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Ethanol Production
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Question
Yeast is used in the production of
Options
A. ethyl alcohol
B. acetic acid
C. cheese
D. curd
Correct Answer
ethyl alcohol
Ethanol Production problems
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1. Which of the following is used for agitation in a fermentor?
Options
A. Impeller
B. Baffles
C. Sparger
D. All of these
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Correct Answer: Impeller
2. After the fermentation is over, ethanol is recovered by
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A. centrifugation
B. distillation
C. filtration
D. cell disintegration
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Correct Answer: distillation
3. What are different substrates used for ethanol production?
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A. Starch containing substrate
B. Juices from sugarcane or molasses or sugar beet
C. Waste product from wood or processed wood
D. All of the above
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Correct Answer: All of the above
4. Which of the following microorganisms help in the ethanol production?
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A.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
B.
Zygomonas mobilis
C.
Saccharomyces uvarum
D. All of these
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Correct Answer: All of these
5. High ethanol concentration
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A. promotes yeast growth
B. inhibits yeast growth
C. promotes bacterial growth
D. inhibits bacterial growth
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Correct Answer: inhibits yeast growth
6. The fermentor can be sterilized by
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A. keeping it in the oven
B. steam under pressure
C. boiling
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: steam under pressure
7. How is air supply to the fermentor sterilized?
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A. By heat filtration
B. Filtration through fibrous material
C. Filtration through granular material
D. All of the above
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Correct Answer: All of the above
8. Which of the following organism is not used in any of the traditional industrial fermentation?
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A.
E. coli
B.
Yeast
C.
Bacillus
D.
Pseudomonas
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Correct Answer:
E. coli
9. Ethanol is produced by
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A. continuous fermentation
B. batch fermentation
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
10.
Candida utilis
is used for the fermentation of waste sulphate liquor since it ferments
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A. hexoses only
B. pentoses only
C. both hexoses and pentoses
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: both hexoses and pentoses
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