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				This section includes 45 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | 
                                     Which of the following is a step under process development? | 
                            
| A. | Establish tentative process specifications | 
| B. | Organize necessary pilot plant facilities | 
| C. | Produce pilot plant products and submit to taste panels | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. | 
                                    Which of the following is NOT covered under ‘Finished Product Quality Assurance’? | 
                            
| A. | Finished product monitoring | 
| B. | Special finished product survey | 
| C. | Factory visits | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. | 
                                    The effort of QA to little day-to-day jobs is related to which of the following sector? | 
                            
| A. | Service | 
| B. | Vendor’s appraisal | 
| C. | Complaint handling | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Vendor’s appraisal | |
| 4. | 
                                    Which of the following is covered under ‘Raw Material Quality Assurance’? | 
                            
| A. | Specifications | 
| B. | Survey program | 
| C. | Service | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. | 
                                    Which of the following is an objective of ‘Quality assurance’? | 
                            
| A. | To establish, issue and maintain standards and specifications for all raw materials and finished goods | 
| B. | To assure all ingredients and all finished goods adhere to the company’s quality standards | 
| C. | To be of service to the company in all areas related to product quality | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. | 
                                     ‘A company must be on guard against violations’. This is covered under _____ | 
                            
| A. | Inspections and safety incidents | 
| B. | Auditing | 
| C. | Product integrity | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
| 7. | 
                                    Which of the following is useful in trouble shooting for physical systems hazard? | 
                            
| A. | Developing and maintaining flow diagrams to cover all food processing and physical systems and environment | 
| B. | Identifying all physical system hazards to safety and integrity of products | 
| C. | Establishing systems of control for all hazards and maintaining records of the same | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. | 
                                     Which does the following task come under? – Maintaining inventory of food processing systems and their environments. | 
                            
| A. | Product specifications | 
| B. | Physical systems hazards control | 
| C. | Purchasing requirements | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Purchasing requirements | |
| 9. | 
                                     Which of the following is a major role for the industry? | 
                            
| A. | GMP compliance | 
| B. | Product recall System | 
| C. | Costumer service | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. | 
                                    Which of the following techniques are used by FDA in determining the manner in which industry accepts its responsibilities? | 
                            
| A. | Establishment inspection | 
| B. | Sample Collection and analysis of product in process | 
| C. | Surveillance intended to identify new problems | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. | 
                                    The outbreaks traced to foods from food processing plants are contributed due to which of the following factor? | 
                            
| A. | Inadequate refrigeration | 
| B. | Preparing food items too far in advance | 
| C. | Food items re-infected after final heat processing | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. | 
                                    Which of the following is true with respect to irradiation for fresh fish? | 
                            
| A. | The odor caused by volatile formed in irradiated fresh fish decreases with storage time if the product is packed in a gas permeable container | 
| B. | The expected shelf life at a given storage temperature would depend on the irradiation dose | 
| C. | Both of the mentioned | 
| D. | Neither of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. Neither of the mentioned | |
| 13. | 
                                    Viruses can be eliminated by irradiation. | 
                            
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» C. | |
| 14. | 
                                    Low dose irradiation has a potential to extend the shelf-life of certain food items but very low doses shows predominant mold formation. | 
                            
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» B. False | |
| 15. | 
                                    With respect to which of the following properties of food does food irradiation prove a disadvantage? | 
                            
| A. | Flavor | 
| B. | Tenderness | 
| C. | Microbial growth | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Tenderness | |
| 16. | 
                                    Statement 1: Very young chickens can also be irradiated. This is an advantage of irradiation. Statement 2: Which of the following is an example of ionizing radiation as a unit operation in the field of food and agriculture? | 
                            
| A. | True, Synthesis of vitamin C | 
| B. | True, Aging of wines | 
| C. | False, Increasing the yield of crops | 
| D. | False, All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. | 
                                    Which of the following is important in estimating decimal reduction dose (D value)? | 
                            
