Explore topic-wise MCQs in Food Engineering.

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

1.

STATEMENT_1:_WHAT_IS_THE_USE_OF_SALT_IN_CHEESE??$

A.
B. Removing water from cheese surface, false
C. Produces heavy protective rind, false
Answer» C. Produces heavy protective rind, false
2.

Which of the following is true about cheeses?$

A. To encourage growth throughout cheese mass
B. Fatty acids and ketones give rise to the sharp, peppery flavor of cheese
C. It is a common practice to pierce the pressed cheese when it is placed in a curing room
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
3.

Statement_1:_Which_of_the_following_cheeses_have_a_semi_soft_texture?$

A.
B. Cottage, Blue cheese
C. Swiss, Stilton
Answer» D.
4.

Statement 1: Dry wines are the wines which contain little unfermented sugar.

A.
B. True, increases
C. True, decreases
Answer» C. True, decreases
5.

Statement 1: Cheese foods have a lower aw than the natural foods?

A.
B. True, Blue
C. True, Cottage
Answer» C. True, Cottage
6.

Organisms such as _____ which attack higher carbohydrates injure the _____ of treated foods.

A. Cellulose, texture
B. Pectin, flavor
C. Hemicelluloses, quality
D. All of the mentioned, all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
7.

Which of the following is true about fermentation involving gas production?

A. The disadvantage of gas is that energy wise it is less efficient as they’ve no preserving power in concentrations found in comparison with lactic acid
B. Sugar molecules are altered to form acids, alcohols and carbon dioxide
C. Sodium chloride is added as a substrate as a controlling influence
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
8.

Statement 1: The process of fermentation is – Sugar to acid to carbon dioxide and water.$

A.
B. True, Butryic fermenters
C. True, Lactic acid fermenters
Answer» B. True, Butryic fermenters
9.

Statement 1: Generation of lactose fermenting enzymes can occur in a few minutes.

A.
B. True, carbohydrates
C. True, fats
Answer» B. True, carbohydrates
10.

Which of the following is a requisite for a microorganism to be used in fermentation and pickling?

A. Microorganisms must be able to grow on the substrate
B. Organism must have the ability to maintain physiological constancy under growing conditions
C. Desired chemical changes should take place in the required conditions
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
11.

Which of the following gases are evolved during putrefaction?

A. Carbon dioxide
B. Hydrogen sulfide
C. Neither of the mentioned
D. Carbon dioxide & Hydrogen sulfide
Answer» E.
12.

Which of the following is the process of anaerobic degradation of proteinaceous materials?

A. Respiration
B. Fermentation
C. Putrefaction
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned