Question

Yeast is included in the kingdom ____________.

• A. Monera
• B. Protista
• C. Fungi
• D. Plantae

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Fungi

The correct option is C.

Explanation of the correct option:

1. Fungi are eukaryotes that lack chlorophyll or any other photosynthetic pigment.
2. Fungi can be unicellular, multicellular, or filamentous.
3. The fungi are non-photosynthetic and non-green in nature and are saprotrophic.
4. These produce enzymes to digest food and absorb the same food once it has been digested by the enzymes.
5. It includes moulds, yeasts, and mushrooms.

Explanation of the incorrect options:

Option A:

1. Bacteria are members of the Monera kingdom.
2. These are unicellular and simple in structure, rod-like, spherical, or curved in shape, and perform all of their functions within a single cell.
3. The unicellular prokaryotic, bacteria and blue-green algae are all classified as Monera.

Option B:

1. Protists are eukaryotic and unicellular organisms.
2. Protists utilize appendages such as cilia, whip-like flagella, and pseudopodia for movement and locomotion.
3. Their mode of nutrition can be autotrophic or heterotrophic.
4. Diatoms, Amoeba, and protozoa are examples.

Option D:

1. Kingdom Plantae includes multicellular eukaryotic organisms.
2. They possess an autotrophic mode of nutrition
3. The members of the kingdom Plantae have a cell wall as the outermost layer of their cell structure.
4. Examples are Algae, mosses, ferns, cone-bearing, and flower-bearing plants.

Final Answer: Yeast is included in the kingdom Fungi.