Fungi usually store the reserve food material in the form of

(1) Starch 

(2) Glycogen and oil

(3) Lipid

(4) Protein

Consider the following characters:

I. Heterotroph organisms

II. A dikaryon stage

III. Cell wall made of chitin

IV. Undergo nuclear mitosis

Which of the above relate to fungi?

(1) I, II and III

(2) I, III and IV

(3) II, III and IV

(4) I, II, III and IV

How many of the following statements regarding fungi are true?

1. 2

2. 3

3. 4

4. 5

Consider the following characters:

I. Nuclear envelope

II. Membranes lacking sterols

III. 80s ribosomes

IV. split genes

The character not shared by fungi with other eukaryotes is/are:

(1) II alone

(2) IV alone

(3) II and IV only

(4) III and IV only 

Fungi resemble plants in:

(1) Lack of chloroplasts and heterotrophic nutrition

(2) Reproduction by only sexual means

(3) Having a cell wall and vacuoles

(4) Exhibition of bioluminiscence

Identify the characteristic that is unique to fungi:

(1) Cell wall of glucans and chitin

(2) Lack of chloroplasts and heterotrophic nutrition

(3) Mannitol, trehalose and glycogen as storage products.

(4) Having haploid nuclei and production of spores

Which one of the following is wrong for fungi?

(1) They are eukaryotic

(2) All fungi possess a purely cellulosic cell wall

(3) They are heterotrophic

(4) They are both unicellular and multicellular

One of the major components of cell wall of most fungi is

(1) peptidoglycan

(2) cellulose

(3) hemicellulose

(4) chitin

Cellulose is the major component of cell walls of

(1) Pythium

(2) Xanthomonas

(3) Pseudomonas

(4) Saccharomyces

The given below figure shows a generalised life cycle of a fungus. Identify A, B and C from the given option.