Modern farmers can increase the yield of Paddy up to 50% by the use of:
1.  Cyanobacteria
2.  Rhizobium
3.  Cyanobacteria in Azolla pinnata
4.  Farm yard manure

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 56%
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 1998
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Azolla is used in the cultivation of:

1. Maize 2. Sorghum
3. Wheat 4. Rice
Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 56%
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 1999
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Which of the following is true pair of biofertilizers:
1.  Azolla and BGA
2.  Nostoc and legume
3.  Rhizobium and grasses
4.  Salmonella & E. Coli

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 66%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2001
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Which of the following plants are used as green manure in crop fields and in sandy soils:

1. Crotalaria juncea and Alhagi camelorum

2. Calotropis procera and Phyllanthus niruri

3. Saccharum munja and Lantana camara

4. Dichanthium annulatum and Azolla nilotica

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
Level 4: Below 35%
AIPMT - 2003
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The most thoroughly studied of the known bacteria-plant interactions is the:
 

1. Gall formation on certain angiosperms by Agrobacterium
2. Nodulation of Sesbania stems by nitrogen-fixing bacteria
3. Plant growth stimulation by phosphate– solubilising bacteria
4. Cyanobacterial symbiosis with some aquatic ferns

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
Level 4: Below 35%
AIPMT - 2004
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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched:

1. Serratia – Drug addiction

2. Spirulina – Single-cell protein

3. Rhizobium – Biofertilizer

4. Streptomyces – Antibiotic 

Subtopic:  Industrial Products, Beverages & Antibiotics | Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 68%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2004
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A free-living nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium that can also form a symbiotic association with the water fern Azolla is:

1. Chlorella

2. Nostoc

3. Anabaena

4. Tolypothrix

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 68%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2004
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains have been used for designing novel:

1. Bioinsecticidal plants

2. Bio-mineralization processes

3. Biofertilizers

4. Bio-metallurgical techniques 

Subtopic:  Microbes as Biofertilizer |
 82%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2005
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