Quiz_Fungi

1. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

4. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

7. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

8. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

9. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

11. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

14. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

15. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

16. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

22. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

26. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

27. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

28. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

29. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

32. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

33. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

35. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

36. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

37. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

38. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

42. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

43. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

44. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

45. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

46. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

47. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

48. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

53. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

56. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

59. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

60. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

61. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

62. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

63. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

64. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

65. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

67. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

68. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

70. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

71. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

74. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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