Explore topic-wise MCQs in Biotechnology.

This section includes 9 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biotechnology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which of these is not a strategy for the application of biosurfactants in oil recovery?

A. Injection of biosurfactants into reservoir through well that produce microorganisms and multiply their growth in-situ
B. Production of biosurfactants ex-situ while the same is injected into the reservoir
C. Injecting selected nutrients into the reservoir
D. Injecting microorganisms along with nutrients producing biomass
Answer» E.
2.

Which is the most used bacteria strain in microbial oil recovery?

A. Bacillus
B. Pseudomonas
C. Arthrobacterium
D. Micrococcus
Answer» B. Pseudomonas
3.

In which form of microbial product is Leuconostoc applied in microbial oil recovery?

A. Biomass
B. Surfactants
C. Polymers
D. Solvents
Answer» B. Surfactants
4.

Clostridium is used as which metabolite in microbial oil recovery?

A. Solvents, Acid and Gases
B. Biomass, Surfactants and Polymers
C. Solvents, Polymers and Gases
D. Acids, Surfactants and Biomass
Answer» B. Biomass, Surfactants and Polymers
5.

How the flow pattern in clogging mechanism is achieved?

A. By increasing the pressure
B. By increasing the viscosity
C. Bydecrease in microbial cell mass
D. By increasing the cell mass of microbes
Answer» E.
6.

The effects of bacterial activity decreases with time and distancefrom the injection well.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
7.

Some strains of ______ bacteria can produce hydrogen, methane, acetate etc. by ________ of carbohydrates during initial growth phase.

A. obligate anaerobic; oxidation
B. facultative aerobic; reduction
C. obligate anaerobic; fermentation
D. facultative anaerobic; oxidation
Answer» D. facultative anaerobic; oxidation
8.

Which microbe is used as a solvent and applied in microbial oil recovery?

A. Leuconostoc
B. Xanthomonas
C. Brevibacterium
D. Klebsiella
Answer» E.
9.

Which oil recovery mechanism yields the most oil andis the most efficient oil recovery mechanism?

A. Selective plugging by microorganisms and their metabolites
B. Oil viscosity reduction by gas production
C. Production of acids by dissolving minerals in the rock
D. Degradation of long-chain saturated hydrocarbons
Answer» B. Oil viscosity reduction by gas production