Quiz_Fungi

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

9. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

18. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

19. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

20. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

25. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

28. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

29. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

30. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

35. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

36. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

37. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

38. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

39. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

42. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

47. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

53. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

54. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

57. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

58. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

59. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

60. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

62. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

67. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

68. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

69. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

72. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

76. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

77. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

78. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

79. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

82. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

85. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

86. Who discovered streptomycin?