MCQs on Taxonomy and Nomenclature

MCQs on Taxonomy and Nomenclature

1. The naming of organisms is governed by:
   a) International Code of Plant Pathology
   b) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
   c) International Fungal Taxonomy Code
   d) International System of Zoological Nomenclature
   Answer: b
2. In binomial nomenclature, the first letter of the genus should be:
   a) Lowercase
   b) Uppercase
   c) Italicized only
   d) Bold
   Answer: b
3. What should be done to binomials when written?
   a) They should always be underlined.
   b) They should always be italicized.
   c) They should be underlined or italicized.
   d) They should be written in bold letters.
   Answer: c
4. In binomial nomenclature, the species name is typically:
   a) A noun
   b) An adjective
   c) A verb
   d) A phrase
   Answer: b
5. Which of the following represents the correct hierarchy for fungi classification?
   a) Order → Class → Family → Genus
   b) Class → Order → Family → Genus
   c) Division → Subdivision → Order → Class
   d) Family → Order → Class → Division
   Answer: b

MCQs on Fungal Classification

6. Fungi belong to the Kingdom:
   a) Plantae
   b) Protista
   c) Fungi
   d) Animalia
   Answer: c
7. In the classification of fungi, what comes immediately after “Division”?
   a) Subdivision
   b) Class
   c) Family
   d) Order
   Answer: a
8. The family name for Puccinia graminis is:
   a) Basidiomycotina
   b) Pucciniaceae
   c) Uredinales
   d) Teliomycetes
   Answer: b
9. The correct binomial name of a fungus species is:
   a) Puccinia graminis
   b) Puccinia Graminis
   c) puccinia graminis
   d) Puccinia Graminis Italicized
   Answer: a
10. The class Teliomycetes belongs to the subdivision:
    a) Zygomycotina
    b) Ascomycotina
    c) Basidiomycotina
    d) Deuteromycotina
    Answer: c

MCQs on Mycota Divisions

11. Which division of Mycota includes organisms with plasmodium or pseudoplasmodium?
    a) Eumycota
    b) Basidiomycotina
    c) Myxomycota
    d) Zygomycotina
    Answer: c
12. Which division of Mycota has an assimilative phase that is filamentous?
    a) Eumycota
    b) Myxomycota
    c) Deuteromycotina
    d) Mastigomycotina
    Answer: a
13. The class Plasmodiophoromycetes belongs to which division?
    a) Myxomycota
    b) Eumycota
    c) Ascomycotina
    d) Basidiomycotina
    Answer: a

MCQs on Subdivisions of Eumycota

14. Which subdivision of Eumycota includes fungi with zoospores?
    a) Zygomycotina
    b) Mastigomycotina
    c) Ascomycotina
    d) Deuteromycotina
    Answer: b
15. Which type of sexual spore is characteristic of Zygomycotina?
    a) Zygospores
    b) Ascospores
    c) Basidiospores
    d) None of the above
    Answer: a
16. The subdivision Ascomycotina is identified by the presence of:
    a) Basidiospores
    b) Zygospores
    c) Ascospores
    d) Zoospores
    Answer: c
17. Fungi in Basidiomycotina produce:
    a) Basidiospores
    b) Ascospores
    c) Oospores
    d) Zoospores
    Answer: a
18. The subdivision Deuteromycotina is characterized by:
    a) Sexual spores not seen
    b) Presence of zoospores
    c) Presence of ascospores
    d) None of the above
    Answer: a

MCQs on Practical Aspects of Classification

19. Who proposed the classification system mentioned in the text?
    a) G.C. Ainsworth
    b) Charles Darwin
    c) Linnaeus
    d) F.K. Sparrow
    Answer: a
20. What is the key identifying feature of Myxomycota?
    a) Filamentous structure
    b) Presence of plasmodium
    c) Absence of zoospores
    d) Production of basidiospores
    Answer: b

MCQs on Genera and Families

21. The genus Puccinia belongs to which family?
    a) Uredinales
    b) Pucciniaceae
    c) Basidiomycotina
    d) Teliomycetes
    Answer: b
22. Which order does Puccinia belong to?
    a) Uredinales
    b) Teliomycetes
    c) Pucciniaceae
    d) Zygomycotina
    Answer: a
23. The subdivision Basidiomycotina includes the class:
    a) Plasmodiophoromycetes
    b) Teliomycetes
    c) Ascomycotina
    d) Mastigomycotina
    Answer: b

MCQs on Terminology and Practice

24. The term “Eumycota” refers to:
    a) True fungi
    b) Slime molds
    c) Algae
    d) None of the above
    Answer: a
25. Which of these terms is associated with fungal taxonomy?
    a) Phylum
    b) Subdivision
    c) Division
    d) Both b and c
    Answer: d
26. Sexual spores typical of Mastigomycotina are called:
    a) Ascospores
    b) Basidiospores
    c) Oospores
    d) Zygospores
    Answer: c
27. “Motile cells absent” is a feature of:
    a) Mastigomycotina
    b) Eumycota
    c) Zygomycotina
    d) None of the above
    Answer: c

MCQs on Binomial Examples

28. In the name “Puccinia graminis,” “Puccinia” refers to:
    a) Family
    b) Genus
    c) Species
    d) Division
    Answer: b
29. In the hierarchy of fungal classification, a class falls under:
    a) Division
    b) Subdivision
    c) Family
    d) Order
    Answer: b
30. A perfect state is observed in which subdivision?
    a) Zygomycotina
    b) Deuteromycotina
    c) Basidiomycotina
    d) Mastigomycotina
    Answer: a