Quiz_Fungi

1. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

2. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

3. The multinucleate and aseptate hypha of Rhizopus are known as:

 
 
 
 

4. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

5. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

6. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

7. The importance of study of parasitic fungi is that they are:

 
 
 
 

8. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

9. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

10. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

11. Spores formed at the tip of fungal hyphae are called:

 
 
 
 

12. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

13. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

14. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

15. Zygospores may not be produced in Rhizopus due to:

 
 
 
 

16. The spores which are formed in the sporangium of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

17. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

18. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

19. Which of the following causes smut disease in wheat?

 
 
 
 

20. Which part of the plant is not affected by Albugo?

 
 
 
 

21. The most common method of vegetative reproduction in yeast is:

 
 
 
 

22. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

23. Rhizopus is also commonly known by the name of:

 
 
 
 

24. A disease is an abnormal state that may result due to:

 
 
 
 

25. The reserve food in yeast is in the form of:

 
 
 
 

26. If a disease appears on a large scale after a long interval it is:

 
 
 
 

27. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

28. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

29. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

30. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

31. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

32. The branch of Botany under which fungi are studied is known as:

 
 
 
 

33. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

34. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

35. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

36. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

37. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

38. One of the major components of the cell wall of most fungi is: (NEET 2016)

 
 
 
 

39. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

40. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

41. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

42. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

43. When a fungus is able to pass its complete life cycle on one host it is called:

 
 
 
 

44. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

45. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

46. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

47. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

48. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

49. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

50. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

51. Rhizopus, which is saprophytic by nature, is also known as:

 
 
 
 

52. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

53. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

54. Mycelium is the name given to the plant body of:

 
 
 
 

55. Columella is a specialized sterile structure found in sporangium of:

 
 
 
 

56. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

57. Disease-resistant plant varieties can be produced by:

 
 
 
 

58. The life cycle of Saccharomyces ludwigii represents a typical type of life cycle:

 
 
 
 

59. The zygospores formed by the conjugation of gametangia are:

 
 
 
 

60. The parasitic fungi take their nutrition from their host with the help of:

 
 
 
 

61. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

62. Yeast is different from Rhizopus and Penicillium in being:

 
 
 
 

63. It is sometimes seen that conjugation between two hyphae of Rhizopus does not take place even in most favourable conditions because:

 
 
 
 

64. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

65. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

66. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

67. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

68. The chief enzyme found in the yeast cell is:

 
 
 
 

69. An excessive enlargement of diseased organ because of increase in the number of cells is called:

 
 
 
 

70. Which of the following is wrong for fungi? (NEET 2016)

 
 
 
 

71. For the production of which microbial action is not required?

 
 
 
 

72. A characteristic spore of Agaricus, a mushroom is known as:

 
 
 
 

73. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

74. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

75. Severe famine of West Bengal of 1942-43 was due to destruction of rice crop by a fungus called:

 
 
 
 

76. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

77. Sometimes a gamete of Rhizopus functions as zygospore. It is known as:

 
 
 
 

78. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

79. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

80. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

81. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

82. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

83. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

84. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

85. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

86. A control measure prior to the appearance of a particular disease comes under: