Chemicals Enzymes Other Bioactive Molecules

Monascus purpureus is the yeast used commercially in the production of:

1.	Ethanol
2.	Streptokinase for removing clots from the blood vessels
3.	Citric acid
4.	Blood cholesterol-lowering statins

A patient brought to a hospital with myocardial infarction is normally immediately given:

1.	penicillin	2.	streptokinase
3.	cyclosporin-A	4.	statins

A good producer of citric acid is:

1. Pseudomonas

2. Clostridium

3. Saccharomyces

4. Aspergillus

Match the following list of microbes and what they are used for:

A.	Saccharomyces cerevisiae	1.	Production of immunosuppressive agents
B.	Monascus purpureus	2.	Ripening of Swiss cheese
C.	Trichoderma polysporum	3.	Commercial production of ethanol
D.	Propionibacterium shermanii	4.	Production of blood-cholesterol-lowering agents

1. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

2. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

3. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

4. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

1. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

2. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

3. A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

4. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

Which of the following is correctly matched for the product produced by them?

1. Methanobacterium: Lactic acid

2. Penicillium notatum: Acetic acid

3. Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Ethanol

4. Acetobacter aceti: Antibiotics

Which of the following is a commercial blood cholesterol-lowering agent?

1.	Lipase	2.	Cyclosporin A
3.	Statin	4.	Streptokinase

For the commercial and industrial production of Citric Acid, which of the following microbes is used?

1. Aspergillus niger

2. Lactobacillus sp

3. Saccharomyces cerevisiae

4. Clostridium bretylium

Cyclosporin A, used as an immuno-suppression agent, is produced from:

1.	Monascus purpureus	2.	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
3.	Penicillium notatum	4.	Trichoderma polysporum

Match List-I with List-II

	List-I		List-II
(a)	Aspergillus Niger	(i)	Acetic Acid
(b)	Acetobacter aceti	(ii)	Lactic Acid
(c)	Clostridium bretylium	(iii)	Citric Acid
(d)	Lactobacillus	(iv)	Butyric Acid

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
1.	(ii)	(iii)	(i)	(iv)
2.	(iv)	(ii)	(i)	(iii)
3.	(iii)	(i)	(iv)	(ii)
4.	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)

Match List I with List II

	List I		List II
A.	Clostridium butylicum	I.	Ethanol
B.	Saccharomyces cerevisiae	II.	Streptokinase
C.	Trichoderma Polysporum	III.	Butyric acid
D.	Streptococcus sp.	IV.	Cyclosporin-A

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
2. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
3. A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II
4. A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

Streptokinase produced by bacterium Streptococcus is used for

1.	Liver disease treatment
2.	Removing clots from blood vessels
3.	Curd production
4.	Ethanol production