FRUITS AND VEGETABLES QUIZ

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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The predominant micro-organisms in frozen foods are

yeast and moulds

none of these

micro-coccus

bacteria

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Concentrate of fruits and vegetable juices

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

favor the growth of Saprophytic bacteria

None of these

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

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Stem and rots caused by species of molds involve

spotting on fruits

spotting on vegetables

leaves of fruits

stem ends of fruits

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Watery soft rot is found mostly in

fruits

cereals

all of these

vegetables

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Anthracnose is a defect which can be observed as

all of these

spotting of seedpods

spotting of fruits

spotting of leaves

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Bacterial soft rot is caused due to

fermentation of pectin

formation of amino acids

formation of ketones

fermentation of sugars

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Black mold rot is caused by

Trichothecium roseum

Trichoderma

A.flavus

A. niger

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

Entereobacter aerogenes

P. chrysogenum

None of these

E. coli

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Yeast are most likely to grow in frozen fruits during

ambient temperature

refrigeration

slow thawing

none of these

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