Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Primary Production of Milk Engineering MCQs
1 - Question
Atoms of the same element or of different elements combine into larger units which are called ______
a) Atom
b) Molecule
c) Ion
d) Element
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Explanation: A molecule represents the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction. A molecule is a group of atoms bonded together.
2 - Question
C3H603 is the chemical formula for _____
a) Ascorbic Acid
b) Lactic Acid
c) Tartaric Acid
d) Lactose
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Explanation: Lactic acid has the following chemical formula. It can be breakdown using Lactic acid bacteria for fermentation.
3 - Question
Modern model of the atom shows that electrons are the outside nucleus in a region of high _______
a) Probability
b) Velocity
c) Speed
d) Energy level
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Explanation: Modern model of the atom shows that electrons are the outside nucleus. They are present in the region of high probability.
4 - Question
Chemical symbol is the representation of _______
a) Chemical formula
b) Molecular formula
c) Structural formula
d) Atomic Formula
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Explanation: Chemical Symbol represents a chemical formula. Molecular formula is a chemical formula that gives the total number of atoms of each element in each molecule of a substance.
5 - Question
Smaller particles in atom are called ________
a) Atomic Particles
b) Sub-atomic particles
c) Smaller Particles
d) Neutral Particles
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Explanation: Sub atomic particles are any of numerous subatomic constituents of the physical world that interact with each other, including electrons, neutrinos, photons, and alpha particles.
6 - Question
Most part of the atom is _______
a) Empty
b) Filled
c) Charged
d) Covered
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Explanation: Major part of the atom is void. Nucleus carries proton and neutron responsible for most of the weight of the atom.
7 - Question
Number of Protons and electrons in an atom are _______
a) Different
b) Same
c) Average
d) Constant
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Explanation: An atom has an equal number of protons and electrons. They are fixed.
8 - Question
An electric field deflects beams of _______
a) Protons
b) Electrons
c) Neutrons
d) Protons and electrons
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Explanation: An electric field deflects the beams of both positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons.
9 - Question
True about cow’s milk are all except:
a) Cow’s milk contains 80% whey protein not casein
b) Cow milk has less carbohydrate than mother’s milk
c) Has more K+ and Na+ than infant formula feeds
d) Has more protein than breast milk
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Explanation: Cow milk has less carbohydrate than mother’s milk; cow milk has more K+ and Na+ than infant formula feeds and cow milk has more protein than breast milk are all false.
10 - Question
What is the moisture content of cow milk?
a) 30%
b) 50%
c) 83%
d) 90%
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Explanation: Cows’ milk consists of about 87% water and 13% dry substance. It is considered to have elements of a complete balanced diet.
11 - Question
What is the fat percentage of cow milk?
a) 9%
b) 10%
c) 15%
d) 4%
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Explanation: Cow milk has 4% fat percent. It has an SNF (Solid not Fat) 8.5-9%. Rest is water.
12 - Question
Milk is an emulsion of _____ in water.
a) Oil
b) Water
c) Soap
d) Dirt
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Explanation: Milk is a suspension of droplets of one liquid in another. Milk is an emulsion of fat in water.
13 - Question
In milk, the whey proteins are in _____ solution and the casein in colloidal suspension.
a) Water
b) Colloidal
c) Fat
d) Gas
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Explanation: Colloidal suspension constitutes of casein and Colloidal solution constitutes of whey proteins. They together make up milk.
14 - Question
Approximate size of fat globules in milk solution is ______________
a) 10–2 to 10–3
b) 10–4 to 10–5
c) 10–5 to 10–6
d) 10–6 to 10–7
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Explanation: Size of fat globules in milk solution is 10–2 to 10–3. Fat is bound in the globular form by phospholipids membranes, which are hydrophobic.
15 - Question
Which of the following can be the method to compute fat crystallization in cow milk?
a) JMR
b) DMR
c) NMR
d) CMR
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Explanation: The NMR method can also be utilized to find out the degree of fat crystallization as a function of the time of crystallization.
16 - Question
_________ Value states the % of iodine that the fat can bind.
a) Fractional
b) Iodine
c) Fatty acid
d) Distillation
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Explanation: Iodine value states the percentage of iodine that the fat can bind. Iodine is taken up by the double bonds of the unsaturated fatty acids.
17 - Question
Milk has all the essential amino acid.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: An important fact with regard to nutrition is that eight (nine for infants) of the 20 amino acids cannot be synthesized by the human organism. All of them are present in milk protein.
18 - Question
Name the organic compounds which have amines and carboxyl functional group in them.
a) Amino acid
b) Alcohol
c) Carboxylic acid
d) Amine
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Explanation: This refers to the structure of amino acid. They are organic compounds containing amines and carboxyl functional group.
19 - Question
Casein cannot be classified as _________
a) α- casein
b) β- casein
c) κ-casein
d) Delta- casein
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Explanation: Casein is a group of proteins commonly found in mammalian milk. They can be classified α- casein; β- casein and κ-casein.
20 - Question
Which of the following ways is not to make caseinate particles flocculate and coagulate?
a) Precipitation by acid
b) Precipitation by enzymes
c) Precipitation by water
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Precipitation by acid and precipitation by enzymes are the ways to make caseinate particles flocculate and coagulate. A precipitate is a solid that forms out of liquid.
21 - Question
Which of the following is/are whey protein?
a) α – lactalbumin
b) β – lactoglobulin
c) κ- lactis
d) α – lactalbumin and β – lactoglobulin
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Explanation: The whey proteins are: α-lactalbumin and β-lactoglobulin. Whey protein is a composite of globular proteins isolated from whey, the liquid material created as a by-product of cheese production.
22 - Question
Which of the following fat-soluble vitamins are present in milk?
a) A
b) D
c) A & D
d) B
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Explanation: Milk contains many vitamins. Among the best known are A, B1, B2, C and D. Vitamins A and D are soluble in fat, or fat solvents, while the others are soluble in water.
23 - Question
Combination of glucose (C6H12O6) and galactose (C6H12O6) molecules result in:
a) Maltose
b) Galactose
c) Lactose
d) Sucrose
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Explanation: Glucose and galactose combine to form lactose. Lactose is the primary milk sugar.