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  • Question
  • Start up expenses in a fermentation industry varies from


  • Options
  • A. 0-5% of the capital cost
  • B. 10-15% of the capital cost
  • C. 5-10% of the capital cost
  • D. 15-20% of the capital cost

  • Correct Answer
  • 5-10% of the capital cost 


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    • 1. For laminar flow, Reynolds number is correlated with power number as (where K, a constant which depends on the container geometry and shape of stirrer; Rei is Reynolds number for agitator; Di, stirrer diameter and N, stirrer speed)

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    • A. Np = K(Rei)-1
    • B. Np = N2Di(Rei)-1
    • C. Np = K(Rei)
    • D. Np = KNDi(Rei)-2
    • Discuss
    • 2. The main function of the dimples provided in the cooling jacket is to

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    • A. increase the level of turbulence of the cooling water in the jacket
    • B. increase the residence time of the cooling water in the jacket
    • C. increase the cooling water-jacket wall boundary layer size
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. In a tall reactor, oxygen transfer rates will be

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    • A. highest at the surface of the reactor
    • B. highest at the base of the reactor
    • C. highest in the middle of the reactor
    • D. the same throughout the reactor
    • Discuss
    • 4. Milk digestibility is improved by using

    • Options
    • A. RNase
    • B. lactase
    • C. ?-amylase
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. The power required by an agitator operating in a gas-sparged system is

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    • A. lesser than the power required by an impeller in operating at same speed in a gas free system
    • B. more than the power required by an impeller in operating at same speed in a gas free system
    • C. same as the power required by an impeller in operating at same speed in a gas free system
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The monod model predicts that the specific growth rate

    • Options
    • A. will increase with the concentration of the growth limiting substrate until it reaches a maximum value
    • B. will decrease with the concentration of the growth limiting substrate
    • C. will increase with the concentration of the growth limiting substrate
    • D. does not depend on growth limiting substrate
    • Discuss
    • 7. The ratio of the amount of a protein present in a sample, which is used as a measure of purification, is known as

    • Options
    • A. specific activity
    • B. relative activity
    • C. purity ratio
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which category of enzymes belongs to class 5 in the international classification?

    • Options
    • A. Hydrolases
    • B. Isomerases
    • C. Oxido-reductases
    • D. Cyclase
    • Discuss
    • 9. The water being used in dairy industry should contain not more than

    • Options
    • A. 5 proteolytic and/or lipolytic organisms per ml
    • B. 10 proteolytic and/or lipolytic organisms per ml
    • C. 15 proteolytic and/or lipolytic organisms per ml
    • D. 20 proteolytic and/or lipolytic organisms/ml
    • Discuss
    • 10. The initial velocity, V0, of an enzyme catalyzed reaction reaches Vmax as

    • Options
    • A. [S] = KM
    • B. [S] = 10 * KM
    • C. 1/[S] = 1/KM
    • D. 1/[S] ? 0
    • Discuss


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