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  • Question
  • Composting is one of the oldest forms of disposal of waste. It is the natural process of decomposition of organic waste that yields manure or compost. One of the following is added to the compost to get better results?


  • Options
  • A. Ants
  • B. Bugs
  • C. Snakes
  • D. Worms

  • Correct Answer
  • Worms 


  • More questions

    • 1. Which of the following is responsible for the corrosion problem?

    • Options
    • A. Iron bacteria
    • B. Sulfur bacteria
    • C. Slime forming bacteria
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. When the fermentation of fructose results in the bitter product mannitol, the fermentation is sometime termed as-

    • Options
    • A. mannkic
    • B. mannitic
    • C. amertume
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Zooxanthellae are algal symbiont that live within coral reef animals. These algae belong to

    • Options
    • A. chlorophyta
    • B. chrysophyta
    • C. pyrrophyta
    • D. rhodophyta
    • Discuss
    • 4. Colorless rots in eggs is caused by

    • Options
    • A. Pseudomonas alcaligenes
    • B. Pseudomonas fluorescens
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. The presence of viable non-spore forming bacteria in heat process canned foods indicates leakage of the container. Which of the following is responsible for the spoilage of leaky cans?

    • Options
    • A. Plant equipment
    • B. Cooling water
    • C. Highly acidic medium
    • D. High sugar content
    • Discuss
    • 6. The plasmids can be eliminated from a cell by the process known as

    • Options
    • A. curing
    • B. breaking
    • C. fixing
    • D. expulsion
    • Discuss
    • 7. Aerobic catabolism of glucose yields how much energy (ATP synthesized) relative to glucose fermentation?

    • Options
    • A. Slightly less
    • B. About the same
    • C. Twice as much
    • D. More than 10 times as much
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following(s) bacteria belong to the family Entero-bacteriaceae?

    • Options
    • A. Yersinia
    • B. Shigella
    • C. Salmonella
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which phage always carries a small piece of E.coli genome?

    • Options
    • A. Lambda
    • B. Mu
    • C. T4
    • D. T3
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following acid will have higher bacteriostatic effect at a given pH?

    • Options
    • A. Acetic acid
    • B. Tartaric acid
    • C. Citric acid
    • D. Maleic acid
    • Discuss


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