Quiz_Fungi

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

6. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

7. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

8. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

9. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

10. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

11. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

12. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

15. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

16. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

21. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

22. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

23. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

26. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

27. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

32. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

35. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

39. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

40. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

41. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

42. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

43. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

46. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

47. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

48. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

49. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

61. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

62. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

63. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

64. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

67. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

68. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

69. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

76. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

80. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. Early blight of potato is caused by: