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Fungi - class-XI

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Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
In defining fungi, which of the following is not a correct contrasting statement?

  1. Animals are heterotrophic by ingestion while fungi are heterotrophic by absorption

  2. Plants have cell walls of cellulose; fungi have cell walls of chitin

  3. Energy reserve of fungi.is starch while the energy reserve of animals is glycogen

  4. Fungi lack flagella at all stages of their life while most protists have a stage that possesses flagella


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Reserve food material in all the fungi is glycogen and oil but not starch. 

So, the correct option is 'Energy reserve of fungi.is starch while the energy reserve of animals is glycogen'.

Who gave the parasitic nature of fungus in plant?

  1. Pasteur

  2. Anton De Bary

  3. Robert Koch

  4. J.F. Kuhn


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bacterial nature of Anthrax disease in animals was studied by Robert Koch. He used gelatin as solidifying agent in culture media, which is replaced by Agar-Agar. Koch postulates are applicable to bacteria and fungi as pathogen.

The study of Fungi is called

  1. Phycology

  2. Plant pathology

  3. Systematics

  4. Mycology


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fungi are a subsection of eukaryotes. Fungi are heterotrophs, which means they consume other organic products. Types of fungi include both molds and yeasts. Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as toxicity or infection.

So, the correct answer is 'Mycology'

Heterothallism was discovered by

  1. Blakeslee

  2. Mehta

  3. Pasteur

  4. Alexopolous


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The term heterothallism was first used by Blakeslee in 1904 for the condition of sexual reproduction which he found in certain species of Mucorales, such that 'conjugation is possible only through the interaction of two differing thalli.

Therefore A is the correct option. 

Identify the scientists who worked extensively on chlorophyllous and non chlorophyllous thallophytes respectively :
(a) Iyengar
(b) Swaminathan
(c) Mehta
(d) Maheshwari

  1. a, d

  2. b, c

  3. c, d

  4. a, c


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Iyengar and mehta are scientists who worked extensively on chlorophyllous and non chlorophyllous thallophytes.

So the correct option is D.

The body of fungus is known as________

  1. hypha

  2. mycelium

  3. rhizoid

  4. fruiting body


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A.Hypha – a filament of mycelium is called hypha.

B.mycelium – a network of filamentous structure appear in the body of fungus is called mycelium.

C.Rhizoid -  root like hyphae appear in some fungi are called rhizoids.

D.Fruiting body – specialised structure formed after fertilizaiton in ascomyetis and basidiomycetis fungi is called fruiting body. It is made up of secondary mycelium.

So, the correct option is ‘mycelium’.

The fungi are

  1. Autotrophic

  2. Holotrophic

  3. Chemotrophic

  4. Heterotrophic


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fungi are multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophs, that acquire their nutrients by absorption. Heterotrophic nutrition is a type of nutrition which is obtained by digested organic compounds. They feed on dead or decaying organic matter.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Mycology (Mycetology) is a branch which deals with the study of

  1. Viruses

  2. Algae

  3. Bacteria

  4. Fungi


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mycology means 'mykes' meaning mushroom and 'logos' meaning discourse.Mycology had another name mycetology and involves the study of fungi.
Humans have been using fungi for thousand of years but it was in the 19th century that fungi was studied for the invasion into plant and animal tissues.   

The term 'fungus' was coined by

  1. Gaspard Bauhin

  2. De Bary

  3. E.J Butler

  4. Linnaeus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The term fungi refer to the mushroom in the greek language. The Linnaeus had coined the term fungi a plural form of fungus as a plant class in 1973. 

So, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following is famous mycologist of India?

  1. P. Maheshwari

  2. M. Iyengar

  3. K. Shauna

  4. Sadasivan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Prof. T. S. Sadasivan has an outstanding work done in the fields of Plant Pathology and Mycology, this laboratory was elevated as a Centre for Advanced Studies by the University Grants Commission in 1964. T.S. Sadasivan work on physiology of infection by Fusarium. Other famous Indian mycologists are KC. Mehta, B.B. Mundkar and C.V. Subraman

Study of fungi is known as 

  1. Phycology

  2. Mycology

  3. Palynology

  4. Bryology


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi along with their genetic and biochemical properties is called mycology. It also involves the study of their use to humans as a source of medicine and food. It combines with algae and fungi to form lichens. It also associate with root to form mycorrhiza.

Thus the correct answer is option B.

Select incorrect statement w.r.t edible mushrooms ____________________.

  1. Rhizomorph do not have root cap like structure

  2. Spawn is used for their culture

  3. Edible part is actually basidiocarp

  4. Dikaryotisation occurs by crozier formation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Root caps are the growing part of the roots present at the tips of the roots and are formed by parenchymal cells. Rhizomorphs also have a root cap like structure and hence the first statement is incorrect. So the right answer is option 'Rhizomorph do not have root cap like structure'.

