Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Microbes in Human Welfare

Question:

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I List - II
(A) Streptokinase (I) Blood-Cholestrol lowering agents
(B) Cyclosporin A (II) Clot Buster
(C) Statins (III) Propionibacterium sharmanii
(D) Swiss Cheese (IV) Immuno suppressive agent

 

Options:

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

(A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)

(A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)

Correct Answer:

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - (A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

List - I List - II
(A) Streptokinase (II) Clot Buster
(B) Cyclosporin A (IV) Immuno suppressive agent
(C) Statins (I) Blood-Cholestrol lowering agents
(D) Swiss Cheese (III) Propionibacterium sharmanii

Streptokinase produced by the bacterium Streptococcus and modified by genetic engineering is used as a ‘clot buster’ for removing clots from the blood vessels of patients who have undergone myocardial infarction leading to heart attack.

The bioactive molecule, cyclosporin A, that is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients, is produced by the fungus Trichoderma polysporum.

Statins produced by the yeast Monascus purpureus have been commercialised as blood-cholesterol lowering agents. It acts by competitively inhibiting the enzyme responsible for synthesis of cholesterol.

The large holes in ‘Swiss cheese’ are due to production of a large amount of CO2 by a bacterium named Propionibacterium sharmanii.