NEET
Botany

Kingdom Fungi Introduction

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Consistency: 15%
Weightage: 3 / 20 Yrs

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2024
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2019
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2016

Questions
4 MCQs

01
PYQ 2016
easy
botany ID: neet-201

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 as well as multicellular
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02
PYQ 2019
easy
botany ID: neet-201

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

1. Yeasts have filamentous bodies with long thread-like hyphae.
2. Morels and truffles are edible delicacies.
3. Claviceps is a source of many alkaloids and LSD.
4. Conidia are produced exogenously and ascospores endogenously.
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03
PYQ 2019
easy
botany ID: neet-201

Match the Column-I with Column-II

Column-I

Column-II

(a)

Saprophyte

(i)

Symbiotic association of fungi with plant roots

(b)

Parasite

(ii)

Decomposition of dead organic materials

(c)

Lichens

(iii)

Living on living plants or animals

(d)

Mycorrhiza

(iv)

Symbiotic association of algae and fungi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
2. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
3. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
4. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
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04
PYQ 2024
easy
botany ID: neet-202
Which one of the following is not a criterion for classification of fungi?
1. Mode of nutrition 2. Mode of spore formation
3. Fruiting body 4. Morphology of mycelium
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