Quiz_Fungi

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

 
 
 
 

2. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

3. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

6. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

9. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

10. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

11. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

12. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

13. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

14. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

15. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

16. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

17. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

21. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

22. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

27. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

28. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

31. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

41. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

42. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

43. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

44. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

51. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

52. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

53. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

54. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

55. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

62. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

63. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

64. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

67. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

68. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

69. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

70. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

73. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

74. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

75. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

76. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

79. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

80. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

83. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. What is streptomycin?