Principles of Fresh Food Storage-1 MCQ

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• Statement 1: After harvest, _____ of fruits and vegetables undergoes change. Statement 2: The _____ in pre-harvest and application of _____ to post-harvest can change the stress response in harvested commodities.
  ক

  Texture, nutrients, minerals

  খ

  Color, minerals, nutrients

  গ

  Texture, minerals, nutrients

  ঘ

  None of the mentioned
• Keeping in mind that texture changes take place after harvest, pulpy fruits become extremely hard after harvest.
  ক

  True

  খ

  False
• In the biochemistry of plants, which of the statements hold wrong?
  ক

  Ethylene plays an important role in promoting food ripening

  খ

  Changes in membrane permeability cause metabolic shifts associated with ripening

  গ

  Senescence aren’t always the reason for the collapse of cellular machinery

  ঘ

  None of the mentioned
• Statement 1: In cellular loci and messaging, the link is the mechanics of quality change. Statement 2: In cellular loci and messaging, the machinery is the biochemical control.
  ক

  True, False

  খ

  True, True

  গ

  False, False

  ঘ

  False, True
• Which is NOT a facet of cellular loci and messaging?
  ক

  The biochemical control

  খ

  Mechanics of quality change

  গ

  The temperature and atmosphere

  ঘ

  None of the mentioned
• Statement 1: At low temperatures, the rate of respiration of harvested fruits and vegetables decreases. Statement 2: Under conditions where respiration rate is retarded, changes in chlorophyll loss are also delayed.
  ক

  True, False

  খ

  True, True

  গ

  False, False

  ঘ

  False, True
• Fleshy fruits after _____ are _____
  ক

  Ripening, consumed

  খ

  Ripening, rotted

  গ

  Consuming, rotted

  ঘ

  None of the mentioned
• Statement 1: Ripening of fruits is accompanied with a lot of anabolic and catabolic reactions. Statement 2: Certain fleshy roots, tubers and bulbs have low metabolic activity and are dormant until there are environmentally favorable conditions for germination and growth.
  ক

  True, False

  খ

  True, True

  গ

  False, False

  ঘ

  False, True
• The slope of the climacteric varies with _____
  ক

  Maturity

  খ

  Species

  গ

  Oxygen and carbon-di-oxide content of the storage chamber

  ঘ

  All of the mentioned
• Statement 1: After harvest, there is a decline in the uptake of oxygen. Statement 2: After harvest, there is a sharp rise in the uptake of oxygen.
  ক

  True, False

  খ

  True, True

  গ

  False, False

  ঘ

  False, True
• Statement 1: In the climacteric, the ratio of the highest peak to the minimum varies with temperature. Statement 2: In the climacteric, the ratio of the highest peak to the minimum varies from fruit to fruit.
  ক

  True, False

  খ

  True, True

  গ

  False, False

  ঘ

  False, True
• In the climacteric, the ratio of the highest peak to the minimum _____ with temperature.
  ক

  Increases

  খ

  Decreases

  গ

  Stays constant

  ঘ

  Exponentially varies
• Statement 1: A harvested fruit contains many oxidative substrates required to perform respiration. Statement 2: Different species of fruits have different patterns of respiration. This is called as _____
  ক

  True, climacteric

  খ

  True, botulism

  গ

  False, climacteric

  ঘ

  False, botulism
• The length of storage of fruits and vegetables is a function of _____
  ক

  Resistance to attack by microorganisms

  খ

  Composition

  গ

  Gases in the environment

  ঘ

  All of the mentioned
• Statement 1: Time is an important parameter for the growth of spoilage organisms. Statement 2: Temperature is an important parameter for the growth of spoilage organisms.
  ক

  True, False

  খ

  True, True

  গ

  False, False

  ঘ

  False, True