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Which of these cannot be classified as a microbe?

  1. Fungi

  2. Bacteria

  3. Protozoa

  4. Aves

  5. Algae


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Aves are birds, they are not microscopic microbes.

Which of these is NOT a friendly microbe?

  1. Yeast

  2. Lactobacillus

  3. HIV

  4. Rhizobium

  5. Azetobacter


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

HIV is pathogenic and causes AIDS.

What is the term for a virus that attacks bacteria?

  1. Bacteriophage

  2. Agaricus

  3. Saccharomyces

  4. Lactobacillus

  5. Azetobacter


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bacteriophage is the term for a virus that attacks bacteria.

Which one of the following microbes can change shape?

  1. Spirogyra

  2. Yeast

  3. Bread mould

  4. Chlamydomonas

  5. Amoeba


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Amoeba can change shape with the help of its pseudopodia.

Which of these can increase soil fertility?

  1. Amoeba

  2. Rhizobium

  3. Bread mould

  4. Yeast

  5. Lactobacillus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rhizobium can increase soil fertility. It lives inside root nodules of leguminous plants.

Which of these is NOT an antibiotic?

  1. Streptomycin

  2. Tetracycline

  3. Sodium benzoate

  4. Erythromycin

  5. Kanamycin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sodium benzoate is a chemical food preservative.

Which of these famous personalities discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic?

  1. Edward Jenner

  2. Louis Pasteur

  3. Robert Koch

  4. Alexander Fleming

  5. Anton von Leeuvenhock


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, while he was working with bacteria and a mould called Penicillium notatum.

Which one of these is a chemical preservative?

  1. NPK

  2. Penicillin

  3. Alcohol

  4. Nitrate

  5. Sodium metabisulphite


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Sodium metabisulphite is a chemical preservative.

What is said to be 'in the borderline between living and non-living'?

  1. Bacteria

  2. Virus

  3. Algae

  4. Protozoa


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Viruses are said to be in the borderline between living and non-living because they have a genetic material and life processes. They still behave like non-living crystals when outside the host body

'Pulse Polio Programme' was started in India to eradicate which disease?

  1. Typhoid

  2. Polio

  3. Tuberculosis

  4. Cholera


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Pulse Polio Programme' was started in India to eradicate the crippling disease polio. In this, children below the age of 5 years are given free the oral polio vaccine (OPV).

Which of these is NOT a method of food preservation?

  1. Using sugar

  2. Using oil and vinegar

  3. Refrigeration

  4. Keeping food at room temperature, in moisture

  5. Using salt


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is not a method of food preservation. It causes food spoilage.

Which of these is NOT a process of nitrogen cycle occurring in nature?

  1. Starch is produced by photosynthesis

  2. Blue-green algae and bacteria fix nitrogen

  3. Uptake of nitrate by plants

  4. Lightning fixes nitrogen

  5. Death of organisms and nitrogenous waste excretion brings nitrogenous materials back to soil.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photosynthesis is not a part of nitrogen cycle.

Which of the following terms correctly defines pasteurisation?

  1. Action done by rhizobium

  2. Using of chemical preservatives in food

  3. A method of milk preservation

  4. Anaerobic respiration

  5. Use of antibiotics


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A method of milk preservation in which milk is heated to 70 degrees for 15 to 30 seconds and then suddenly chilled and stored.

Which of these organisms can produce wine from natural sugars?

  1. Yeast

  2. Blue-green algae

  3. Bread mould

  4. Virus

  5. Spirogyra


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yeast can produce wine from natural sugars.

Against which of these diseases is antibiotic NOT effective?

  1. Malaria

  2. Typhoid

  3. Tuberculosis

  4. Cholera

  5. Cold and flu


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Antibiotics are not effective against cold and flu because they are caused by viruses.

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