Quiz_Fungi

1. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

2. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

3. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

4. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

9. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

10. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

11. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

12. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

13. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

14. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

15. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

24. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

27. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

34. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

35. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

41. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

47. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

48. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

49. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

52. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

53. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

54. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

59. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

60. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

62. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

63. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

64. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

65. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

66. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

67. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

68. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

69. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

73. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

76. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

77. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

78. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

79. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

83. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. The fungi that grow on wood are called: