‘Toddy’, a traditional drink of some parts in southern India, is made by fermenting sap from:
1. | Soyabean | 2. | Bamboo shoots |
3. | Palms | 4. | Sugarcane |
With reference to human beings, antibiotics are actually:
1. | Anti life | 2. | Pro-life |
3. | Irrelevant to life | 4. | Defining life |
Which of the following human diseases cannot be treated by antibiotics?
1. | Plague | 2. | Diphtheria |
3. | Leprosy | 4. | Mumps |
Aspergillus niger is used in the commercial production of:
1. | Citric acid | 2. | Acetic acid |
3. | Lactic acid | 4. | Butyric acid |
Organic acid | Microbial source | |
1. | Aspergillus niger | Citric acid |
2. | Acetobacter aceti | Acetic acid |
3. | Clostridium butylicum | Chorismic acid |
4. | Lactobacillus | Lactic acid |
Fruit juices can be clarified with the use of:
1. | Lipases | 2. | Papain |
3. | Pectinase and protease | 4. | Glucoamylase |
Assertion (A): | Cyclosporin A is indicated to treat and prevent graft-versus-host disease in bone marrow transplantation and to prevent rejection of kidney, heart, and liver transplants. |
Reason (R): | Cyclosporin A lowers the activity of T-cells. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not explain (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
Assertion (A): | Statins produced by the yeast Monascus purpureus have been commercialised as blood-cholesterol lowering agents. |
Reason (R): | Statins act by decreasing the absorption of end products of fat digestion in the small intestine. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not explain (A). |