CHAPTER 8

1. Fungi can be stained by

a) Saffranine
b)Cotton blue
c) Glycerine
d) Lactophenol

2. Fungi usually store the reserve food material in the form of

a) Starch
b) Lipid
c) Glycogen
d) protein

3. Fungi can be distinguished from algae in fact that

a) Cell wall is cellulosoic cell wall and chlorophyll is absent
b) Nucleus is present
c) Mitochondria are absent
d) Cell wall is chitinous and chlorophyll is absent

Clue: Ergot is obtained from ?

4. Ergot is obtained from

a) Rhizopus
b) Claviceps
c) Albugo
d) Phytomonas
5. One of the following is a predatory fungus
a) Arthrobotrys
b) Puccinia
c) Fusarium
d) Alternaria

6. Fungi producing usually eight spores in a sac like structure belong to

a) Phycomycetes
b) Ascomycetes
c) Basidiomycetes
d) Deuteromycetes

7. One of the following is a heteroceous fungus?

a) Albugo
b) Phytophora
c) Puccinia
d) Ustilago

8. In some parasitic fungi a globular or hook like structure is formed at the point of
contact with the host. This is known as
a) Haustoria
b) Appresorium
c) Hold fast
d) Hook

9. Fungi which grow on dung are termed as

a) Coprophilous
 b) Terricolous
c) Sacxicolous
d) Saxiphilous

10. The fruiting body of Aspergillus is called

a) Apothecium
b)Perithecium
c) Cleistothecium
d) Hypanthodium

11. All fungi are

a) autrophs
b) Saprophytes
c) Parasites
d) Heterotrophs

12. One of the common fungal diseases of man is

a) Cholera
b) Plague
c) Ringworm
d) Typhoid
 13. Aflatoxin is produced by
a) Bacteria
b) Virus
c) Fungi
d) Nematode

14. Yeast is unlike bacteria in being

a) Unicellular
b) Multicellular
c) Prokaryotic
d) Eukaryotic

15. Perfect stage of a fungus means

a) When the fungus is perfectly healthy
b) When it reproduces asexually
c) When it forms perfect sexual spores
d) None of these
Answers:

1-b 2-c 3-d 4-b 5-a

6-b 7-c 8-b 9-a 10-c

11-d 12-c 13-c 14-d 15-c

1. 'Bakers yeast' is

Mucor
Saccharomyces
Aspergillus
Agaricus
2. The food material in fungi is stored in the form of

glucose
sucrose
starch
glycogen

3. The organism which is important for its use in genetic studies is

Rhizopus
Agaricus
Aspergillus
Neurospora

4. The fruiting body in Agaricus is called

mesocarp
pseudocarp
basidiocarp
pericarp
5. Hyphae are multinucleate and aseptate in

Ascomycetes
Basidiomycetes
Zygomycetes
Deuteromycetes

6. Heterothalism in fungi was discovered by

Bessy
Blackslee
Micheli
de Bary

7. Columella is a specialized structure found in the sporangium of

Rhizopus
Slimemould
Agaricus
Alternaria
8. Which pair of the following belong to basidiomycetes

Puffballs and Claviceps

Peziza and Stinghorns
Morchella and Mushrooms
Birds nest fungi and puff balls

9. Meiosis takes place in

Zoospore
Zygospore
Ascospore
Basidiospore

10. Fungi resemble human beings in having

heterotrophic mode of nutrition

nature of food reserve
mode of respiration
all of these

1. Saccharomyces

2. glycogen

3. Neurospora

4. basidiocarp

5. Zygomycetes

6. Blackslee

7. Rhizopus

8. Birds nest fungi and puff balls

9. Zygospore

10. all of these