Explore topic-wise MCQs in Food Engineering.

This section includes 15 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.

FLESHY_FRUITS_AFTER_______ARE______?$

A. Ripening, consumed
B. Ripening, rotted
C. Consuming, rotted
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Ripening, rotted
2.

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.
3.

Statement_1:_At_low_temperatures,_the_rate_of_respiration_of_harvested_fruits_and_vegetables_decreases.$

A.
B. True, False
C. True, True
Answer» C. True, True
4.

Statement 1: After harvest, _____ of fruits and vegetables undergoes change.

A.
B. Texture, nutrients, minerals
C. Color, minerals, nutrients
Answer» B. Texture, nutrients, minerals
5.

Keeping in mind that texture changes take place after harvest, pulpy fruits become extremely hard after harvest.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
6.

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.
7.

Statement_1:_In_cellular_loci_and_messaging,_the_link_is_the_mechanics_of_quality_change.

A.
B. True, False
C. True, True
Answer» D.
8.

Statement 1: Ripening of fruits is accompanied with a lot of anabolic and catabolic reactions?

A.
B. True, False
C. True, True
Answer» C. True, True
9.

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.
10.

Statement 1: After harvest, there is a decline in the uptake of oxygen.

A.
B. True, False
C. True, True
Answer» B. True, False
11.

Statement 1: In the climacteric, the ratio of the highest peak to the minimum varies with temperature.

A.
B. True, False
C. True, True
Answer» C. True, True
12.

In the climacteric, the ratio of the highest peak to the minimum _____ with temperature.

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Stays constant
D. Exponentially varies
Answer» B. Decreases
13.

Statement 1: A harvested fruit contains many oxidative substrates required to perform respiration.

A.
B. True, climacteric
C. True, botulism
Answer» B. True, climacteric
14.

The length of storage of fruits and vegetables is a function of _____

A. Resistance to attack by microorganisms
B. Composition
C. Gases in the environment
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
15.

Statement 1: Time is an important parameter for the growth of spoilage organisms.

A.
B. True, False
C. True, True
Answer» C. True, True