Mushroom get its food from

  1. Dead and decaying plants

  2. Photosynthesis

  3. Eating small insects which come near it

  4. The water we pour near it


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Plant mushroom get its food from dead and decaying plants. In short, they are saprophytes. Plants are green because they contain chlorophyll, which helps them with photosynthesis, the process of turning sunlight into food. Mushrooms are not green and they contain no chlorophyll. Therefore, they cannot photosynthesize. Mushrooms obtain their food by metabolizing dead or decaying organic matter, such as dead plants on the ground. Tiny filaments called as hyphae absorb the nutrients from the dead matter. Mushrooms are made up of hyphae filaments and a mass of hyphae is called as a mycelium. This is why, you often see mushrooms growing on dead tree stumps.

The fungal tissue is ________

  1. Parenchyma

  2. Plectenchyma

  3. Chlorenchyma

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fungal tissue is known as plectenchyma that is formed due to well organized hyphae either forming parallel strand-called parenchyma or give the appearance of parenchyma of higher plants called pseudoparenchyma.

The mushrooms are rich sources of

  1. Proteins

  2. Sodium

  3. Carbohydrates

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Mushrooms are low in carbohydrates, calories and sodium and are cholesterol and fat free. High in fibre and protein, mushrooms are also rich in B vitamins to help maintain a healthy metabolism.

The cell wall of fungi is made up of ________.

  1. Cellulose

  2. Pectin

  3. Chitin

  4. Peptidoglycan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Fungi are saprophytes in nature. They tend to live on dead organisms. They do not possess chlorophyll. Their cell wall is made up of chitin.

Which of the following is an edible mushroom?

  1. Agaricus bisporus

  2. Amanita phalloides

  3. Jack O Lantern

  4. Entoloma


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  1. Agaricus bisporus from the above options is an edible mushroom which is a native of grassland of Europe and North America.
  2. Rest of the mushrooms Amanita phalloides (Death cap), Omphalous olearius (Jack O Lantern) and fungus of genus Entoloma are all poisonous and not eligible for human consumption as they me cause sever cramps and vomiting and other symptoms.

In mushroom, fungal tissue which formed central part of a
gill is

  1. Strema

  2. Trema

  3. Sub-hyminium

  4. Hyminium


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mature gill composed of a central core called trema which is made up of parallel or loosely interwoven hyphae.

In mushroom cultivation, spawn is 

  1. Compost

  2. Button stage

  3. Vegetative mycelium

  4. Harvested mushroom


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mushroom Spawn is simply any substance that has been inoculated with mycelium, the vegetative growth of the fungus. Mycelium a thread like the collection of the cell is to a mushroom-like an apple tree is to an apple.

So, the correct option is 'Vegetative mycelium'.

Consider the following substances.
a. Cellulose
b. Glucan
c. Lignin
Which of the statements is/are found as a component/components of fungal cell wall?

  1. $1$ and $2$ only

  2. $2$ and $3$ only

  3. $3$ only

  4. $1, 2$ and $3$


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is used as fungal insecticide in Bio-control programs?

  1. Trichoderma viridi

  2. Phytophthora parasitica

  3. Beauveria bassiana

  4. Aspergillus niger


Correct Option: A

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
A sexual spore produced by a sac fungus is called

  1. mycelium

  2. conidium

  3. ascospore

  4. basidiospore


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ascomycota members include molds that have septate hyphae and some yeasts which are called sac fungi because their sexual spores, called ascospores, are produced in a sac or ascus.

So, the correct option is 'ascospore'.

The thread like structures that developed on the bread are the hyphae of the mushroom. 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • The hyphae that develop on the bread are of the fungus Rhizopus stolonifer also known as black bread mold and it is not a type of mushroom.

Ray fungi as diazotrophs are

  1. Streptomyces and Mycoplasma

  2. Gram negative monerans and symbiotically associated with Xanthomonas

  3. Gram positive monerans and symbiotically associated with Alnus

  4. Chemoautotrophic $ { N } _{ 2} $ - fixer


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Actinomyces species of bacteria form colonies that have fungus like branched networks of hyphae and are therefore also known as ray fungus. They are gram positive and a few species of nitrogen fixing bacteria live in symbiosis with actinorhizal plants of the genus Alnus. 

So, the correct option is 'Gram-positive monerans and symbiotically associated with Alnus'.

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Which of the following purposes do you think is served, by $CO _2$ as an end product of fermentation in baking industry?

  1. To lighten the dough

  2. To give colour to bread

  3. To give flavour to the bread

  4. To produce beautiful shape


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The sugars in the bread product are converted into carbon dioxide and ethanol as an end product. The carbon dioxide is evolved from the dough when the yeast gets dissolved in water so that it makes the dough lighter.

So, the correct option is 'To lighten the dough'.

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