FRUITS AND VEGETABLES QUIZ

Watery soft rot is found mostly in

vegetables

all of these

cereals

fruits

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The predominant micro-organisms in frozen foods are

yeast and moulds

none of these

bacteria

micro-coccus

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Concentrate of fruits and vegetable juices

favor the growth of Saprophytic bacteria

None of these

favor the growth of A. niger and A. flavus species

favour the growth of yeast and of acid and sugar tolerant Leuconostoc and Lactobacillus species

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Anthracnose is a defect which can be observed as

spotting of fruits

spotting of leaves

spotting of seedpods

all of these

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Black mold rot is caused by

A.flavus

Trichoderma

A. niger

Trichothecium roseum

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The micro-organism which is present in both fresh and frozen juices is

None of these

P. chrysogenum

Entereobacter aerogenes

E. coli

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Species of __________ are predominant on thawing vegetables like sweet corn and peas when the temperature of thawing is fairly low.

both (a) and (b)

none of these

Micrococcus

Streptococcus

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Bacterial soft rot is caused due to

fermentation of pectin

fermentation of sugars

formation of amino acids

formation of ketones

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Saprophytic bacteria cause

black rot in fruits

bacterial soft rot

brown rot in vegetables

sliminess or souring in piled, wet and heating vegetables

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Yeast are most likely to grow in frozen fruits during

slow thawing

refrigeration

ambient temperature

none of these

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