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This section includes 362 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Food Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
Which of the following is true about packaging food prior to freezing? |
| A. | Insulates the food |
| B. | Controls dehydration |
| C. | Insulates the food & Controls dehydration |
| D. | Neither of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. Neither of the mentioned | |
| 202. |
Three level packaging is done for rice. Which bag is for quality control? |
| A. | Inner most bag 1 |
| B. | Middle bag 2 |
| C. | Outermost bag 3 |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Outermost bag 3 | |
| 203. |
Which of the following factor affects the moisture content in a grain bulk? |
| A. | Season |
| B. | Climate |
| C. | Distribution of moisture in the grain |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 204. |
Statement 1: Freezing with nitrogen or carbon dioxide gas is rapid freezing.Statement 2: Super cooling is a property of food products. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 205. |
The physical property that influences the deterioration of grain is _____ |
| A. | Its flow properties |
| B. | Absorption, adsorption and desorption |
| C. | Porosity and its tendency towards layering |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 206. |
Which of the following microorganism is popular for spoilage in fruits and vegetables? |
| A. | Mesophile |
| B. | Thermophile |
| C. | Psychrophile |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 207. |
Statement 1: When food items are frozen, there is a drop in temperature followed by a further drop when they freeze.Statement 2: Fish should be rapidly frozen, not slowly frozen. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» E. | |
| 208. |
Statement 1: Storage life of soft baked products is generally lesser than a week.Statement 2: Refrigerated dough involves releasing of carbon-di-oxide gas as one of the steps. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 209. |
Statement 1: Shellfish are consumed by local people.Statement 2: Polished rice is just as nutritious as unpolished rice. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» B. True, True | |
| 210. |
As a thumb rule in the food industry, reducing the temperature of storage by 10°C increases the life of food item by twice and increasing by 10°C reduces by half. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 211. |
Animal muscles have water as the majority of the content but the aim of humans is to extract the protein out of it and consume it. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 212. |
With respect to the temperature of storage, the order for following methods of storage is as follows cool storage > refrigerated storage > freezer storage. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 213. |
Pork has a higher shelf life than beef. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 214. |
Shelf life is the period between processing to retail purchase to consuming of the food product. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 215. |
_____ is added to fruits prior to freezing commercially to protect their quality. |
| A. | Vitamin C |
| B. | Ascorbic acid |
| C. | Water |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. Water | |
| 216. |
Same alteration in pattern of freezing does not take place between two pieces of meat say beef and lamb. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 217. |
The dough, in refrigerated dough making is stacked and packed in _____ |
| A. | Air-tight container |
| B. | Dough tight container |
| C. | None of the mentioned |
| D. | Air-tight & Dough tight container |
| Answer» C. None of the mentioned | |
| 218. |
When the protein content is reduced, the moisture content is harder to control. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 219. |
The heat required to bring down the temperature of the food is directly proportional to _____ |
| A. | Specific heat of the food |
| B. | Weight of the food |
| C. | Temperature difference |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 220. |
Statement 1: _____ packaging helps increase shelf-life of milk.Statement 2: Spoilage patterns for milk, eggs and meat is the same. |
| A. | Septic, False |
| B. | Aseptic, True |
| C. | Aseptic, False |
| D. | Septic, True |
| Answer» C. Aseptic, False | |
| 221. |
Which of the following is a result of freezer burn? |
| A. | Irreversibly changes color, texture, flavor and nutritive values of frozen foods |
| B. | Roast beef turns light brown |
| C. | Dehydration of food items takes place |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 222. |
Statement 1: Canned dough is frozen below 0 °C.Statement 2: Canned dough is frozen above -6 °C. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 223. |
Enzyme activity is more in super cooled water than in crystallized water at the same temperature. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 224. |
Statement 1: Under hypobaric storage, oxygen content is reduced to reduce the rate of synthesis of volatile.Statement 2: Altering respiration can help in decreasing the production of carbon dioxide. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 225. |
When the crystallization process takes place for a long time, the size of the crystals is _____ |
| A. | Small |
| B. | Large |
| C. | No crystals formed |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. No crystals formed | |
| 226. |
Proper conditioning of the dough at temperatures such as -7 °C to -5 °C are required to be maintained so that _____ is formed that prevents baked products from appearing glass-like. |
| A. | Sodium potassium magnate |
| B. | Sodium acid pyrophosphate |
| C. | Sodium bicarbonate |
| D. | Phosphate dodecahydrate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 227. |
Statement 1: Certain definitions define bound water as water that doesn’t freeze at -20 °C.Statement 2: Free water shows the properties of liquid water. The free water content of any food item should be less to improve storage. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 228. |
Ice crystals in frozen meat should be formed by rapid crystallization. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 229. |
