Life Sciences
GATE XL year:2020 PYQs
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Questions 121–125 of 125. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 16
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Which among the given options correctly explains the nature of the microbial culture represented by lines 1, 2 and 3 in the following figure?

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Match the equation/law in Column I with its application in Column II.
Column I | Column II
P. Planck’s equation | 1. Terminal velocity
Q. Arrhenius equation | 2. Freezing time
R. Guggenheim-Anderson-de Boer equation | 3. Activation energy
S. Stokes’ law | 4. Monolayer moisture content
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Match the absorber used in modified atmosphere packaging and storage in Column I with the scavenger in Column II.
Column I | Column II
P. Oxygen absorber | 1. Calcium chloride
Q. Carbon dioxide absorber | 2. Magnesium oxide
R. Ethylene absorber | 3. Ferric oxide
S. Moisture absorber | 4. Potassium permanganate
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During extrusion cooking, food materials are generally subjected to a combination of
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An orange juice flowing at 0.80 kg s
enters a counter current double pipe heat exchanger at 20 °C and leaves at 72 °C. Inlet and outlet temperatures of the hot water used as heating medium in the exchanger are 81 °C and 74 °C, respectively. The specific heat of the orange juice is 3.74 kJ kg
K
and overall heat transfer coefficient is 492 W m
K
. The heat transfer surface area (round off to 2 decimal places) will be ______ m
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