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  • A. TSP
  • B. DAP
  • C. None of the above
  • D. MAP

Explanation: Zorawar is used as a brand name for mono-ammonium phosphate (MAP), a fertilizer supplying nitrogen and a high proportion of phosphorus.

Correct answer: MAP
  • A. Phosphorus
  • B. Nitrogen
  • C. Organic
  • D. Zinc

Explanation: Phosphorus is especially important for early root development and proliferation, which is why phosphorus deficiency often produces a…

Correct answer: Phosphorus
  • A. C12H24O12
  • B. C6H12O6
  • C. C3H6O6
  • D. C5H12O6

Explanation: Photosynthesis converts carbon dioxide and water into glucose, represented by C6H12O6, while oxygen is released as a by-product.

Correct answer: C6H12O6
  • A. Compress metter
  • B. Micrograph
  • C. Farinograph
  • D. All the above

Explanation: A farinograph measures dough development, consistency and stability by recording resistance during mixing.

Correct answer: Farinograph
  • A. 150
  • B. 175
  • C. 201
  • D. 225

Explanation: One cup of cooked white rice contains roughly 200 to 205 kcal, depending on serving size and water absorption.

Correct answer: 201
  • A. All the above
  • B. Potassium acetate
  • C. Calcium acetate
  • D. Sodium acetate

Explanation: Sodium, potassium and calcium acetates can inhibit mould growth in baked products, so the combined option is intended.

Correct answer: All the above
  • A. Silicoaluminate
  • B. Phosphate salts
  • C. Magnesium carbonate
  • D. All the above

Explanation: Phosphate salts are common chemical leavening agents because they react with bicarbonate to release carbon dioxide, which expands the…

Correct answer: Phosphate salts
  • A. Ether
  • B. Alcohol
  • C. Monosodium glutamic acid All the above
  • D. All the above

Explanation: Monosodium glutamate, commonly called MSG, enhances savoury or umami flavour by intensifying existing taste.

Correct answer: Monosodium glutamic acid All the above
  • A. All the above
  • B. Aldehydes
  • C. Ketones
  • D. Esters

Explanation: Esters, aldehydes and ketones are all important classes of compounds used to produce synthetic flavour notes.

Correct answer: All the above
  • A. Warner-Bratzler sheer
  • B. Short meter
  • C. Compress meter
  • D. All the above

Explanation: A shortometer measures the shortness or brittleness characteristic of pastries, cookies and crackers.

Correct answer: Short meter
  • A. Spectrophotometer
  • B. Tint meters
  • C. All the above
  • D. Disc colourimetry

Explanation: Food colour can be measured instrumentally with spectrophotometers, tint meters and disc colourimetry.

Correct answer: All the above
  • A. Lactic fermentation
  • B. Non of the aboveFood
  • C. Alcoholic fermentation
  • D. Acetic fermentation

Explanation: Vinegar results when acetic acid bacteria oxidise ethanol into acetic acid in the presence of oxygen, a process commonly called acetic…

Correct answer: Acetic fermentation
  • A. Coffee
  • B. Bread
  • C. Season ting
  • D. Chapati

Explanation: Bread is produced by fermenting cereal flour dough, usually with yeast, which converts sugars into carbon dioxide and ethanol; the carbon…

Correct answer: Bread
  • A. Wheat
  • B. Com
  • C. Barley
  • D. Rice

Explanation: Barley is the traditional principal grain for beer because malting develops enzymes that convert its starch into fermentable sugars.

Correct answer: Barley
  • A. Acetic acid + H2O
  • B. All the above
  • C. Ethyl alcohol + H2O
  • D. Ethyl alcohol + CO2

Explanation: In alcoholic fermentation, yeast converts sugars mainly into ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide: glucose is broadly represented as ethanol…

Correct answer: Ethyl alcohol + CO2
  • A. Food preservation
  • B. Food science
  • C. Food technology
  • D. Food processing

Explanation: Food preservation includes the scientific and engineering methods used to delay spoilage and extend shelf life.

Correct answer: Food preservation
  • A. Food Science
  • B. Food processing
  • C. Nutrition
  • D. Food technologyEveryday Science Mcqs

Explanation: Nutrition studies the fate of food after ingestion, including digestion, absorption, metabolism, and utilization by the body.

Correct answer: Nutrition
  • A. Citric cycle
  • B. Calvin-Benson cycle
  • C. Fermentation
  • D. Glycolysis

Explanation: Glycolysis is the pathway that breaks one glucose molecule into two molecules of pyruvic acid, producing a small amount of ATP and NADH.

Correct answer: Glycolysis
  • A. Cell division
  • B. Cell elongation
  • C. Cell differentiation
  • D. Cell production

Explanation: Auxin primarily promotes cell elongation by loosening cell walls and increasing water uptake.

Correct answer: Cell elongation
  • A. 10ºC
  • B. 4ºC
  • C. -1ºC
  • D. 2ºC

Explanation: For many crop plants, essential physiological activities become greatly reduced and may cease around the minimum temperature of 4°C.

Correct answer: 4ºC