Quiz_Fungi

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

7. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

8. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

11. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

12. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

13. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

17. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

21. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

22. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

25. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

33. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

34. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

35. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

43. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

50. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

51. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

52. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

53. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

56. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

57. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

58. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

61. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

62. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

63. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

64. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

65. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

69. Saccharomyces is well known for:

 
 
 
 

70. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

71. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

72. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

73. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

74. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

76. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

77. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

78. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

79. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

80. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

83. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. Black rust of wheat is caused by: