1. Refrigeration prevents food from spoilage by
a) Fungus
b) Bacteria
c) Both
d) None of these
Explanation: Refrigeration prevents food from spoilage by Fungus and Bacteria
2. Which is not a correct matching?
a) Rust → Puccinia
b) Yeast → Bread and beer
c) Chrysophyte → Diatomaceous earth
d) Penicillium → Red tide
Explanation: "Penicillium → Red tide" This is incorrect.
3. The following features belongs to
A. Body consist of long, slender thread-like structures called hyphae.
B. Cell wall consist of chitin.
C. Cosmopolitan
a) Ciliated protozoans
b) Slime moulds
c) Fungi
d) Euglenoids
Explanation: Fungi
4. If hyphae are continuous tube filled with multinucleated cytoplasm it is known as
a) Septate hyphae
b) Coenocytic hyphae
c) Mycelium
d) None of these
Explanation: If hyphae are continuous tube filled with multinucleated cytoplasm it is known as Coenocytic hyphae.
5.Select the correct matching:
A. Fungi depend on dead substrate ‒ Saprophytic
B. Fungi depend on living plants and animals ‒ Parasite
C. Fungi as symbiont with algae ‒ Lichens
D. Fungi as symbiont with root of higher plant ‒ Mycorrhazia
a) A and B only
b) B and C only
c) C and D only
d) All of these
Explanation: All of these
6. Vegetative reproduction in fungus takes place by
a) Fragmentation
b) Fission
c) Budding
d) All of these
Explanation: All of these
7. Asexual reproduction in fungus occurs by spores known as
a) Conidia
b) Sporangiospores
c) Zoospores
d) Any of the above
Explanation: Any of the above
8. Sexual reproduction in fungus is by
a) Oospores
b) Ascospores
c) Basidiospores
d) Any of the above
Explanation: Any of the above
9. Sexual reproduction in fungus occurs in the following sequential event. Arrange them properly.
A. Fusion of two nuclei called karyogamy.
B. Fusion of protoplasm between two motile or non-motile gametes.
C. Meiosis in zygote resulting in haploid spores.
a) A → B → C
b) B → A → C
c) C → B → A
d) C → A → B
Explanation: B → A → C
10. Dikaryon and dikaryophase is seen in the case of
a) Ascomycetes
b) Basidiomycetes
c) Phycomycetes
d) Both (a) and (b)
Explanation: Dikaryon and dikaryophase is seen in the case of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes