 Microbes In Human Welfare Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which characteristic makes Nucleopolyhedrovirus an excellent candidate for Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? A) Broad spectrum insecticidal applications. B) Species-specific, narrow spectrum insecticidal applications. C) Ability to harm birds and mammals to reduce competition. D) Persistence in the environment for decades. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species-specific, narrow spectrum insecticidal applications. 2. In anaerobic sludge digesters, the anaerobic bacteria A) Digest Fungi. B) Digest Bacteria. C) Both A and B. D) Digest the organic matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 3. After the clarification step in wastewater treatment, the solid waste called ..... is sold off and the liquid waste called ..... moves on the be filtered and disinfected A) Sewage and dirty water. B) Sludge and effluent. C) Effluent and slude. D) Dirty water and sewage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sludge and effluent. 4. Agriculture by using only biofertilizers is called A) Composting. B) Manuring. C) Organic farming. D) Inorganic farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic farming. 5. Which of the following is a commercial blood cholesterol lowering agent? A) Cyclosporin A. B) Streptokinase. C) Statin. D) Lipases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Statin. 6. An organism used as a biofertiliser for soyabean crop is A) Rhizobium. B) Azopirillum. C) Nostoc. D) Azotobacter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhizobium. 7. Types of alcoholic beverages obtained depend on- A) Raw materials used for fermentation. B) Types of processing. C) Both a and b. D) Type of storage pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 8. A good producer of citric acid is A) Saccharomyces. B) Aspergillus. C) Clostridium. D) Pseudomonas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aspergillus. 9. What is the role of bacteria present in the rumen of cattle? A) Production of methane. B) Breakdown of cellulose. C) Regulation of digestion. D) Synthesis of polysaccharides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breakdown of cellulose. 10. The gases that evolve from anaerobic sludge digester constitute ..... A) Natural gas. B) Biogas. C) Water gas. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biogas. 11. Microbes are present everywhere. Which of the following is an environment where microbes can exist? A) Deep inside the geysers (thermal vents) where temperature is 100$^\circ$C. B) Deep in the soil and under layers of snow. C) In highly acidic environments. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Which of the following is a symbiotic nitrogen fixer? A) Oscillatoria. B) Rhizobium. C) Azotobacter. D) Azospirillum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhizobium. 13. ..... are free living bacteria which fix atmospheric nitrogen in soil. A) Azotobacter. B) Azabacterium. C) Acetobacterium. D) Azobacterium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Azotobacter. 14. The microscopic proteinaceous infectious agents are called- A) Protozoa. B) Fungi. C) Bacteria. D) Prions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prions. 15. Which of the following microbes can be seen with the naked eye when grown on nutritive media? A) Viruses. B) Viroids. C) Bacteria and many Fungi. D) Prions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria and many Fungi. 16. Streptokinase, used as a 'clot buster' for removing clots from blood vessels of patients who have undergone myocardial infarction, is produced by: A) Monascus. B) Trichoderma. C) Staphylococcus. D) Streptococcus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Streptococcus. 17. Rennin employed in cheese production is a /an A) Vitamin. B) Anticoagulant. C) Enzyme. D) Antibiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enzyme. 18. Cyclosporin A is produced from- A) Trichoderma polysporum (a fungus). B) Bacillus (a bacterium). C) Aspergillus (a fungus). D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trichoderma polysporum (a fungus). 19. The dough used for making bread is fermented using: A) Aspergillus niger. B) Lactobacillus. C) Propionibacterium sharmanii. D) Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 20. The puffed-up appearance of dough used for making dosa and idli is due to the production of: A) CH 4 gas. B) H 2 gas. C) CO 2 gas. D) O 2 gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CO 2 gas. 21. Which of the following is not produced with distillation A) Wine and whisky. B) Wine and beer. C) Wine and Brandy. D) Wine and rum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wine and beer. 22. Which of the following is NOT a benefit provided by Glomus to the plant? A) Absorption of phosphorus from soil. B) Resistance to root-borne pathogens. C) Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. D) Tolerance to salinity and drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. 23. Which of the following is a non-symbiotic biofertiliser? A) Anabaena. B) Azotobacter. C) Rhizobium. D) VAM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Azotobacter. 24. Baculoviruses (Nucleopolyhedrovirus) are excellent candidates for: A) Broad spectrum insecticidal applications. B) Species-specific, narrow spectrum insecticidal applications. C) Killing plants and mammals. D) Creating pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species-specific, narrow spectrum insecticidal applications. 25. Which of the following alcoholic beverages are produced without distillation of the fermented broth? A) Whisky and Brandy. B) Wine and Beer. C) Rum and Brandy. D) Whisky and Rum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wine and Beer. 26. The symbiotic bacteria Rhizobium fix atmospheric nitrogen into ..... in legume plants. A) Organic form. B) Inorganic form. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organic form. 27. The examples of free-living soil bacteria which can fix atmospheric nitrogen into organic form are A) Azospirillum and Rhizobium. B) Azotobacter and Rhizobium. C) Azospirillum and Azotobacter. D) Azotobacter and mycorrhizae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Azospirillum and Azotobacter. 28. Dragonflies are useful to get rid of ..... A) Ladybird. B) Aphids. C) Mosquitoes. D) Both (b) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (b) and (c). 29. The bioactive molecule Cyclosporin A is used as: A) An immunosuppressive agent. B) A blood clot remover. C) A cholesterol lowering agent. D) An antibiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An immunosuppressive agent. 30. Which of the following in sewage treatment removes suspended solids? A) Sludge treatment. B) Primary treatment. C) Secondary treatment. D) Tertiary treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary treatment. 31. Which one(s) is/are correct about Cyclosporin A? A) It is produced by the fungus Trichoderma polysporum. B) It is used as an immuno suppressive agent during organ transplantation. C) It is produced by a type of yeast, Monascus purpureus. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 32. Which one of the following is a wrong matching of a microbe and its industrial product, while the remaining three are correct? A) Clostridium butylicum-lactic acid. B) Acetobacter aceti-acetic acid. C) Aspergillus niger-citric acid. D) Yeast-statins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clostridium butylicum-lactic acid. 33. The gas responsible for puffing-up appearance of dough comes from: A) Photorespiration. B) Aerobic respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) Fermentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fermentation. 34. The bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are used to control: A) Butterfly caterpillars. B) Root-borne pathogens. C) Aphids and Vectors. D) Viral diseases in plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Butterfly caterpillars. 35. The amount of oxygen required by the microbes in the decomposition of organic matter is called- A) Chemical oxygen demand. B) Biochemical oxygen demand. C) Total oxygen demand. D) Dissolve oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biochemical oxygen demand. 36. Streptokinase, a clot buster used to remove clots from blood vessels of patients of myocardial infraction is obtained from A) Streptomyces. B) Genetically modified Streptococcus bacteria. C) Mortierella renispora. D) Candida lipolytica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetically modified Streptococcus bacteria. 37. Azolla pinnata has been found to be an important biofertiliser for paddy crops. This quality is due to the presence of A) N2 fixing bacteria. B) N2 fixing cyanobacteria. C) Mycorrhizae. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N2 fixing cyanobacteria. 38. Statement I:The activated sludge is pumped into large tanks called anaerobic sludge digesters. Statement II:In these tanks, other kinds of bacteria, which grow anaerobically, digest the bacteria and fungi in the sludge. A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct. B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect. C) Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect. D) Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct. 39. The dough used for making bread is fermented by A) Algae. B) Yeast. C) Fungi. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yeast. 40. A small part of the activated sludge is pumped back into the aeration tank to serve as: A) A fertilizer. B) An aerator. C) An energy source. D) An inoculum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An inoculum. 41. Assertion (A):Leguminous plants are best preferred in rotation of cropsReason(R):They have root nodules which have nitrogen fixing bacteria Clostridium. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true But R is not correct explanation of A. C) A is true, but R is false. D) Both A and R are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A is true, but R is false. 