Explore topic-wise MCQs in Enzyme Technology.

This section includes 12 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Enzyme Technology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which of the following is not true for immobilized lactases?

A. Product inhibition by galactose
B. Unwanted oligosaccharide formation
C. Microbial contamination
D. Batch variability problems of acid hydrolysis
Answer» E.
2.

Which of the following immobilized organism is not used to produce lactases?

A. Kluyveromyces lactis
B. Mortierella vinacea
C. Aspergillus Niger
D. Aspergillus Oryzae
Answer» C. Aspergillus Niger
3.

Immobilized ______________ is used in the treatment of whey.

A. raffinase
B. lactase
C. invertase
D. rennet
Answer» C. invertase
4.

A productivity of 16 tons of inverted syrup may be achieved using one liter of the granular enzyme.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
5.

Which one of the following is not a step in production of glucose syrups using invertase?

A. Yeast cells were autolyzed
B. Filtration through a bed of calcium sulphate
C. Adsorption into bone char
D. Galactose released is destroyed by alkaline conditions
Answer» E.
6.

Immobilized __________ is used to remove the raffinose and stachyose from soybean milk.

A. raffinase
B. xylose isomerase
C. invertase
D. papain
Answer» B. xylose isomerase
7.

____________ is stirred with sugar beet juice in batch stirred tank reactors to remove raffinose.

A. Kluyveromyces lactis
B. Bacillus Licheniformis
C. Mortierella vinacea
D. Bacillus acidopullulyticus
Answer» D. Bacillus acidopullulyticus
8.

Which of the following organism is capable of producing raffinase, but not invertase.

A. Yeast
B. Mortierella vinacea
C. Bacillus acidopullulyticus
D. Kluyveromyces lactis
Answer» C. Bacillus acidopullulyticus
9.

_____________ isomerizes -D-glucopyranose to -D fructofuranose.

A. Xylose isomerase
B. Glucose isomerase
C. Sucrose phosphorylase
D. Invertase
Answer» B. Glucose isomerase
10.

What does X represent in the following reaction?
Starch (Gn) + orthophosphate ( underset{x}{ rightleftharpoons} ) Starch (Gn-1) + glucose 1- phosphate

A. Lactase
B. Invertase
C. Phosphorylase
D. Raffinase
Answer» D. Raffinase
11.

Glucose is converted to fructose by _________ enzyme.

A. lactase
B. phosphorylase
C. glucose isomerase
D. raffinase
Answer» D. raffinase
12.

Production of DE glucose syrup using glucoamylase has shortcomings as an object of commerce.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False