Quiz_Fungi

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

 
 
 
 

2. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

7. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

10. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

11. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

12. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

13. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

14. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

15. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

16. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

17. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

18. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

19. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

22. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

23. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

28. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

29. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

30. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

43. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

46. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

49. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

50. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

51. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

54. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

55. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

59. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

62. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

65. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

69. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

70. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

71. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

73. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

76. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

80. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

83. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

86. Pseudomycelium is found in: