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1
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In most plant infecting virus, RNA is the genetic material. Give exception

A

Cauliflower mosaic virus. dsDNA

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2
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What is the shape of adenovirus

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Polyhedral

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3
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Genetic material of pox virus

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Dna

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4
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Genetic material of hepatitis b

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Dna

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5
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Genetic material of adenovirus

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Dna

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6
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Adenovirus causes ___ infection

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Respiratory

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7
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Most animal infecting virus have dna. Give exception

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ssRNA:-
HIV 
Influenza virus
Polio virus
Rabbis virus
Retrovirus

dsRNA:-
Reo virus
Wound tumor virus

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8
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Phycomycetes with Cellulosic cell wall called

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Oomycetes

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9
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Phycomycetes with chitinous cell wall called

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Zygomycetes

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10
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Asexual spores of Phycomycetes (3)

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Zoospore
Aplanospore
Sporangiospore

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11
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Sexual spores of Phycomycetes (2)

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Oospore

Zygospore

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12
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Asexual reproduction of ascomycetes is through

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Conidiospore

Budding in yeast

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13
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Sexual reproduction of Ascomycetes is through

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Ascospore formation

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14
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Primary mycelium of Basidiomycetes is

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Haploid

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15
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Secondary mycelium of Basidiomycetes is

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Dikaryotic

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16
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n+n fertilisation is seen in

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Basidiomycetes

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17
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Sexual spore of basidiomycetes

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Basidiospore

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18
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How many spores does septa of basidiomycetes have. There are therefore called

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Two. Doliporous

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19
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How many spores does septa of deutereomycetes have.

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One

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20
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Asexual spore of deuteromycetes

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Conidiospore

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21
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In bacteria infecting virus, what is the hereditary material. Give eg for such virus

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dsDNA
T2
T4
Lambdaphages

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22
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Chrysanthimum stunt disease caused by

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Viroids

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23
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Genetic material of viroid

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ssRNA

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24
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Prions are ___ particles

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Glycoprotein

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25
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Prion can act as catalyst to convert __ to __

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Normal protein to prion state

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26
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Accumulation of __ causes neural degeneration

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Prions

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27
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Kuru disease caused by

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Prions

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28
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Scrapie disease of sheep caused by

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Prions

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29
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What causes coagulation or curdling of milk proteins

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Acids produced by fermentation

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30
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Give three eg for lactic acid bacteria (LAB)

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Streptococcus thermophilus
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Streptococcus lactis

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31
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Acids produced by LAB can fully/partially digest the milk proteins

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Partially

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32
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Yogurt is formed by exposing thickened milk to which two bacteria

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Streptococcus thermophilus

Lactobacillus bulgaricus

33
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Streptococcus thermophilus
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Both of them ferment ___ present in milk into ___

A

Lactose to lctic acid

34
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Which bacteria contributes aromatics responsible for imparting flavour to the yogurt

A

Lactobacillus bulgaricus

35
Q

In cheese making, coagulation is affected by the addition of protease __ or by the action of ___( especially __ and __

A

Rennin
LAB
Streptococcus lactis and S.cremoris

36
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Coagulation allows the separation of

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Semi solid curd from the liquid whey

37
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Blue cheese is

A

Roquefort cheese

38
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King of cheese is

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Roquefort cheese

39
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Roquefort cheese is made from

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Sheep milk

40
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Camembert cheese ripened by

A

Penicilline camemberti

41
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Roquefort cheese ripened by

A

Penicilline roqueforti

42
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Cheddar cheese is ripened by using

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Bacillus amyloliquifaciens

43
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Enzymes involved in cheese production are (4)

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Lactase
Lipase
Rennin
Chymosin

44
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Bakers yeast and brewers yeast are different strains of same species of

A

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

45
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In bread making __ conditions are favoures

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Aerobic

46
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Why is aerobic conditions favoured in bread making

A

So that dough is converted all the way to co2 rather than to alcohol

47
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Tge unfermented toddy is called

A

Neera

48
Q

Fish and soyabean fermented using

A

Lactobacillus

49
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Bamboo shoot tip fermented using

A

Streptococcus

50
Q

Enzymes involved in beverage production (3)

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Maltase
Amylase
Zymase

51
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The term antibiotic coined by ___ after isolation of ___ from ___ done in the year__

A

Waksman
Streptomycin
Streptomysin griseus
1944

52
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Waksman got nobel prize in which year

A

1952

53
Q

While working on which bacteria, alexander fleming discovered penicillium notatum

A

Staphylococcal bacteria

54
Q

Full potential of penicillium established by

A

Earnest chain and howard florey

55
Q

Flemming, chain, florey got nobel prize in which year

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1945

56
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What are flocs

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Masses of bacteria associated with fungal filaments to form mesh like structures

57
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What is BOD

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Amount of oxygen that would be consumed if all the organic matter in one litre of water were to be oxidised by bacteria

58
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As BOD decrease, organic matters in the sewage ____

A

Decreases

59
Q

Greater the BOD, more is its __

A

Polluting potential

60
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Gases produced by the bacteria in anaerobic sludge digesters

A

Methane
H2S
Co2

61
Q

Gases that form the biogas

A

Methane
H2S
Co2

62
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Certain bacteria which grow anaerobically on cellulosic material, produce large amounts of

A

Methane

Co2 and h2

63
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The bacterium that is commonly found in tge anaerobic sludge during sewage treatemnet

A

Methanobacterium

64
Q

How much feet deep is the concrete tank used in biogas plant

A

10-15

65
Q

Technology of biogas production was developed in india due to the efforts of __ and __

A

IARI and KVIC

66
Q

Full form of KVIC

A

Khadi and village industries commission

67
Q

___ species are free living fungi that are commonly seen in root ecosystems

A

Trichoderma

68
Q

Trichoderma species are ____ that are commonly seen in root ecosystems

A

Free living fungi

69
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Trichoderma species are free living fungi that are commonly seen in ___ ecosystems

A

Root

70
Q

Majority of baculoviruses used as biocontrol agents are in the genus

A

Nucleopolyhedrovirus

71
Q

___ are excellent species-specific narrow spectrum insecticides

A

Nucleopolyhedrovirus

72
Q

Main sources of biofertilizers (3)

A

Bacteria
Fungi
Cyanobacteria

73
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Give one eg for a symbiotic bacteria used for biofeetiliser

A

Rhizobium

74
Q

Give two eg for free living N fixing bacteria

A

Azospirillum

Azotobacter

75
Q

Many members of the genus ___ for mycorrhiza

A

Glomus

76
Q

Fungal symbiont of mycorrhiza absorbs ___ from soil and passes it to plant

A

Phosphorous

77
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Plants having mycorrhizal association have three additional advantages. What are they

A

Resistance to root borne pathogens
Tolerance to salinity and drought
Overall increase in plant growth and dev.

78
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In paddy fields, ___ serves as an important biofertilizer

A

Cyanobacteria

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