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The sum of the infinite geometric series $1 + 1/3 + 1/3^2+ 1/3^3+ \dots$ (rounded off to one decimal place) is ___________
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Three balls, colored in blue, green and red, are successively transferred from box $A$ to box $B$ in the order $\text{BLUE-GREEN-RED.}$ The probability of a reverse transfer of the balls to the box $A$ in the same order (rounded off to two decimal places) is ____________
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Decimal reduction time of a bacterial strain is $20 \textit{ min}$. Specific death rate constant in $\textit{min}^{-1}$ (rounded off to two decimal places) is ___________
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The value of $\underset{x \to 0} \lim \left [ \dfrac{x- \sin 2x}{x-\sin 5x} \right]$ (rounded off to two decimal places) is __________
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A system consists of two reactors, connected by a valve. The first reactor $(R1)$ contains an ideal gas $A$ of volume $5\: L$ and the second reactor $(R2)$ has an ideal gas $B$ of volume $10\: L$. Initially, the valve is closed and ... equilibrium. If the temperature $T$ of both the reactors is maintained constant, the final equilibrium pressure in $\textit{atm}$ of the system is _____________
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The enzyme $\alpha$-amylase used in starch hydrolysis has an affinity constant $(K_m)$ value of $0.005 \: M$. To achieve one-fourth of the maximum rate of hydrolysis, the required starch concentration $mM$ (rounded off to two decimal places) is ____________
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In a Mendel’s dilhybrid experiment, a homozygous pea plant with round yellow seeds was crossed with a homozygous plant with wrinkled green seeds. $F_1$ intercross produced $560 \: F_2$ progency. The number of $F_2$ progency having both dominant traits (round and yellow) is ____________
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A $0.1 \textit{ mL}$ aliquot of a bacteriophage stock having a concentration of $4 \times 10^9 \textit{ phages mL}^{-1}$ is added to $0.5 \textit{ mL}$ of $\textit{E. coli}$ culture having a concentration of $2 \times 10^8 \textit{ cells mL}^{-1}$. The multiplicity of infection is ________
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If the area of a triangle with the vertices $(k,0), (2,0)$ and $(0, -2)$ is $2$ square units, the value of $k$ is _________
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In a chemostat with a dilution rate of $0.8$ $h^{-1}$, the steady state biomass concentration and the specific product formation rate are $8 \textit{ mol m}^{-3}$ and $0.2 \;(\textit{mol product}) (\textit{mol biomass})^{-1} \: h^{-1}$, respectively. The steady state product concentration in $\textit{mol m}^{-3}$ is ___________
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If the values of two random variables $(X,Y)$ are $(121, 360)$, $(242, 364)$ and $(363, 362)$, the value of correlation coefficient between $X$ and $Y$ (rounded off to one decimal place) is ________.
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The determinant of matrix $A = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1& 1 & 1 \\ -1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ -1 & -1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 & 3 \end{pmatrix}$ is __________.
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It is desired to scale-up a fermentation from $1L$ to $1000L$ vessel by maintaining a constant power-to-volume ratio. The small fermenter is operated at an agitator speed of $300$ rotations per minute $(\textit{rpm})$. If the value of scale up factor is $10$, agitator speed in $\textit{rpm}$ (rounded off to the nearest integer) for the large fermenter is _________.
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The specific growth rate of a mold during exponential phase of its growth in a batch cultivation is $0.15 \: h^{-1}$. If the cell concentration at $30 \: h$ is $33\: g L^{-1}$, the cell concentration in $g \: L^{-1}$ (rounded off to the nearest integer) at $24 \: h$ is ________.
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A sedimentation tank of height $100 \textit{ cm}$ is used in a conventional activated sludge process to separate a suspension of spherical shaped granular sludge biomass of $0.5 \textit{ mm}$ ... reach their terminal velocity instantaneously, the biomass settling time in $\textit{min}$ (rounded off to two decimal places) is ___________
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In a random mating population, $Y$ and $y$ are dominant and recessive alleles, respectively. If the frequency of $Y$ allele in both sperm and egg is $0.70$, then the frequency $Y/y$ heterozygotes (rounded off to two decimal places) is ___________.
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Calculate the following integral $\int \limits_0^{\pi^2/4} \sin \sqrt{x} dx =$____________.
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A feed stream $(F_1)$ containing components $A$ and $B$ is processed in a system comprising of separation unit and a mixer as shown below in the schematic diagram. The mole fractions of the components $A$ and $B$ are $x_A$ and $x_B$, respectively. If $F_1+F_2=100 \textit{ kg h}^{-1}$, the degrees of freedom of the system is _________.
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A batch cultivation of $\textit{E. coli}$ follows zeroth order Monod's growth kinetics. The cell growth is terminated when the residual dissolved oxygen concentration attains $10\%$ of its saturation value and oxygen mass transfer coefficient $(k_La)$ ... in $\textit{kg m}^{-3}$ (rounded off to two decimal places) at the end of the batch cultivation is __________
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Milk flowing through a stainless steel inner tube ($40 \textit{ mm}$ inner diameter) of double tube-type heater is to be heated from $10^\circ C$ to $85^\circ C$ by saturated steam condensing at $120^\circ C$ on the outer surface of the inner tube. Total heat transferred $(Q)$ ... } m^{-2} $^\circ C^{-1}$. The total length of the heating tube in $m$ (rounded off to one decimal place) is __________
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A $\text{DNA}$ solution of $50 \: \mu g \: mL^{-1}$ concentration gives an absorbance of $1.0$ at $260 \textit{ nm}$. An aliquot of $20 \: \mu L$ from a $50 \: \mu L$ ... at $260 \textit{ nm}$. The concentration of the purified plasmid in $\mu g \: \mu L^{-1}$ (rounded off to two decimal places) is ________.
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The possible number of $\textit{Sal}\text{I}$ restriction sites in a $9\text{ kb}$ double-stranded $\text{DNA}$, with all four bases occurring in equal proportion (rounded off to the nearest integer) is _________
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A bacterium produces acetic acid from ethanol as per the following reaction $2CH_3CH_2OH+2O_2 \rightarrow 2CH_3COOH+2H_2O$ The thermodynamic maximum yield of acetic acid from ethanol in $g \: g^{-1}$ (rounded off to two decimal places) is ___________
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The solution of $\underset{x\rightarrow 8 }\lim\left ( \dfrac{x^{2}-64}{x-8} \right )$ is _____________.
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The median value for the dataset $\left ( 12, 10,16,8,90,50,30,24 \right )$ is ______________.
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The degree of reduction for acetic acid $\left ( C_{2} H_{4}O_{2}\right )$ is ____________.
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The mass of $1$ $kmol$ of oxygen molecules is ___________$g$ (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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Protein concentration of a crude enzyme preparation was $10\:mg\:mL^{-1}$. $10\:\mu L$ of this sample gave an activity of $5\:\mu mol\:min^{-1}$ under standard assay conditions. The specific activity of this crude enzyme preparation is ____________ units $mg^{-1}$.
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A UV-visible spectrophotometer has a minimum detectable absorbance of $0.02$. The minimum concentration of a protein sample that can be measured reliably in this instrument with a cuvette of $1cm$ path length is _________$\mu M$ . The molar extinction coefficient of the protein is $10,000\;L\:mol^{-1}\:cm^{-1}$.
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The difference in concentrations of an uncharged solute between two compartments is $1.6$-fold. The energy required for active transport of the solute across the membrane separating the two compartments is _________ $cal\:mol^{-1}$ (rounded off to the nearest integer). $(R =1.987\:cal\:mol^{-1}\:K^{-1},\:T=37 \;^{\circ}C)$
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In pea plants, purple color of flowers is determined by the dominant allele while white color is determined by the recessive allele. A genetic cross between two purple flower bearing plants results in an offspring with white flowers. The probability that the third offspring from these parents will have purple flowers is ____________ (rounded off to $2$ decimal places).
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The molecular mass of a protein is $22\:kDa$. The size of the $\text{cDNA}$ (excluding the untranslated regions) that codes for this protein is __________ $kb$ (rounded off to $1$ decimal place).
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A new game is being introduced in a casino. A player can lose Rs. $100$, break even, win Rs. $100$, or win Rs. $500$. The probabilities $(P(X))$ of each of these outcomes $(X)$ ... $\sigma$) for the casino payout is Rs. _____________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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$\int _{-1}^{1}\:f\left ( x \right )dx$ calculated using trapezoidal rule for the values given in the table is ______ (rounded off to $2$ ...
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Yeast biomass $\left ( C_{6}H_{10}O_{3}N \right )$ grown on glucose is described by the stoichiometric equation given below: $C_{6}H_{12}O_{6}+0.48\:NH_{3}+3\:O_{2} \to 0.48\:C_{6}H_{10}O_{3}N+3.12\:CO_{2}+4.32\:H_{2}O$ The amount of glucose needed ... $1,00,000$ $L$ is __________ $kg$ (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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Phenolic wastewater discharged from an industry was treated with Pseudomonas $sp$. in an aerobic bioreactor. The influent and effluent concentrations of phenol were $10,000$ and $10\:ppm$, respectively. The inlet feed rate of wastewater was $80\:L\:h^{-1}$ ... operates under 'chemostat' mode, the working volume require for this process is _____________ $L$ (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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In a cross-flow filtration process, the pressure drop $\left ( \Delta P \right )$ driving the fluid flow is $2$ atm, inlet feed pressure $\left ( P_{i} \right )$ is $3$ atm and filtrate pressure $\left ( P_{f} \right )$ is equal to atmospheric pressure. The average transmembrane pressure drop $\left ( \Delta P_{m} \right )$ is ___________ atm.
An industrial fermentor containing $10,000\:L$ of medium needs to be sterilized. The initial spore concentration in the medium is $10^{6}$ spores $mL^{-1}$. The desired probability of contamination after sterilization is $10^{-3}$. The death rate ... cell death during heating and cooling phases. The holding time of the sterilization process is___________ min (rounded off to the nearest integer).
The dimensions and operating condition of a lab-scale fermentor are as follows: Volume = $1\:L$ Diameter = $20$ cm Agitator speed = $600$ rpm Ratio of impeller diameter to fermentor diameter = $0.3$ This fermentor needs to be scaled up to $8,000\:L$ for ... of the agitator in the larger reactor is ___________ rpm. Assume that the scale-up factor is the cube root of the ratio of fermentor volumes.
A variable $Y$ is a function of $t$. Given that $Y\left ( t=0 \right )=1$ and $Y\left ( t=1 \right )=2,\dfrac{dY}{dt}$ in the interval $t=\left [ 0,1 \right ]$ can be approximated as _________________.