Quiz_Fungi

1. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

2. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

3. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

13. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

14. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

20. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

21. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

28. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

29. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

30. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

31. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

32. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

33. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

34. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

37. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

38. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

39. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

40. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

41. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

42. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

43. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

44. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

51. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

52. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

64. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

65. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

69. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

73. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

74. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

77. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

78. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

79. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

80. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

81. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

82. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

85. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

86. Early blight of potato is caused by: