Quiz_Fungi

1. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

2. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

7. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

10. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

14. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

15. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

19. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

22. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

25. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

28. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

29. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

37. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

38. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

39. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

43. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

49. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

50. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

51. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

52. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

53. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

54. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

55. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

56. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

61. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

70. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

71. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

72. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

76. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

77. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

78. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

79. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

83. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

84. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in: