Quiz_Fungi

1. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

2. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

3. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

11. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

12. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

18. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

19. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

22. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

32. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

33. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

34. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

35. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

36. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

37. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

38. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

39. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

40. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

44. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

45. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

55. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

56. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

61. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

62. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

63. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

64. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

65. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

66. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

67. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

68. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

69. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

70. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

73. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

74. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

75. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

79. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

82. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

83. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

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