42. A typical biogas plant consists of a concrete tank in which bio-wastes are collected and a slurry of dung is fed. A ..... is placed over the slurry. A) Fixed steel lid. B) Aeration pipe. C) Floating cover. D) Mesh net. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Floating cover. 43. A common nitrogen fixer in common fields is A) Azopirillum. B) Rhizobium. C) Oscillatoria. D) Nostoc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nostoc. 44. Yeasts have been used for the commercial production of A. wineB. whiskyC. ethanolD. curd A) A, B, C, D. B) B, C, D. C) A, B, C. D) A, B, D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A, B, C. 45. Certain bacteria, which grow anaerobically on cellulosic material, produce large amounts of methane along with CO ..... 2 and H ..... 2. These bacteria are collectively called: A) Methanogens. B) Biogas bacteria. C) Rumen bacteria. D) Methylotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methanogens. 46. Trichoderma species are free-living fungi that are very common in: A) Digestive tracts of insects. B) Root ecosystems. C) Stems of brassicas. D) Leaves of fruit trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root ecosystems. 47. Acetic acid is produced by a: A) Virus. B) Yeast. C) Fungus. D) Bacterium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacterium. 48. The primary treatment of sewage involves- A) Digestion. B) Decomposition. C) Sedimentation and filtration. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentation and filtration. 49. Process used in water treatment process where water is pushed through screens, sand, gravel and coal to remove organisms and trash A) Chlorination. B) Filtration. C) Coagulation. D) Bioreactors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Filtration. 50. Statins used for lowering blood-cholesterol level are extracted from: A) Algae. B) Yeast. C) Virus. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yeast. 51. During secondary treatment, vigorous growth of useful aerobic microbes into 'flocs' occurs. What are 'flocs'? A) Masses of bacteria associated with viral filaments. B) Masses of bacteria associated with fungal filaments to form mesh-like structures. C) Masses of algae and fungi. D) Sedimented pebbles and grit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Masses of bacteria associated with fungal filaments to form mesh-like structures. 52. Microbes like bacteria and many fungi can be grown on nutritive media to form colonies. These colonies are useful because: A) They are microscopic and can only be seen under a microscope. B) They allow the microbes to be seen with the naked eye. C) They produce large amounts of biogas immediately. D) They show the genetic structure of the virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They allow the microbes to be seen with the naked eye. 53. In Gobart gas the maximum amount is that of A) Butane. B) Methane. C) Ethane. D) Propane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane. 54. Select the correct statement from the following A) Activated sludge-sediment in settlement tanks of sewage treatment plant is a rich source of aerobic bacteria. B) Biogas is produced by the activity of aerobic bacteria on animal waste. C) Methanobacterium is an aerobic bacterium found in rumen of cattle. D) Biogas, commonly called gobar gas, is pure methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Activated sludge-sediment in settlement tanks of sewage treatment plant is a rich source of aerobic bacteria. 55. Which of the following bacteria has a role in removing clots from our blood vessels? A) Streptococcus. B) Lactobacillus. C) Clostridium butylicum. D) Bacillus thuringiensis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Streptococcus. 56. What happens in the digesters? A) Chlorine is added to disinfect biosolids. B) Organic waste is turned into usable fertilizer. C) Aerobic bacteria processes organic waste. D) Anaerobic bacteria processes organic waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaerobic bacteria processes organic waste. 57. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) improve the nutritional quality of curd by increasing the amount of: A) Proteins. B) Vitamin C. C) Vitamin B12. D) Vitamin A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin B12. 58. Which of the following serves as an important biofertilizer in paddy fields? A) Rhizobium. B) Blue Green Algae (Cyanobacteria). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue Green Algae (Cyanobacteria). 59. Which bacteria form symbiotic association with the nodules on the roots of leguminous plants to fix atmospheric nitrogen? A) Anabaena. B) Azospirillum. C) Rhizobium. D) Azotobacter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhizobium. 60. Identify the function of statin A) Lowering of blood cholesterol. B) Removal of clots from blood vessels. C) Removal of oil stains. D) Immuno-suppressive agent. 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