MCQ’S ON YEAST AND ALBUGO
Q. The species causing white rust of cruciferae has a botanical name, it is
(a) Pythium debaryanum
(b) Peronospora parasitica
(c) Albugo candida
(d) Puccinia graminis
Answer: (c)
Q. Yeast is not included in protozoans but in fungi because
(a) it has eukaryotic organization
(b) cell wall is made up of cellulose and reserve food material as starch
(c) Some fungal hyphae grow in such a way that they give the appearance of pseudomycelium
(d) it has no chlorophyll
Answer: (a)
Q. This is used in the preparation of alcohol
(a) Saccharomyces
(b) Acetobacter
(c) Lactobacillus
(d) Penicillium
Answer: (a)
Q. Fungus without mycelium is
(a) Agaricus
(b) Albugo
(c) Puccinia
(d) Saccharomyces
Answer: (d)
Q. Yeast produces an enzyme complex, which is responsible for fermentation. Which is the enzyme complex?
(a) Zymase
(b) Dehydrogenase
(c) Aldolase
(d) Invertase
Answer: (a)
Q. In yeast, the sexual reproduction is by conjugation. After fusion, the zygotic nucleus divides meiotically and forms haploid spores. The unicellular structure with haploid spores is
(a) Gametangium
(b) Zoosporangium
(c) Sporangium
(d) Ascus
Answer: (d)
Q. The rising of dough is due to
(a) sulphur dioxide
(b) hydrogen
(c) carbon dioxide
(d) oxygen
Answer: (c)
Q. In manufacture of bread, it becomes porous due to the liberation of CO2 by the action of
(a) Yeast
(b) Virus
(c) Protozoans
(d) Bacteria
Answer: (a)
Q. The food reserve in Albugo usually is
(a) Fat
(b) Protein granules
(c) Glycogen
(d) Volutin granules
Answer: (c)
Q. This statement on Albugo is incorrect
(a) Non-flagellated female gametes
(b) Biflagellated zoospores
(c) Biflagellated male gametes
(d) All of these
Answer: (c)