| A. | Observations made in the food itself | 
| B. | Desirable to experiment with the largest feasible initial number of cells and to follow their destruction to the lowest level which can be observed within the limits of statistical significance | 
| C. | Both of the mentioned | 
| D. | Neither of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. Neither of the mentioned | |
| 18. | 
                                    Statement 1: Plastic films and other foils might get damaged due to irradiation. Statement 2: By increasing the radiation dose by a two-fold, the resistance of certain organisms to irradiation increases. | 
                            
| A. | True, False | 
| B. | True, True | 
| C. | False, False | 
| D. | False, True | 
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 19. | 
                                     Container shape plays an important role for radiation source utilization. | 
                            
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» B. False | |
| 20. | 
                                    Statement 1: Radiation has no influence in promoting tin rot or tin disease. Statement 2: Tin coatings over base steel are suitable for food irradiation. | 
                            
| A. | True, False | 
| B. | True, True | 
| C. | False, False | 
| D. | False, True | 
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 21. | 
                                     Statement 1: Radiation sterilization might be used for baking since it indicates that the baking quality of eggs is not impaired during doses of ionizing radiations. Statement 2: Enzymes are _____ by ionizing radiations. | 
                            
| A. | True, activated | 
| B. | True, inactivated | 
| C. | False, no change observed | 
| D. | False, all of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. False, no change observed | |
| 22. | 
                                     Ionizing radiation _____ the thickness of albumin. | 
                            
| A. | Increases | 
| B. | Decreases | 
| C. | Remains constant | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Remains constant | |
| 23. | 
                                     Irradiation _____ the relative viscosity of albumin in solutions. | 
                            
| A. | Increases | 
| B. | Decreases | 
| C. | Remains constant | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Decreases | |
| 24. | 
                                    Statement 1: Effects of radiation and heat are the same on milk; that is they both influence the rennet coagulation time. Statement 2: _____ balance is important in condensing and canning process. | 
                            
| A. | True, Water | 
| B. | True, Calcium | 
| C. | False, Fat | 
| D. | False, All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. False, Fat | |
| 25. | 
                                    Which of the following is correct about alpha particles? | 
                            
| A. | High ionization due to relative size and carrying of double positive charge | 
| B. | Low penetration power | 
| C. | In air, they have a range of few centimeters | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. | 
                                    Which of the following fact about radiation/ irradiation is true? | 
                            
| A. | All food items consumed by man are radioactive | 
| B. | Alpha and beta particles and gamma photons are the radiations available for food preservation applications | 
| C. | Energy lost per ion pair formed is greater than the ionization energy | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. | 
                                    When the coloring is truly artificial, the food statement “food color added” needs to be added. | 
                            
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» C. | |
| 28. | 
                                     Which of the following is NOT true about artificial coloring with respect to food? | 
                            
| A. | It is defined as any material which contains a dye or a pigment | 
| B. | This dye or pigment can be obtained by extracting a natural dye or pigment from plants or other sources | 
| C. | Caramel falls under its definition | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. | 
                                    Which of the following is a permitted food additive by the FDA when not in violation with other section of the act? | 
                            
| A. | Aluminium sodium sulphate | 
| B. | Vitamin D-2 | 
| C. | Sodium polyphosphate | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. | 
                                    Which of the following is a use of waxing in plant tissues? | 
                            
| A. | Reduces shrinkage losses | 
| B. | Reducing water losses due to evaporation | 
| C. | Thick leads to anaerobic respiration conditions and thin coat offers little control over moisture losses | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. | 
                                     _____ salts are used in many fruit processing operations in concentrations below 0.1%. | 
                            
| A. | Calcium | 
| B. | Magnesium | 
| C. | Sodium | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» B. Magnesium | |
| 32. | 
                                    Which of the following is true about synergism? | 
                            
| A. | The mechanism of synergism depends on the nature of synergist, the antioxidant and the fat | 
| B. | Synergists do not have antioxidant properties alone | 
| C. | When two or more antioxidants combine, a greater effect than a single antioxidant is produced. This is referred to as synergism | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. | 
                                    Statement 1: None of the naturally occurring antioxidant phenols are permitted as food additives. Statement 2: Benzoic acid has certain antioxidant properties. | 
                            
| A. | True, False | 
| B. | True, True | 
| C. | False, False | 
| D. | False, True | 
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 34. | 
                                    Which of the following is a naturally occurring antioxidant? | 
                            
| A. | Hydroquinone | 
| B. | Ascorbic acid | 
| C. | Vitamin E | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. | 
                                    Which of the following is valid when it comes to the future of antibiotics in food? | 
                            
| A. | Should have no harmful effect on man when taken by mouth and preferably should be metabolizable | 
| B. | The economy of use, ease of use and reliability of control and detection must exist | 
| C. | Preferably compatible with other methods of permanent preservation | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. | 
                                    Which of the following is true about mold inhibition? | 
                            
| A. | Sorbic acid is used as a mold inhibitor in cheese | 
| B. | The quantity of Sorbic acid required for mold inhibition is one third the amount of sodium benzoate required | 
| C. | Propylene glycol and tri ethylene glycol have germicidal properties | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. | 
                                     Which of the following food additive can be used for mold inhibition/ killing? | 
                            
| A. | Propionates | 
| B. | Sulphur dioxide | 
| C. | Both of the mentioned | 
| D. | Neither of the mentioned | 
| Answer» D. Neither of the mentioned | |
| 38. | 
                                    Statement 1: Sodium Sulphite is banned in certain countries like USA because it has preserving effect on animal tissues but with the combination of other agents. Statement 2: Sulphuring dried fruits helps in controlling microbial and insect activity. | 
                            
| A. | True, False | 
| B. | True, True | 
| C. | False, False | 
| D. | False, True | 
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 39. | 
                                     In canning, if the air in the head space is displaced with nitrogen, the gas is considered as a chemical preservative added to the food. | 
                            
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| Answer» C. | |
| 40. | 
                                    Which of the following chemical additive is banned in the United States and in most of the other countries? | 
                            
| A. | Brandy | 
| B. | Olestra | 
| C. | Baking Soda | 
| D. | None of the mentioned | 
| Answer» C. Baking Soda | |
| 41. | 
                                    Which of the following is a function of a chemical additive? | 
                            
| A. | Preservation | 
| B. | Serve as nutritional supplement | 
| C. | Color modifiers | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. | 
                                    Which of the following undesirable quality pertains to the undesirable use of additives? | 
                            
| A. | To disguise the use of faulty processing and handling techniques | 
| B. | To deceive consumers and result in a substantial reduction of the nutritive value of the food | 
| C. | When the desired effect can be obtained by good manufacturing practices which are economically feasible | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. | 
                                    Which of the following is a use of food additive? | 
                            
| A. | Maintenance of nutritional quality of food and providing essential aids in food processing | 
| B. | Enhancement of keeping quality or stability with resulting reduction in food losses | 
| C. | Making food attractive to the consumer in a manner which does not lead to deception | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. | 
                                     Which of the following terms/ food items are NOT included in the definition of a food additive? | 
                            
| A. | Food items that find their way accidentally or unintentionally | 
| B. | Pesticides, color additives | 
| C. | New animal drugs or any substance used in accordance with a sanction or approval granted prior to effective date of food additives amendment of 1958 | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. | 
                                    Which of the following defines a food additive? | 
                            
| A. | Substance which is/ may become a part of food | 
| B. | A substance or a mixture of substances which is present in food as a result of any aspect of production, processing, storage or packaging | 
| C. | A substance, the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food with certain exceptions | 
| D. | All of the mentioned | 
| Answer» E. | |