Quiz  /  NEET MCQ on Saprophytes

  • 1. 
    This can be used to demarcate a facultative parasite

  • can become a parasite but is actually a saprophyte
  • can become a saprophyte but is actually a parasite
  • only requires dead organic matter to sustain
  • requires a living host inevitably

  • 2. 
    Pick the incorrect statement about Fungi

  • Can be anaerobic
  • Can be photosynthetic
  • Can be multicellular
  • Can be saprophytic

  • 3. 
    The reason why there is a close association between fungi and algae in lichen is because the fungus

  • releases oxygen for algae
  • fixes atmospheric nitrogen for algae
  • provides food for algae
  • provides anchorage, protection and absorption for algae

  • 4. 
    Facultative saprophyte is

  • always a saprophyte
  • always a parasite
  • a parasite which may live as a saprophyte
  • may adapt a parasitic lifestyle

  • 5. 
    Lichens are a known combination of fungi and algae where the fungus is

  • a symbiotic relationship with algae
  • a parasitic relationship with algae
  • an epiphytic relationship with algae
  • a saprophytic relationship with algae

  • 6. 
    Fungi are ____________ when they feed on dead organic matter

  • Saprophytes
  • Parasites
  • Dimorphic
  • None of the above

  • 7. 
    Parasitic and saprobiotic mode of nutrition are found in

  • Fungi
  • Bacteria
  • Both and
  • Viruses

  • 8. 
    This one is saprophytic in nutrition

  • virus
  • cyanobacteria
  • fungi
  • all of these

  • 9. 
    When one organism obtains nutrition from the other, the mode of nutrition is

  • heterotrophic
  • symbiosis
  • autotrophic
  • none of these

  • 10. 
    This has a saprophytic mode of nutrition

  • Mushroom
  • Leech
  • lice
  • roundworm
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