I: | produce acids that coagulate and partially digest the milk proteins. |
II: | improves its nutritional quality by increasing vitamin B1. |
I: | The dough, which is used for making foods such as dosa and idli is fermented by yeast. |
II: | The puffed-up appearance of dough is due to the production of CO2 gas. |
III: | The dough, which is used for making bread, is fermented using baker’s yeast. |
IV: | ‘Toddy’, a traditional drink of some parts of southern India is made by fermenting sap from coconut. |
I: | Wine |
II: | Beer |
III: | Whisky |
IV: | Rum |
1. | Only I and II | 2. | Only III and IV |
3. | Only I and III | 4. | Only II and IV |
1. | Selman Waksman while working on Staphylococci bacteria |
2. | Alexander Fleming while working on Staphylococci bacteria |
3. | Albert Schatz while working of Streptomyces |
4. | François Henri Hallopeau while working of Streptomyces |
Statement I: | The bacterium, Streptococcus, is the source of an enzyme used in patients of myocardial infarction leading to a heart attack. |
Statement II: | The enzyme is streptokinase, which enhances the action of anti-coagulant heparin. |
1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
2. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
3. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
Assertion (A): | Cyclosporin A is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients. |
Reason (R): | Cyclosporin A is a bioactive molecule produced by the fungus Trichoderma polysporum. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
2. | (A) is True; (R) is False |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are False |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
Assertion (A): | Statins produced by the yeast Monascus purpureus have been commercialised as blood-cholesterol lowering agents. |
Reason (R): | Statins act by competitively inhibiting the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of cholesterol. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
2. | (A) is True; (R) is False |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are False |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A) |