CBSE Class 12 Biology Microbes in Human Welfare Online Test Set B

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Question 1

Question

What would happen if oxygen availability to activated sludge flocs is reduced?

Answer

The center of flocs will become anoxic, which would cause death of bacteria and eventually breakage of flocs

Protozoa would grow in large numbers

It will slow down the rate of degradation of organic matter

Flocs would increase in size as anaerobic bacteria would grow around flocs