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Name the two main types of Fermentation?
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- Fermentation is the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat The two most common types of fermentation are (1) alcoholic fermentation (and) (2) lactic acid fermentation (1) Alcoholic fermentation : the type of fermentation in which ethyl alcohol is the main end product This is very common in yeast (unicellular fungus) and also seen in some bacteria Yeast cells release enzymes called zymase complex which bring about the fermentation The reactions are similar to anaerobic respiration (2) Lactic acid fermentation : The type of fermentation in which lactic acid is the end product It is carried out by some bacteria (eg lactic acid bacteria), and also by animals (muscle glycolysis in animals, under oxygen deficiency, results in the formation of lactic acid this is whay we experience in muscle cramps, or "Charley horse")
- 1. United Nations adapted a Charter of Economic Rights in the year
Options- A. 1969
- B. 1974
- C. 1956
- D. 1964 Discuss
- 2. The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes are
Options- A. latitudes
- B. longitudes
- C. geographic grids
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 3. The budget deficit means
Options- A. the excess of total expenditure, including loans, net of lending over revenue receipts
- B. difference between revenue receipts and revenue expenditure
- C. difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
- D. fiscal deficit less interest payments Discuss
- 4. The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by
Options- A. carbon dioxide
- B. water vapours
- C. carbon dioxide and water vapours
- D. ozone Discuss
- 5. The Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) came into existence in
Options- A. 1984
- B. 1986
- C. 1987
- D. 1989 Discuss
- 6. Eugenics is the study of
Options- A. altering human beings by changing their genetic components
- B. people of European origin
- C. different races of mankind
- D. genetic of plants Discuss
- 7. The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is
Options- A. Mt. Aconcagua
- B. Mt. Kilimanjaro
- C. Mt. Kosciuszko
- D. Mont Blanc Discuss
- 8. How many former republics of USSR have become members of the Commonwealth of Independent States?
Options- A. 11
- B. 10
- C. 12
- D. 9 Discuss
- 9. The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of
Options- A. small, progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed
- B. small, progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun
- C. both (a) and (b)
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 10. The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the
Options- A. entire Imperial establishment
- B. land owned b the emperor himself
- C. religious land grants
- D. land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury Discuss
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Correct Answer: 1974
Correct Answer: geographic grids
Correct Answer: difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
Correct Answer: carbon dioxide
Correct Answer: 1987
Correct Answer: altering human beings by changing their genetic components
Correct Answer: Mt. Kilimanjaro
Correct Answer: 11
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
Correct Answer: land owned b the emperor himself
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