Description : Wilt of pigeonpea is caused by (a) Fusarium udum (b) Gibberella indica (c) Rhizopus nigricans (d) Aspergillus flavus
Last Answer : (a) Fusarium udum
Description : The organism, used for alcohol fermentation, is (a) Aspergillus (b) Saccharomyces (c) Pseudomonas (d) Penicillium.
Last Answer : (b) Saccharomyces
Description : Which of the following microorganisms is used for production of citric acid in industries? (a) Aspergillus niger (b) Rhizopus nigricans (c) Lactobacillus bulgaris (d) Penicillium citrinum
Last Answer : (a) Aspergillus niger
Description : Which one of the following is a single cell fungi ? a. Yeast b. Aspergillus c. Penicillium d. Alternaria
Last Answer : a. Yeast
Description : Which of the following is not a member of the division Ascomycota? A- Aspergillus B- Claviceps C- Penicillium D- Rhizopus
Last Answer : Rhizopus
Description : Which one of the following is commonly used in transfer of foreign DNA into crop plants? (a) Meloidogyne incognita (b) Agrobacterium tumefaciens (c) Penicillium expansum (d) Trichoderma harzianum
Last Answer : (b) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Description : Red rot of sugarcane is caused by - (1) Alternaria alternata (2) Phylophthora infestans (3) Colletotrichum falcaturn (4) Cercospora personata
Last Answer : (3) Colletotrichum falcaturn Explanation: Red rot disease is caused by the fungus Glomerella tucurnanensis. An older name, Colletotrichum falcatum, is still preferred by some pathologists. Red ... are highly variable depending upon the susceptibility of the sugarcane variety and the environment.
Description : Smut of wheat is mused by – (1) Ustilago maydis (2) Puccinia graminis (3) Ustilago tritici (4) Colletotrichum falcatum
Last Answer : (3) Ustilago tritici Explanation: Smut of wheat is caused by Ustilago tritici.
Description : Red rot of sugarcane is caused by : (1) Alternaria alternata (2) Phylophthora infestans (3) Colletotrichum falcatum (4) Cercospora personata
Last Answer : Colletotrichum falcatum
Description : Smut of wheat is coused by (1) Ustilago maydis (2) Puccinia graminis (3) Ustilago tritici (4) Colletotrichum falcatum
Last Answer : Ustilago tritici
Description : Which one of the following structures in Pheretima is correctly matched with its function? (a) Clitellum - Secretes cocoon (b) Gizzard - Absorbs digested food (c) Setae - Defence against predators (d) Typhlosole - Storage of extra nutrients
Last Answer : (b) Gizzard - Absorbs digested food
Description : What is the substance that stimulates the production of red blood cells? Which is the organ that secretes it? Under what conditions does this secretion increase?
Last Answer : The substance that stimulates the production of red blood cells by the bone marrow is erythropoietin. Erythropoietin is a hormone secreted by the kidneys. Its secretion is increased when there is deficient ... (as it occurs in high altitudes) or by internal diseases, as in pulmonary diseases.
Description : Fusarium wilt is caused by
Last Answer : Ans. Fusarium moniliform
Description : What is the causal organism of Powdery mildew of Ricinus communis ? (A) Sphacelotheca reiliana (B) Claviceps microcephala (C) Leveillula taurica (D) Puccinia carthami (E) Fusarium annuum
Last Answer : (C) Leveillula taurica
Description : Mango malformation caused by a. Sphacelotheca cruenta b. Sporisorium reilianum c. Tolyposporium ehrenbergii d. Fusarium moniliforme f. Sp. Subglutinans
Last Answer : d. Fusarium moniliforme f. Sp. Subglutinans
Description : Panama disease of banana is caused by a. Verticillium theobromae b. Mycosphaerella musicola c. Fusarium oxysporum f. Sp. Cubense d. Gloeosporium musarum
Last Answer : c. Fusarium oxysporum f. Sp. Cubense
Description : Which of the following fungus is most effective against Sugarcane white grub ? a. Fusarium sp. b. Metarhizium anisopliae c. Nomuraea anisopliae d. None of these
Last Answer : b. Metarhizium anisopliae
Description : Fusarium wilt resistance Gram variety is a. Vikas b. Vikram c. Avrodhi d. Vijay
Last Answer : c. Avrodhi
Description : Which one of the following microbes forms symbiotic association with plants and helps them in their nutrition? (a) Azotobacter (b) Aspergillus (c) Glomus (d) Trichoderma
Last Answer : (c) Glomus
Description : Which one of the following microbes forms symbiotic association with plants and helps them in their nutrition ? (1) Trichoderma (2) Azotobacter (3) Aspergillus (4) Glomus
Last Answer : (4) Glomus
Description : Why death of fish is more common during summer than in winter? It is because of – (1) shortage of food (2) concentration of toxins (3) depletion of oxygen (4) spread of diseases
Last Answer : (3) depletion of oxygen Explanation: Fish die more in summer due to oxygen depletion which refers to low levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) in water. Warm water is much less ... because at high water temperatures their metabolic rates increase, hence their physiologic demand for oxygen increases.
Description : Why death of fish is more common during summer than in winter? It is because of (1) shortage of food (2) concentration of toxins (3) depletion of oxygen (4) spread of diseases
Last Answer : depletion of oxygen
Description : Which one of the following is not the function of placenta? (a) Facilitates removal of carbon dioxide and waste material from embryo (b) Secretes oxytocin during parturition (c) Facilitates supply of oxygen and nutrients to embryo (d) Secretes estrogen
Last Answer : (b) Secretes oxytocin during parturition
Description : Select the answer which correctly matches the endocrine gland with the hormone it secretes and its function/deficiency symptom. Endocrine Hormone Function/ gland Deficiency symptoms (a) ... child birth (d) Posterior Growth Oversecretion pituitary hormone stimulates (GH) abnormal growth
Last Answer : (a) Thyroid Thyroxine Lack of iodine gland in diet results in goitre
Description : Who Discovered Penicillium ?
Last Answer : Penicillium was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
Last Answer : Penicillium of Fanzai State.
Last Answer : : Penicillium breeds by creating Conidia.
Description : Mouth and foot disease in cattle are caused due to (a) Bacteria (b) Virus (c) Fungi (d) Penicillium
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : Which of the following is used to manufacture ethanol from starch? (a) Penicillium (b) Saccharomyces (c) Azotobacter (d) Lactobacillus
Description : Read the following statement having two blanks (A and B). A drug used for A patients is obtained from a species of the organism B . The one correct option for the two blanks is A B (a) heart Penicillium (b) organ-transplant Trichoderma (c) swine flu Monascus (d) AIDS Pseudomonas.
Last Answer : (c) swine flu Monascus
Description : Which of the following is correctly matched for the product produced by them? (a) Methanobacterium : Lactic acid (b) Penicillium notatum : Acetic acid (c) Sacchromyces cerevisiae : Ethanol (d) Acetobacter aceti : Antibiotics
Last Answer : (c) Sacchromyces cerevisiae : Ethanol
Description : Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched while the remaining three are correct? (a) Penicillium – Conidia (b) Water hyacinth – Runner (c) Bryophyllum – Leaf buds (d) Agave – Bulbils
Last Answer : (b) Water hyacinth – Runner
Description : Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Mode of reproduction Example (a) Binary fission Sargassum (b) Conidia Penicillium (c) Offset Water hyacinth (d) Rhizome Banana
Last Answer : a) Binary fission Sargassum
Description : .Which one single organism or the pair of organisms is correctly assigned to its or their named taxonomic group? (a) Paramecium and Plasmodium belong to the same kingdom as that of Penicillium. (b) ... used in making bread and beer is a fungus. (d) Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of protista.
Last Answer : (c) Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus.
Description : Nuclear membrane is absent in (a) Penicillium (b) Agaricus (c) Volvox (d) Nostoc.
Last Answer : (d) Nostoc.
Description : Choose the wrong statement. (a) Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms. (b) Yeast is unicellular and useful in fermentation. (c) Penicillium is multicellular and produces antibiotics. (d) Neurospora is used in the study of biochemical genetics.
Last Answer : (a) Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms.
Description : Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched? a. Penicillium-blue cheese b. Sporotrichosis-rose thorns c. Chytrids-mushrooms d. Trichophyton-athlete's foot
Last Answer : c. Chytrids-mushrooms
Description : Bacterial cells susceptible to penicillium can be protected from destruction if the medium in which they are exposed is of A- high osmotic pressure B- low osmotic pressure C- moderate osmotic pressure D- high surface tension
Last Answer : high osmotic pressure
Description : Which one of the following organisms was NOT a model organism related the birth of molecular genetics? a. Streptococcus b. Penicillium c. Escherichia d. neurospora
Last Answer : c. Escherichia
Description : Read the following statements and select the correct option. Statement-I : Nostoc and Bacteria are prokaryotes. Statement-II: Penicillium and Spirogyra are fungi. (1) Only statement I is true (2) Only statement II is true (3) Both statements I and II are true (4) Both statements I and II are false
Last Answer : (1) Only statement I is true
Description : Unicellular microscopic fungi is _________ a) yeast b)mould c)toadstool d)penicillium
Last Answer : a) yeast
Description : Which of the following is correctly matched for the product produced by them ? (1) Methanobacterium : Lactic acid (2) Penicillium notatum : Acetic acid (3) Sacchromyces cerevisiae : Ethanol (4) Acetobacter aceti : Antibiotics
Last Answer : (3) Sacchromyces cerevisiae : Ethanol
Description : Nuclear membrane is absent in (1) Nostoc (2) Penicillium (3) Agaricus (4) Volvox
Last Answer : (1) Nostoc
Description : Which one single organisms or the pair of organisms is correctly assigned to its or their named taxonomic group ? (1) Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of protista (2) Paramecium and Plasmodium belong to the ... of an algae and a protozoan (4) Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus
Last Answer : (4) Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus
Description : Why is vivipary an undesirable character for annual crop plants? (a) It reduces the vigour of the plant. (b) It adversely affects the fertility of the plant. (c) The seeds exhibit long dormancy. (d) The seeds cannot be stored under normal conditions for the next season
Last Answer : (d) The seeds cannot be stored under normal conditions for the next season
Description : The sexual reproductive organs of aspergillus are – (1) Spermatium and Oogonium (2) Antheridium and Oogonium (3) Spermatium and Ascogonium (4) Antheridium and Ascogonium
Last Answer : (4) Antheridium and Ascogonium Explanation: Sexual reproduction in Aspergillus is rare and takes place in favourable conditfons. Sex organs are produced on the same mycelium which has produced conidia. Male ... of archicarp as a result of which they become spirally coiled and their tips get fused.
Description : The causative agent of Tuberculosis is (1) Mycobacterium (2) Aspergillus (3) Rhabdovirus (4) HIV.
Last Answer : (1) Mycobacterium Explanation: Mycobacterium is a genus of Actinobacteria, given its own family, the Mycobacteriaceae. The genus includes pathogens known to cause serious diseases in mammals, ... resistant to a number of antibiotics that disrupt cell-wall biosynthesis, such as penicillin.
Description : The citric acid is produced by (a) Candida utilis (b) Azotobacter suboxydans (c) Aspergillus niger (d) Streptococcus lactis.
Last Answer : (c) Aspergillus niger
Description : Which one of the following is a wrong matching of a microbe and its industrial product, while the remaining three are correct? (a) Yeast – Statins (b) Acetobacter aceti – Acetic acid (c) Clostridium butylicum – Lactic acid (d) Aspergillus niger – Citric acid
Last Answer : (c) Clostridium butylicum – Lactic acid
Description : Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of (a) Saccharomyces (b) Clostridium (c) Trichoderma (d) Aspergillus.
Last Answer : (a) produce methane