MHT CET 202624 AprilMorning Shift
- Exam
- MHT CET
- Year
- 2026
- Date
- 24 April
- Shift
- Morning Shift
- Subject
- Biology
- Chapter
- Microbes in Human Welfare
MHT CET 2026 · 24 April · Morning Shift · Biology · Microbes in Human Welfare
Which one of the following pair is INCORRECTLY matched?
Which one of the following pair is INCORRECTLY matched?
Options
- APhosphate Solubilizing bio fertilizer — Agrobacterium
- BSymbiotic nitrogen fixing microbe — Frankia
- CNon symbiotic nitrogen fixing microbe — Beijerinkia
- DFree living mycoherbicide — Bacillus thuringiensis
Correct answer
D. Free living mycoherbicide — Bacillus thuringiensis
Step-by-step solution
Bacillus thuringiensis is a bacterium used as a bioinsecticide to control insect pests (such as butterfly caterpillars). It is not a mycoherbicide. Mycoherbicides are fungi used to control weeds (e.g., Phytophthora palmivora).
Agrobacterium species are known to act as phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB).
Frankia is a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing microbe found in the root nodules of non-leguminous plants like Alnus.
Beijerinckia is a free-living (non-symbiotic) aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacterium.
Therefore, the incorrectly matched pair is Free living mycoherbicide — Bacillus thuringiensis.
Answer: Free living mycoherbicide — Bacillus thuringiensis
Agrobacterium species are known to act as phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB).
Frankia is a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing microbe found in the root nodules of non-leguminous plants like Alnus.
Beijerinckia is a free-living (non-symbiotic) aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacterium.
Therefore, the incorrectly matched pair is Free living mycoherbicide — Bacillus thuringiensis.
Answer: Free living mycoherbicide — Bacillus thuringiensis