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Photoautotrophic bacteria synthesize food material by using
I) Chemical energy in organic substances
II)
III) Organic form of carbon
IV) Light energy
(a)I and II are correct
(b)II & IV are correct
(c)II & III are correct
(d)I & IV are correct

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Important Questions on Microbiology
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Study the following table
Organism | Group | Process | |
I) | Rhodospirillum | Non-sulphur bacterium | Photo heterotroph |
II) | Bacillus | Purple sulphur Bacteria | Chemo autotroph |
III) | Xanthomonas | Parasitic bacterium | Chemo heterotroph |
IV) | Rhizobium | symbiont bacterium | Photo heterotroph |
Which two taxa shows the correct combination?

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I) Rhodospirillum
II) Azospirillum
III) Clostridium
IV) Chlorobacterium

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Study the following table
Type | Example | Role | |
I) | Sulphur Bacterium | Thiobacillus thiooxidans | Oxidation of elemental sulphur |
II) | Nitrogen fixing Bacterium | Nitrobacter | Oxidation of nitrites |
III) | Iron Bacterium | Thiobacillus thiooxidans | Oxidation of Ferric salts to ferrous ions |
IV) | Hydrogen Bacterium | Hydrogenomonas | Oxidation of |
The correct combination is

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List-I | List-II | List-III | |
I) | Ammonifying Bacterium | Bacillus | Converts Proteins into |
II) | Nitrifying Bacterium | Nitrosomonas | Oxidation of ammonia |
III) | Nitrogen-fixing Bacterium | Chlorobacterium | Fix dinitrogen |
IV) | Nitrifying Bacterium | Nitrobacter | Oxidation of nitrite |

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Identify the correct pair of combination:
I) Parbhani Kranti | Resistance to Virus | Bhindi |
II) Pusa Gaurav | Resistance to Aphids | Mustard |
III) Pusa Sadabahar | Resistance to fruit borer | Cow pea |
IV) Pusa Shubhra | Resistance to white rust | Cauliflower |

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I) Viroid - Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis
II) Prion - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
III) Measles virus - Glycoprotein projections
IV) Rabies virus - Polyhedral symmetry

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Assertion (A) : Azolla is used as a biofertilizer in rice fields.
Reason (R) : Azolla contains nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in its root nodules.
The correct answer is

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