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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. Most microbial structures and enzymes are composed of

    • Options
    • A. lipids
    • B. proteins
    • C. carbohydrates
    • D. lipids and carbohydrates
    • Discuss
    • 2. Transmission of bubonic plague is by

    • Options
    • A. rat flea
    • B. inhalation
    • C. ingestion
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which one is not studied in microbiology?

    • Options
    • A. Bacteria
    • B. Animal behaviour
    • C. Fungi
    • D. Algae
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which is not a function of IgA?

    • Options
    • A. Protect mucosal surfaces
    • B. Fix complement
    • C. Protect eyes
    • D. Agglutinate antigen
    • Discuss
    • 5. Cell wall protein of Streptococcus pyogenes crossreacts with human

    • Options
    • A. synovial fluid
    • B. cardiac valves
    • C. myocardium
    • D. vascular intima
    • Discuss
    • 6. Transmission of pneumonic plague from man to man is through

    • Options
    • A. inoculation
    • B. ingestion
    • C. droplet infection
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. All the following are considered eukaryotes except

    • Options
    • A. archaea
    • B. fungi
    • C. protozoa
    • D. humans
    • Discuss
    • 8. A disease producing species occurring in a mixed culture can often be selected on the basis of its

    • Options
    • A. pathogenic properties
    • B. special carbon source
    • C. special nitrogen source
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following organisms typically get their carbon for biosynthesis from carbon dioxide?

    • Options
    • A. Glucose-fermenting bacteria (fermentation)
    • B. Anaerobic, glucose-respiring bacteria (anaerobic respiration)
    • C. Aerobic, glucose-respiring bacteria (aerobic respiration)
    • D. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (chemolithotrophic bacteria)
    • Discuss
    • 10. During DNA replication in prokaryotes, synthesis begins on the circular chromosome

    • Options
    • A. always at the same place
    • B. at any stretch of DNA that is high in AT pairs
    • C. randomly on the chromosome
    • D. at the promoter
    • Discuss


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