Food Technology | MCQs

Explanation

Carbon dioxide is a colorless and non-flammable gas at normal temperature and pressure.

The bubbles in fizzy drinks are caused by carbon dioxide (CO2).

Soft drink manufacturers add fizz by dissolving carbon dioxide into the water at high pressures.

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Explanation

Hydrogenation is the process by which hydrogen is used in the preparation of banaspati ghee from vegetable oil

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ND16-12-2022

Explanation

Lactometer is used for milk

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A lactometer is an instrument that is used to check for the purity of milk by measuring its density.

 lactometer works on the principle of gravity of milk.

Sh10-8-2023

Explanation

Nickel is used as a catalyst in the hydrogenation process that converts vegetable oils into solid fat (banaspati ghee).

It helps in adding hydrogen to unsaturated fats, making them saturated and solid at room temperature.

Explanation

Yeast acts as a leavening agent, causing baked goods like bread to rise.

It feeds on the sugars in bread dough, which results in the release of carbon dioxide as a by-product.

This causes the dough to expand by creating bubbles within it.

Explanation

margarine is a food product made principally from one or more vegetable or animal fats or oils

Margarine is a butter substitute typically made by combining :

water and vegetable oils,

such as soybean, corn, palm, canola, or olive oils.

ND-7-5-2023