Statement 1: In cellular loci and messaging, the link is the mechanics of quality change.Statement 2: In cellular loci and messaging, the machinery is the biochemical control. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» D. False, True | |
| 230. |
Which is NOT a facet of cellular loci and messaging? |
| A. | The biochemical control |
| B. | Mechanics of quality change |
| C. | The temperature and atmosphere |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 231. |
Keeping in mind that texture changes take place after harvest, pulpy fruits become extremely hard after harvest. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 232. |
In the biochemistry of plants, which of the statements hold wrong? |
| A. | Ethylene plays an important role in promoting food ripening |
| B. | Changes in membrane permeability cause metabolic shifts associated with ripening |
| C. | Senescence aren’t always the reason for the collapse of cellular machinery |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 233. |
Statement 1: After harvest, _____ of fruits and vegetables undergoes change.Statement 2: The _____ in pre-harvest and application of _____ to post-harvest can change the stress response in harvested commodities. |
| A. | Texture, nutrients, minerals |
| B. | Color, minerals, nutrients |
| C. | Texture, minerals, nutrients |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Color, minerals, nutrients | |
| 234. |
Statement 1: After harvest, there is a decline in the uptake of oxygen.Statement 2: After harvest, there is a sharp rise in the uptake of oxygen. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» B. True, True | |
| 235. |
Statement 1: Ripening of fruits is accompanied with a lot of anabolic and catabolic reactions.Statement 2: Certain fleshy roots, tubers and bulbs have low metabolic activity and are dormant until there are environmentally favorable conditions for germination and growth. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 236. |
The slope of the climacteric varies with _____ |
| A. | Maturity |
| B. | Species |
| C. | Oxygen and carbon-di-oxide content of the storage chamber |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 237. |
Statement 1: At low temperatures, the rate of respiration of harvested fruits and vegetables decreases.Statement 2: Under conditions where respiration rate is retarded, changes in chlorophyll loss are also delayed. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 238. |
Fleshy fruits after _____ are _____ |
| A. | Ripening, consumed |
| B. | Ripening, rotted |
| C. | Consuming, rotted |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. Ripening, rotted | |
| 239. |
Use of fish for battering with sauce comes under which of the following categories of processes? |
| A. | Single component, single-product process |
| B. | Multi component blended products |
| C. | Multi component products with add-ons |
| D. | Multi component, multi process assembly operations |
| Answer» D. Multi component, multi process assembly operations | |
| 240. |
Which of the following risk is associated with a frozen material tagged ‘00+’? |
| A. | Contains a sensitive element that might be damaged with poor care |
| B. | Is prone to harmful bacteria if not maintained at the instructed conditions |
| C. | Chances of spoiling to take place by the mishandling of consumers |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
| 241. |
Categories of food that is represented by category I is _____ |
| A. | A special category of non-sterile food items for infants |
| B. | +++foods |
| C. | 000 foods |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. +++foods | |
| 242. |
Frozen prepared chicken dinner comes under which of the following categories of processes? |
| A. | Single component, single-product process |
| B. | Multi component blended products |
| C. | Multi component products with add-ons |
| D. | Multi component, multi process assembly operations |
| Answer» E. | |
| 243. |
Which of the following indicators has a graduated scale? |
| A. | Defrost |
| B. | Time-temperature integrators |
| C. | Time-temperature integrators/indicators |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
| 244. |
By plotting the C/t values obtained from a thermal death time curve, a curve is obtained. How is the lethal value obtained from this curve? |
| A. | Area under the curve |
| B. | The center point on the x-axis with respect to beginning and end of curve and then extends to the curve |
| C. | The center point on the y-axis with respect to beginning and end of curve and then extends to the curve |
| D. | None of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. The center point on the x-axis with respect to beginning and end of curve and then extends to the curve | |
| 245. |
The advantage of vacuum packing of peanut butter _____ |
| A. | Reduced firmness |
| B. | More uniform texture |
| C. | Lesser tendency for oil separation |
| D. | All of the mentioned |
| Answer» E. | |
| 246. |
The rate of destruction of an organism per minute at any given temperature in a process is the reciprocal of the time in minutes. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | May be True or False |
| D. | Can't say |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 247. |
Statement 1: In thermal death time curve, after plotting C/t values from it, C value should be equal to C₀ value.Statement 2: When C₀ value versus process time in minutes is plotted on a linear graph paper, a straight line is obtained. |
| A. | True, False |
| B. | True, True |
| C. | False, False |
| D. | False, True |
| Answer» C. False, False | |
| 248. |
Which of the following factor does safe processing schedule depend upon? |
| A. | Heat resistance of spoilage bacteria |
| B. | Heat penetration characteristics of food in containers |
| C. | Heat resistance of spoilage bacteria & Heat penetration characteristics of food in containers |
| D. | Neither of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. Neither of the mentioned | |
| 249. |
In vacuum concentration or normal concentration, the soluble solid content is determined by _____ |
| A. | Refractometer |
| B. | Hydrometer |
| C. | Refractometer & Hydrometer |
| D. | Neither of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. Neither of the mentioned | |
| 250. |
The glucose content in which of the following products needs to be reduced before fermentation/ enzyme treatment. |
| A. | Chocolate |
| B. | Milk |
| C. | Eggs |
| D. | Idli batter |
| Answer» D. Idli batter | |