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Microorganisms: Friend and Foe

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Which of the following gases is responsible for an increase in the volume of breads, cakes and pastries etc.?

  1. Hydrogen

  2. Carbon dioxide

  3. Oxygen

  4. Nitrogen


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yeast is the organism, which is added to the dairy products to increase their volume. When the yeast cells multiply, they breathe and release carbon dioxide, which causes an increase in the volume of food products. 

Which category of microorganisms causes diseases like typhoid and tuberculosis?

  1. Bacteria

  2. Virus

  3. Protozoa

  4. Fungi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The causal organism is bacteria.

Which of the following diseases is not caused by viruses?

  1. Polio

  2. Chicken pox

  3. Malaria

  4. Influenza


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Polio, chicken pox, and influenza are the diseases for which the causal organism is virus, whereas malaria is an example of a bacterial disease. 

The disease causing microorganisms are known as _____.

  1. antibiotics

  2. invaders

  3. pathogens

  4. carriers


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Antibiotics are the preparation made from modified bacteria, which act against any bacterial infection, whereas, pathogen refers to the disease causing organisms. Carrier organisms transmit disease from a diseased person to a healthy one and invaders refer to any organisms, which enter into our body irrespective of the fact whether it is useful or harmful. 

Which of the following activities is not performed by yeast?

  1. Production of alcohol

  2. Production of wine

  3. Preparation of cheese

  4. Preparation of breads


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yeast cells undergo anaerobic respiration and convert the grape sugar into alcohol. The process is known as fermentation. Also, they are used in baking industry to raise the volume of the products, but cheese preparation does not need an action of yeast.

Which of the following is the most appropriate statement about habitat of microorganisms?

  1. Microorganisms can live in hot springs and deserts to marshy lands only.

  2. They are found only inside the body of other animals including humans.

  3. They can survive under all types of environment and also found inside the bodies of the animals including human beings, and can live freely also.

  4. They live free and independent life, and do not form colonies.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Microorganisms are such a group of organisms which are omni-present, from oceans to deserts, from -25oC to +25oC, inside human body or in the air.

Which of the following diseases is not cured by vaccine?

  1. Small pox

  2. Diphtheria

  3. Tuberculosis

  4. Diabetes


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Diabetes is the disease for which no microbe is responsible but is caused due to the improper functioning of a particular body organ. Therefore, it can't be cured by vaccine. 

Which of the following is made from modified viruses or bacteria and is used to induce immunity in a human body?

  1. Pathogen

  2. Vaccine

  3. Antibiotic

  4. Antibody


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Antibiotics are the substances that destroy or inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms, whereas, pathogen refers to a disease causing organism. Vaccine refers to a biological preparation, which is made from modified viruses or bacteria to induce immunity in human beings, and antibodies are present in the blood and helps fighting against infections. 

Which of the following microorganisms promote the formation of curd?

  1. Bacteria

  2. Yeast

  3. Viruses

  4. Algae


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

During curd formation, milk, sugar and lactose are converted into lactic acid by the action of the bacteria lactobacillus, thereby making curd taste sour.

Which of the following options is process to convert sugar to alcohol?

  1. Fermentation

  2. Fragmentation

  3. Fumigation

  4. Germination


Correct Option: A

Which of the following options is not a function of bacteria?

  1. Breakdown of organic waste into harmless and usable substances

  2. Decomposition of non-biodegradable waste

  3. Increase in soil fertility

  4. Used in baking industry for preparation of breads, pasteries and cakes

  5. Preparation of medicine


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bacteria do not decompose non-biodegradable wastes.

How plant waste is decomposed?

  1. By the action of enzymes present in the waste.

  2. Soil provides catalyst which helps in decomposition.

  3. By the action of microbes present in the soil.

  4. Nutrients and minerals present in the soil helps in decomposition.


Correct Option: C

Which of the following options is not free living nitrogen fixing bacteria?

  1. Anabaena

  2. Nostoc

  3. Azobacta

  4. Rhizobium


Correct Option: D

Which of the following options is not example of antibiotics?

  1. Streptomycin

  2. Tetracycline

  3. Salmonella

  4. Erythromycine


Correct Option: C

Which of the following diseases is not cured by vaccine?

  1. Small pox

  2. Diptheria

  3. TuberculosIs

  4. Diabetes


Correct Option: D

Which of the following acts as a carrier of dengue?

  1. Female Anopheles mosquito

  2. Tse -tse fly

  3. Wucheria

  4. Female Aedes mosquito


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Female Aedes mosquito acts as a carrier of dengue.

Name the disease causing microorganism.

  1. Antibiotics

  2. Invaders

  3. Pathogens

  4. Carriers


Correct Option: C

Which of the following diseases is not communicable?

  1. Cholera

  2. Chicken pox

  3. Tuberculosis

  4. Arthritis


Correct Option: D

Which of the following multicellular algae form colonies?

  1. Volvox

  2. Chlorella

  3. Chlamydomonas

  4. Aspergillus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Multicellular algae generally live in two forms, either isolated or in colonies. Volvox is the only example of multicellular algae out of the given four, which lives by forming colonies whereas the other three stay isolated.

Which of the following options is the proper reason of giving vaccination to the infants/children?

  1. Vaccines introduce weak and dead microbes in the body of child which prepares the body to fight against disease causing microbes.

  2. Vaccines introduce living and healthy microbes in the body of child which prepares the body to fight against disease causing microbes.

  3. Vaccines introduce antibiotics in the body of the child which prepares the body to fight against disease causing microbes.

  4. Vaccines introduce antibodies in the body of the child which prepares the body to fight against diseases.


Correct Option: A
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