PATHOLOGY

1. Earcockle disease of wheat is caused by:

a)Puccinia tritici
b)Anguina tritici
c)Corynebacterium tritici
d)none of these

2. Meloidogyne Root knot of Brinjal (egg plant) is caused by:

a) incognita
b)fusarium udum
c)Pseudomonas rubrillineans
d)Anguina solanacearum

3. Wilt of pigeon pea is caused by:

a)Xanthomanas citri
b)Fusarium udum
c)Phytophthora infestans
d)Pseudomonas rubrilineans
4. White rust of crucifers by:
a)Albugo
b)Ustilago
c)Puccinia
d)Phytophthora

5. Downy mildew disease is caused by:

a)Albugo
b)Puccinia
c)Peronospora
d)Phytophothora

6. Wart disease of potato is caused by:

a) Personospora destructor
b)Phytophthora infestans
c)Phythium debaryanum
d)Synchytrium endobioticum

7. Which is responsible for wood rot?

a)Erysiphe
 b)Polyporus
c)Lycoperdon
d)none of these

8. Potato famine of Ireland (1845) was caused by:

a)Phytophthora palmivora
b)Plasmopara viticola
c)Puccinia graminis
d)Phytophthora infestans

9. Covered smut of sorghum is caused by:

a) Sphacelotheca cruenta
b) Sphacelotheca reiliana
c) Sphacelotheca sorghii
d)Tolypesporium ehrenburghii

10. Early leaf spot disease in Arachis hypogea (Peanut) is

caused due to infection of:
a)Cererospora arachidicola
b)Agrobacterium tumefaciens
 c)Phytophthora infestans
d)Gibberella fujikuroi

11. First plant parasitic bacteria was reported by:

A. T.J. Burrill
B. Needham
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Leeuwenhoek

12. Flag smut of wheat is caused by:

A. Ustilago tritici
B. Urceystis trlttct
C. Ustilago hordet
D. Taphrina deformans

13.Foot rot of papaya is caused by:

A. Phytophthora palmivora
B. Pythium aphanidermatum
C. Peronospora parasitica
D. Albugo candida
14. Fungi, which can grow on living host plant, are called:
A. Obligate ssaprophyte
B. Obligate parasite
C. Facultative parasite
D. Saprophytes

15. Heterocious nature of rust means:

A. A fungus require one host species to complete life
cycle
B. A fungus require two different host species to
complete life cycle
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of the above

16. In fermentation industry, pasteurization is done at _____

temperature:
A. 90.7 oC
B. 100.0 oC
C. 62.8 oC
D. 80.0 oC
17. Irish famine was caused due to:
A. Wheat rust
B. Apple scab
C. Late blight of potato
D. Tomato wilt

18. Leaf roll of potato is caused by:

A. Fungus
B. Bacterium
C. Virus
D. Mycoplasm

19. Leaf roll of potato is transmitted by:

A. M. persicae
B. M. pseudosolani
C. M. circumflexum
D. All above

20. Lichen is an association between:

A. Algae and Fungus
 B. Bacterium and Fungus
C. Fungus and Virus
D. Fungus and Nematode

21. Linseed rust is caused by:

A. Uromyces
B. Melampsora lini
C. Physaqmidium
D. Ravenelia

22. Acervuli is _____ shaped:

A. Round
B. Saucer
C. Oblate
D. Conical

23.Loose smut of wheat can be effectively controlled by:

A. Crop rotation
B. Soil treatment with non-systematic fungicides
C. Seed treatment with systemic fungicides
 D. Spraying the crop with fungicides

24. Loose smut of wheat is a disease known as:

A. Internally seed borne
B. Externally seed borne
C. Air borne
D. Soil borne

25. Modification of floral parts into leafy structures by

pathogenic infection called:
A. Hyperplasia
B. Hypertrophy
C. Phyllody
D. Witch's broom

26. Most effective fungicide against powdery mildew disease:

A. Dithane
B. Captan
C. Karathane
D. Bavistin
27. Mycoplasma disease of plant was first reported by:
A. Butler
B. Brefeld
C. Anton de Barry
D. Doi et al. and Ishita et al.

28. Mycoplasma is sensitive to:

A. Pencillin
B. Steptomycin
C. Bavistin
D. Tetracycline

29. Plant overgrowth due to increase in size of cell of the

tissue:
A. Hypoplasia
B. Hypertrophy
C. Hyperplasia
D. All of the above

30. Phytophthera belongs to family:

 A. Peronophythoraceae
B. Pythiaceae
C. Pareonosporaceae
D. Albuginaceae

31. "Kreshak Phase" is common in:

A. Blast of Paddy
B. Bacteria blight of Paddy
C. White rust of Crucifers
D. Red rot of Sugarcane

32. Powdery mildew disease is caused by:

A. Bacterium
B. Fungus
C. Virus
D. Nematode

33. Powdery mildews are controlled by spray of:

A. Copper fungicides
B. Mercury fungicides
 C. Sulphur fungicides
D. Miscellaneous fungicides

33. The symptom of red rot of sugarcane mostly found on:

A. Stem
B. Root
C. Leaf
D. Arrow

34. Pythium belongs to class:

A. Chytridiomycete
B. Oomycetes
C. Zygomycetes
D. Hypochytridiomycetes

35. Rhizopus belongs to class:

A. Oomycetes
B. Zygomycetes
C. Trichomycetes
D. Ascomycetes
36. Root parasite of bajra is:
A. Cuscuta
B. Striga
C. Orobanche
D. Loranthus

37. Rust teleutospore on germination produce:

A. Four basidiospores
B. Two basidiospores
C. Indefinite basidiospores
D. None of these

38. Severity of disease club root of cabbage can be reduced by

application of:
A. Lime
B. Gypsum
C. FYM
D. Fertilizers

39. Shape of bacterial cells is:

 A. Spheres
B. Spiral
C. Rods
D. All of the above

40. Smut gives the appearance of:

A. Compact hardness
B. Sooty powder
C. Superficial growth
D. Dusty layer

41. Smut of wheat is effectively controlled by:

A. Bavistin
B. Vitavax
C. Mencozeb
D. Bordeaux

42. Wilt of arhar is caused by:

A. Verticillium
B. Fusarium
 C. Xanthomonas
D. Meloidogyne

43. Striga is plant parasite included in:

A. Fungi
B. Mycoplasma like organisms
C. Phanerogamic plant parasites
D. Bacteria

44. Systemic fungicides was discovered by:

A. Van Schleming and Kulka
B. Millardet
C. Tillet
D. Butler

45. The founder of mycology was:

A. Linnaeus
B. Anton de Bary
C. P.A. Micheli
D. Saccardo
46. The genera Claviceps. Alternaria and Sclerospora are:
A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. MLO
D. Virus

47. Who proved that virus could pass through filters with
pores small enough to retain bacteria?
A. Stanley
B. Ivanowski
C. Mayer
D. Barkley

49. Virus is transmitted by nematode:

A. Globodera
B. Tylenchorhynchus
C. Angulna
D. Xiphinema

50. When bacterial cells are subjected to unfavourable

conditions they form:
A. Oospores
B. Zoospores
C. Endospores
D. Cyst