Free Kingdom Fungi MCQs with Answers
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Fungi are mainly multicellular, non-photosynthetic organisms with chitinous cell walls that obtain nutrients by extracellular digestion and absorption. Coverage includes hyphae, mycelium, spores, yeast, moulds, mushrooms, decomposer and parasitic roles, and the differences between fungi, plants and bacteria.
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- A. Ascomycota
- B. Zygomycota
- C. Basidiomycota
- D. Deuteromycota
Explanation: The correct answer is ascomycota. Fungi in the Ascomycota phylum are known for their distinctive sexual reproductive structure, the ascus…
Correct answer: Ascomycota- A. A
- B. B
- C. C
- D. D
Explanation: The correct match is: Fungal Hypha=N (Haploid) or N + N (Dikaryotic/Heterokaryotic) Zygote=2N (Diploid) So the correct match is option C…
Correct answer: C- A. Yeast
- B. Rhizopus
- C. Mushroom
- D. Penicillium
Explanation: The correct answer is Rhizopus. Rhizopus is known for its filamentous structure, which appears as a tangled mass of hyphae under the…
Correct answer: Rhizopus- A. Absence of chitin
- B. Presence of conidia
- C. Absence of sexual reproduction
- D. Presence of absorptive nutrition
Explanation: Deuteromycetes differ from other fungi because they lack a known sexual reproductive stage.
Correct answer: Absence of sexual reproduction- A. Fungi: starch, Plant: glycogen
- B. Fungi: glycogen, Plant: starch
- C. Fungi: glycogen, Plant: glycogen
- D. Fungi: starch, Plant: starch
Explanation: The correct answer is that fungi store food as glycogen and plants store food as starch.
Correct answer: Fungi: glycogen, Plant: starch- A. Yeast
- B. Rhizopus
- C. Mushroom
- D. Penicillium
Explanation: The correct answer is Option B: Rhizopus. Rhizopus species are part of the Zygomycetes class of fungi, which are characterized by having…
Correct answer: Rhizopus- A. Meiosis occurs in the gills of basidiocarp
- B. Germination of basidiospores takes place in the basidiocarp
- C. Plasmogamy occurs between positive and negative mating types
- D. Karyogamy in the basidia leads to the formation of diploid nuclei
Explanation: Plasmogamy is the fusion of the cytoplasm between two compatible primary, haploid mycelia (often designated as positive and negative…
Correct answer: Plasmogamy occurs between positive and negative mating types- A. Mutualism
- B. Predation
- C. Commensalism
- D. Decomposition
Explanation: The correct answer is predation. In this scenario, the oyster mushroom actively hunts and consumes the nematodes, absorbing their…
Correct answer: Predation- A. I only
- B. II only
- C. III only
- D. II and III
Explanation: The correct answer is 'I only.' Lichens are a mutualistic association between green algae and fungal species of ascomycetes.
Correct answer: I only- A. A cell wall
- B. Nuclear mitosis
- C. Centrioles in cells
- D. Heterotrophic mode of nutrition
Explanation: The correct answer is B: nuclear mitosis. Fungi are unique in that they perform nuclear mitosis, where their nuclear envelope remains…
Correct answer: Nuclear mitosis- A. Ascomycota
- B. Zygomycota
- C. Basidiomycota
- D. Deuteromycota
Explanation: The correct answer is Option B:Zygomycota.Zygomycota are characterized by having non-septate (coenocytic), multinucleated hyphae and…
Correct answer: Zygomycota- A. Zygomycota
- B. Basidiomycota
- C. Deuteromycota
- D. Ascomycota
Explanation: Mushrooms are classified under Basidiomycota, known as club fungi.
Correct answer: Basidiomycota- A. Autotrophs
- B. Saprotrophs
- C. Parasites
- D. Predators
Explanation: Fungi that absorb nutrients directly from the living host cytoplasm are called Parasites.
Correct answer: Parasites- A. 2-3
- B. 2-5
- C. 5-7
- D. 2-9
Explanation: Fungi can survive in a wide pH range from 2 to 9.
Correct answer: 2-9- A. Basidiomycota
- B. Ascomycota
- C. Deutromycota
- D. Zygomycota
Explanation: These are common molds that belong to the Zygomycota division.
Correct answer: Zygomycota216. Mushroom belongs to:
- A. Zygomycota
- B. Ascomycota
- C. Basidiomycota
- D. Deuteromycota
Explanation: Mushrooms are fruiting bodies of Basidiomycota.
Correct answer: Basidiomycota- A. Danger stools
- B. Toad stools
- C. Break stools
- D. Dark stools
Explanation: Poisonous mushrooms commonly called toadstools.
Correct answer: Toad stools- A. Endophytic Fungi
- B. Mycorrhizal fungi
- C. Ergot
- D. Rhodotorula
Explanation: Mycorrhizal fungi are more directly linked to sol fertility.
Correct answer: Mycorrhizal fungi- A. Aspergillus flavus
- B. Candida albicans
- C. Agaricus bisporus
- D. Histoplasma capsulatum
Explanation: The common button mushroom is scientifically named Agaricus campestris.
Correct answer: Agaricus bisporus- A. Orange-yellow colored disease spots on their host surface
- B. Dusty spore masses that resemble soot
- C. Rust fungi have fruiting bodies
- D. Puccinia species
Explanation: Rust fungi produce orange-yellow, powdery lesions on infected plant surfaces that resemble rusted iron, which is why they are commonly…
Correct answer: Orange-yellow colored disease spots on their host surface