Which of the following is not a yeast derived product?
Statins
Cyclosporin A
Ethanol
Bread
The nutrition of cattle is taken care by which of the following microbes?
Methanogens
Halophiles
Cynobacteria
Thermoacidophiles
The biogas plant: wrong statement is
10-15 feet deep
In which bio-wastes are collected and slurry of dung is fed
Has a fixed lid
Has an outlet
The spent slurry in biogas plant is
Used as insecticide
Used as fertiliser
Removed from outlet to sewage treatment plants
Both A and B
The technology of biogas production was developed in India mainly due to the efforts of
IARI
KVIC
IAIR
The biogas plants are found in
More in urban areas
More in rural areas
More in Delhi
Cannot be estimated
KVIC stands for
Khadi and village Institution commission
Khadi and vallore institution commission
Khadi and Village Industries commission
Kanpur and Vallore industries Commission
What is the key belief of organic farmers?
Biodiversity furthers health
Health furthers biodiversity
Health and biodiversity are the consequences of development
Both B and C
Which of the following is not an approach of organic farmers?
More variety a land has more sustainable it is.
To create a system which is insects free
To create a system in which insects are kept at manageable levels by a complex system of checks and balances within a dead ecosystem.
Biocontrol measures will greatly reduce our dependence
On toxic chemicals
On pests
On insects
On Birds
Which of the following is not an important part of biological farming approach?
To know all the life forms that inhabit the field
Predators and pests are also analysed
The life cycles, patterns of feeding and habitats of all the life forms of that field
To know the abundance of each of the life forms
Which of the following is the major concern of Organic farmers?
Chemical methods lead to death of harmful life forms discriminately
Eradication of pest is undesirable as it may lead to death of beneficial predatory and parasitic insects
Conventional farming
Biocontrol measures will increase the dependence on toxic chemicals.
To get rid of Aphids which of the following is used?
Beetle with red and black markings
Ladybird
Dragonflies
To get rid of mosquitoes, which of the following is used?
Aphids
The Bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is used to
Control aphids
Control aphid larva
To control butterfly
To control butterfly caterpillars
Bt as a Biocontrol measure holds true for which of the following options?
Available in sachets as dried spores
Sprayed on vulnerable plants such as Brassicas and Dahlia
Kills butterfly caterpillars and other insects
All of these
Which of the following is not true about Trichoderma?
Common in the root ecosystem
Free living fungi
Effective Biocontrol Agents of several plant pathogens
Bt-cotton is prepared by it
Which of the following option is not true for Baculoviruses?
Pathogens that attack insects and the Arthropods
Biological control agents
Genus- Nucleopolyhedrovirus
Species-specific and broad spectrum insecticidal applications
Baculoviruses have no negative effect over
Plants, fish
Mammals
Birds, non-target insects
IPM stands for
Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Part Messenger
International Pollution Management
Inter- Pesticide Management Committee
Biofertiliser are the organisms
That enrich the nutrient quantity of soil
That reduce the nutrient quantity of soil
That enrich the nutrient quality of soil
That enrich the nutrient specificity of soil
Which of the following is free living nitrogen fixer?
Baculoviruses
Azotobacter
Rhizobium
Trichoderma
Mycorrhizae is
Symbiotic association of lichen with algae
Symbiotic association of fungi with higher plants
Symbiotic association of bacteria with plants
Symbiotic association of algae with fungi
Mycorrhizal plants have the following benefits except-
Phosphorus from soil by means of fungi
Resistance to root borne pathogens
Tolerance to salinity, drought and extreme low temperature
Overall increase in plant growth and development
Which of the following is not cynobacteria?
Anabaena
Nostoc
Oscillatoria
Glomus
Which of the following adds organic matter to the soil and increase the fertility of the soil?
Cyanobacteria
Bacteria
Yeast
Biochemical oxygen demand is
Directly proportional to Biodegradable organic matter
Inversely proportional to Biodegradable organic matter
Depends on direction of flow
Directly proportional to dissolved oxygen
Higher the biodegradable organic matter in sewage
Higher the dissolved oxygen
Higher the BOD
Lower the number of Bacteria
Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:Column I Column III. Roots of leguminous plants 1. FrankiaII. Azolla 2. MycorrhizaIII. Glomus 3. AnabaenaIV. Alnus 4. RhizobiumCodes:I II III IV
Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and choose your answer from the codes given below:Column I Column III. Aspergillus niger 1. Clot busterII. Streptococcus 2. Citric acidIII. Trichoderma 3. Cyclosporin AIV. Monascuspurpureus 4. StatinsCodes:I II III IV
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