Question

Select the correct option.
Statement 1: Cell wall of fungi is made up of chitin.
Statement 2: Members of kingdom Fungi can produce their own food.

• A. Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.
• B. Both statements are true.
• C. Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
• D. Both statements are false.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.

• Kingdom Fungi includes multicellular eukaryotic organisms, except yeast which is an unicellular organism.
• They have cell walls made of a tough complex sugar called chitin.
• They are heterotrophic organisms. Some of them use decaying organic material as a source of food and are called saprotrophs.
• Others derive the nutrients from the living tissues of the host organism. They are called parasites.