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GATE XE 2017 Food Technology question paper

Food Technology questions
22
Food Technology marks
35
Full paper marks
65
Duration
180 min

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Sections, questions and marks in the 2017 paper
Section Questions Marks Question types
General Aptitude 10 15 10 MCQ
Engineering Mathematics 11 15 5 MCQ, 6 NAT
Food Technology 22 35 11 MCQ, 11 NAT

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Food Technology questions, 2017 — with answer key

22 questions, with the answer marked.

Q122 MCQ 1 mark
Indicate the correct group that contains a monosaccharide, a disaccharide and a trisaccharide.
  1. A. Glucose, sucrose, mannose
  2. B. Ribose, lactose, raffinose correct
  3. C. Mannose, maltose, lactose
  4. D. Raffinose, stachyose, glucose
Q123 MCQ 1 mark
In which of the following products, ‘must’ is used as the substrate for fermentation?
  1. A. Beer
  2. B. Wine correct
  3. C. Idli
  4. D. Tempeh
Q124 MCQ 1 mark
Identify the foodborne illness which is not caused by bacteria.
  1. A. Botulism
  2. B. Listeriosis
  3. C. Vibriosis
  4. D. Cysticercosis correct
Q125 MCQ 1 mark
Nutrient composition of wheat flour changes with extent of extraction from whole wheat grain. Which of the following statements is true if the extraction rate increased from 50% to 90%?
  1. A. Starch increases, protein increases, fat increases, mineral increase
  2. B. Starch decreases, protein increases, fat increases, mineral increase correct
  3. C. Starch decreases, protein decreases, fat increases, mineral decreases
  4. D. Starch decreases, protein increases, fat decreases, mineral decreases
Q126 NAT 1 mark
You have two samples of milk, one (X) with 3.8% fat and another (Y) with 0.5% fat. In order to produce a milk with 3.5% fat, 100 ml of Y should be mixed with ______ ml of X.

Correct: 1000

Q127 MCQ 1 mark
Match the items in column I with the items in column II in relation to food safety and standards.
Column I
P. HACCP
Q. FSSAI
R. CIP
S. CODEX
Column II
1. International food standards
2. Quality control protocol
3. Food plant sanitation and hygiene protocol
4. Indian food standards
  1. A. P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1 correct
  2. B. P-2, Q-3, R-2, S-1
  3. C. P-1, Q-4, R-2, S-3
  4. D. P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1
Q128 NAT 1 mark
A 50% sucrose solution at 20 °C is flowing at a rate of 3.5 m³/h through a pipe with an inside diameter of 0.0475 m and length of 12 m. The viscosity and the density of the solution are 15.43 cp and 1232 kg/m³, respectively. The Reynolds number of the flow is ______.

Correct: 2078 to 2086

Q129 NAT 1 mark
In a pineapple juice, fibre particles having mean diameter of 160 µm and density of 1075 kg/m³ are settling by gravity. If the density and viscosity of the juice are 1015 kg/m³ and 0.98 cp, respectively, terminal velocity of the fibre particles is ______ mm/s.

Correct: 0.8 to 0.9

Q130 MCQ 1 mark
Power consumption in liquid mixing is proportional to ______.
  1. A. Power number × liquid density × (rotational speed)³ × (impeller diameter)⁵ correct
  2. B. Power number × liquid density × (rotational speed)² × (impeller diameter)³
  3. C. Liquid density × viscosity of the liquid × (rotational speed)² × (impeller diameter)³
  4. D. Acceleration due to gravity × liquid density × (rotational speed)³ × (impeller diameter)⁵
Q131 MCQ 2 marks
Match the following items of group I with the items of group II in relation to the quality of fat.
Group I
P. Saponification number
Q. Iodine number
R. Reichert Meissl number
S. Acetyl value
Group II
1. Unsaturation of fatty acid
2. Volatile water soluble fatty acid
3. Hydroxy fatty acid
4. Molecular weight of fatty acid
  1. A. P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4
  2. B. P-1, Q-3, R-4, S-2
  3. C. P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3 correct
  4. D. P-2, Q-1, R-3, S-4
Q132 MCQ 2 marks
Match the following metabolic product (Column I) that indicates the quality of food (Column II).
Column I
P. Ethanol
Q. Lactic acid
R. Trimethylamine
S. Volatile fatty acid
Column II
1. Canned vegetable
2. Fish
3. Butter
4. Apple juice
  1. A. P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1
  2. B. P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3 correct
  3. C. P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1
  4. D. P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1
Q133 MCQ 2 marks
Correlate the vitamins in column I with their role in promoting reaction/process in column II.
Column I
P. Riboflavin
Q. Vitamin D
R. Pantothenic acid
S. Vitamin A
Column II
1. Visual cycle
2. Acyl group transfer
3. Regulation of Ca²⁺ metabolism
4. Oxidation-reduction reaction
  1. A. P-1, Q-2, R-4, S-3
  2. B. P-2, Q-1, R-3, S-4
  3. C. P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2
  4. D. P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1 correct
Q134 NAT 2 marks
A pure strain with generation time of 60 min is used in a fermentation process. Following inoculation (0 h), the strain takes 2 h for adaptation, 10 h to achieve maximum growth and 12 h to arrive at the point where the death rate is higher than the growth rate. If the inoculation load is 100 cells, the total population at the end of 10 h will be ______.

