Quiz_Fungi

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. The fungi are usually:

 
 
 
 

4. The ascus of yeast contains:

 
 
 
 

5. What is mycorrhiza?

 
 
 
 

6. Rhizopus and yeast are usually:

 
 
 
 

7. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. Which is an edible fungus?

 
 
 
 

10. Metulae are found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. The mycelium of Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. Ergot of rye is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Discovery of penicillin was based on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Reproduction in Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. White rust of crucifers is caused by:

 
 
 
 

26. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

27. Aflatoxin is produced by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Yeast belongs to class:

 
 
 
 

30. The chief characteristic of class Ascomycetes is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. Early blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

33. Saccharomyces ludwigii ascus produces:

 
 
 
 

34. Who discovered heterothallism in fungi?

 
 
 
 

35. Facultative parasite is:

 
 
 
 

36. Rhizopus belongs to:

 
 
 
 

37. What is streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

38. Yeast is a source of:

 
 
 
 

39. Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus is by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. Penicillin is obtained from:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. Pseudomycelium is found in:

 
 
 
 

46. Fairy ring is the name given to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. Who discovered streptomycin?

 
 
 
 

50. The fungi are mostly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Coenogamete is found in:

 
 
 
 

53. What is absent in Deuteromycetes?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. The disease apple scab is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

59. The fungi that grow on wood are called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. Yeast grows more rapidly in:

 
 
 
 

62. Late blight of potato is caused by:

 
 
 
 

63. The most important property of yeast is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. The fungi used as food are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

69. LSD is:

 
 
 
 

70. Penicillin was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

71. Facultative saprophyte is:

 
 
 
 

72. Which is a fungicide?

 
 
 
 

73. The zygospore in Rhizopus on germination forms:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. The Rhizopus gametes are formed in:

 
 
 
 

76. Where does meiosis occur in yeast?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. A gill of Agaricus:

 
 
 
 

79. The Rhizopus is:

 
 
 
 

80. Zoogametes are not found in:

 
 
 
 

81. The sporangiophores in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

82. The sexual reproductive organs in Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. The two conjugating gametangia of Rhizopus are:

 
 
 
 

85. Saccharomyces is used in:

 
 
 
 

86. Saccharomyces is well known for: