KINGDOM FUNGI

KINGDOM FUNGI

1. A group of fungi with septatemycelium and sexual reproduction either absent or not known is

a. Phycomycetes b. Zygomycetes c. Deuteromycetes d. Ascomycetes

2. Fungi differ from Algae in having cellulose cell wall

a. Cellulose cell wall b. Cell wall of chitin and cellulose c. Chlorophyll

d. Starch as reserve food

3. In fungi, food is stored in the form of

a. glycogen b. Glycogenesis c. Starch d. Chitin

4. VAM are

a. Saprophytic bacteria b. saprophytic fungi c. Symbiotic fungi

d. Symbiotic bacteria

5. Coenocytic mycelium is found in

a. Ascomycetes b. Basidiomycetes c. deuteromycetes d. Phycomycetes

6. Mycorrhiza is associated with

a. Antagonism b. Parasitism c. Endemism d. Symboisis

7. Extracellular digestion is found in

a. Funaria b. Dryopteris c. Rhizopus d. All of these

8. Phenomenon of heterothallism was first observed by

a. K.C. Mehta b. Alexopoulos c. Blakeslee d. None of these

9. Absorptive heterotrophic nutrition is exhibited by

a. Algae b. Fungi c. Bryophytes d. Pteridophytes

10. When thallus of fungus entirely converts a reproductive body, it is called

a. Eucarpic b. Holocarpic c. Holozoic d. Homothallic

11. The single unit of mycelium of fungus is known as

a. Cell b. Tissue c. Hypha d. Rhizoids

12. Which of the following is a heteroecious fungus?

a. Ustilago b. Puccinia c. Albugo d. Phytophthora

13. Torula stage in Mucor/Rhizopus represents

a. Formation of conidia b. Formation of chlamydospores

c. Yeast like budding of oidia d. Formation of germ sporangium

14. The gills of a mushroom

a. Help in respiration b. Help in nutrition

c. Bear spores which help in reproduction d. Help in enhancing buoyancy

15. In Rhixopus, sexual fusion takes places between

a. Two coenogametangia b. Two gametes c. Two hyphae d. Two sporangia

16. Fungal tissue forming the central sterile core of a gill of mushrooms is called

a. trama b. stroma c. hymenium d. Fructification

17. Which one is not a mode of reproduction in yeast?

a. Budding b. Plasmogamy c. Oogamy d. Ascospore formation

18. Yeast is good source of

a. Protein b. riboflavin c. Sugar d. Ascorbic acid

19. A plant example in which reproductive structures lack a layer of sterile vegetative cells

surrounding the egg is

a. Funaria b. Marchantia c. Yeast d. Pinus

20. The yeasts can convert the sugar solution into alcohol by secreting an enzyme complex

which is known as

a. Zymase b. Biotin factor c. Invertase d. Transferase

21. Lichens are indicator of

a. Water pollution b. Air pollution c. Soil pollution d. All of these

22. The indicator of SO2 pollution of air is

a. Lichens b. Ferns c. Liverworts d. hornworts

23. Claviceps purpurea is the causal organism of

a. Ergot of rye b. ergot of bajra c. mildew of pea d. All of these

24. A fungal disease of human is

a. Typhoid b. Trichophyton c. Microsponum d. Both b and c

25. The diseases produced by the lungs Ustilago are called ‘smuts’ because

a. They attack cereals only

b. They produce sooty masses of spores by destroying ovaries

c. They affect hosts and convert them into black masses

d. Their mycelium is black


ANSWERS

1. c 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. d 6. d 7. c 8. c 9. b 10. b

11. c 12. b 13. c 14. c 15. a 16. a 17. c 18. b 19. c 20. a

21. b 22. a 23. a 24. d 25. b