Correct: 25550 to 25650

Q135 MCQ 2 marks
Refer the shear stress – shear rate plot shown in the figure below. Match the lines (Column I) with appropriate rheological behavior (Column II).
Column I
P. Line 1
Q. Line 2
R. Line 3
S. Line 4
Column II
1. Dilatant
2. Newtonian
3. Pseudoplastic
4. Bingham plastic
Diagram for this question
  1. A. P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
  2. B. P-1, Q-3, R-4, S-2
  3. C. P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1
  4. D. P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1 correct
Q136 NAT 2 marks
Water flowing at a rate of 1 kg/min is heated from 12 to 80 °C with flue gas supplied at a rate of 3 kg/min. The temperature and specific heat of the flue gas are 180 °C and 1.05 kJ/kg.K, respectively. If specific heat of water is 4.2 kJ/kg.K and the flow is parallel, then the logarithmic mean temperature difference will be ______ °C.

Correct: 53.3 to 55.25

Q137 NAT 2 marks
The Lineweaver-Burk plot of an enzymatic reaction shows Vmax of 160 µmol/l.min and Km of 60 µmol/l. For a substrate concentration of 40 µmol/l, the velocity of the reaction is estimated to be ______ µmol/l.min.

Correct: 64

Q138 NAT 2 marks
Bread is wrapped in 0.1 mm thick cellophane film having water vapour permeability of 1.82 × 10⁻¹⁰ m³ water (STP)/s.m².atm/m at 38 °C. If the surface area of pack, vapour pressure of water inside and outside of the pack is 0.20 m², 10 mm Hg and 5 mm Hg, respectively, the loss of water vapour at 38 °C in g/day is ______.

Correct: 0.14 to 0.18

Q139 MCQ 2 marks
Match the following methods / system (column I) with the appropriate operations (column II).
Column I
P. Parboiling
Q. Pearling
R. Wet milling
S. Degerming
T. Break rolls
U. Crushing rolls
Column II
1. Sugarcane juice extraction
2. Hydrothermal treatment
3. Corn milling
4. Wheat milling
5. Barley processing
6. Pulse milling
  1. A. P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-6, T-2, U-5
  2. B. P-4, Q-5, R-2, S-6, T-1, U-3
  3. C. P-3, Q-5, R-2, S-1, T-3, U-4
  4. D. P-2, Q-5, R-6, S-3, T-4, U-1 correct
Q140 NAT 2 marks
A 12 mm thick fish fillet having 80% moisture content (wet basis) is to be frozen using a plate freezer. The plates are maintained at −35 °C. Assume the heat transfer coefficient; initial freezing temperature and latent heat of fusion are 2.0 W/m² K, −2 °C and 330 kJ/kg, respectively. If the density and thermal conductivity of the frozen fish fillet are 1050 kg/m³ and 1.48 W/m-K, respectively, the time required to freeze the fillet from the initial freezing temperature is ______ h.

Correct: 6.8 to 7.2

Q141 NAT 2 marks
A suspension containing 2 × 10⁴ spores of organism A having a D₁₂₁.₁°C value of 1.5 min and 8 × 10⁵ spores of organism B having a D₁₂₁.₁°C value of 0.8 min is heated at a constant temperature of 121.1 °C. The heating time needed to obtain a probability of spoilage ‘1 in 1000’ is ______ min.

Correct: 10.8 to 11.2

Q142 NAT 2 marks
In an evaporation process, a compressor picks up 0.05 m³ air in each revolution and compresses 500 kg of air per minute. If the specific volume of air is 0.9 m³/kg, then the compressor speed is ______ rpm.

Correct: 9000

Q143 NAT 2 marks
For a soybean oil extraction system, solvent : soy ratio is maintained at 0.5 : 1 (w/w). Original seed contains 18% oil (w/w). If the meal (soy solid) after final desolventization has 0.01 kg oil per kg oil free meal then, the effectiveness of the solvent (kg oil/kg solvent) in the extraction process is ______.

Correct: 0.3 to 0.4

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