Quiz_Fungi

1. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

2. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

3. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

4. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

5. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

11. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

14. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

15. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

18. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

19. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

20. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

34. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

35. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

36. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

37. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

40. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

41. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

42. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

45. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

46. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

47. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

48. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

49. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

50. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

51. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

54. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

57. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

58. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

59. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

60. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

66. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

74. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

75. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

79. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

80. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

81. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

82. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

86. What is streptomycin?