Quiz_Fungi

1. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

2. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

5. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

10. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

11. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

12. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

13. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

17. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

18. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

24. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

27. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

32. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

33. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

34. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

35. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

36. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

41. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

42. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

43. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

44. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

48. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

49. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

53. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

54. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

61. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

62. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

63. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

67. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

68. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

69. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

70. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

77. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

78. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

80. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

81. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

83. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

84. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

85. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

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