Quiz_Fungi

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

 
 
 
 

2. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

5. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

6. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

7. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

8. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

11. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

12. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

13. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

14. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

15. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

23. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

24. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

25. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

26. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

27. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

30. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

35. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

42. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

43. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

44. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

45. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

46. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

47. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

48. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

49. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

50. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

59. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

60. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

61. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

62. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

66. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

67. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

69. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

74. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

75. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

76. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

77. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

79. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

80. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

81. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

82. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

85. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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