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Biology
Microbes in Human Welfare
81 questions from 35 papers, each with its answer.
- 81 questions
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Microbes in Industrial Products
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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:Cyclosporin A, which is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients, is produced by the fungus $Trichoderma\ polysporum$. This pair is correct.
$Monascus\ purpureus$ (a yeast) produces statins, which are blood-cholesterol lowering agents, not a drug for swine flu.
$Penicillium$ gives the antibiotic penicillin; the 'clot buster' used for heart patients, streptokinase, comes from the bacterium $Streptococcus$.
No AIDS drug is obtained from $Pseudomonas$.
Hence the correct option is organ-transplant and $Trichoderma$. -
Which one of the following is a wrong matching of a microbe and its industrial product, while the remaining three are correct?$Clostridium\ butylicum$ (a bacterium) produces butyric acid; lactic acid is produced by $Lactobacillus$. So this match is wrong.
$Aspergillus\ niger$ (a fungus) produces citric acid – correct.
The yeast $Monascus\ purpureus$ produces statins, the blood-cholesterol lowering agents – correct.
$Acetobacter\ aceti$ (a bacterium) produces acetic acid – correct.
Hence the wrong matching is $Clostridium\ butylicum$ – lactic acid.
Organic farming
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Consider the following statements (A–D) about organic farming.
A. Utilizes genetically modified crops like Bt cotton
B. Uses only naturally produced inputs like compost
C. Does not use pesticides and urea
D. Produces vegetables rich in vitamins and minerals
Which of the above statements are correct?Organic farming is a cyclical, zero-waste method of farming in which the waste products of one process are cycled in as nutrients for other processes.
It uses only naturally produced inputs such as compost, manure, biofertilisers and biological pest control, so (B) is correct.
It avoids chemical inputs: no synthetic pesticides and no chemical fertilisers such as urea, so (C) is correct.
Genetically modified crops such as Bt cotton are not part of organic farming, so (A) is wrong.
Organic farming is defined by the way the crop is grown; it does not by itself make vegetables richer in vitamins and minerals (that is biofortification), so (D) is wrong.
Hence the correct statements are (B) and (C) only.
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