Agriculture College
University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore – 560 065
ICAR- JRF
Preparatory Test – III
Plant Protection- Subject Code-D
Date : 14-05-2007 Time 10.30 am
Duration 2h 30 min.
Multiple choice questions (No. 1 to 150); all questions carry equal marks. Choose the correct
answer (a,b,c or d) and enter your choice in the circle (by shading with a pencil) on the OMR –
answer sheet as per the instructions given on the answer sheet.
1. The major nitrogenous polysaccharide present in insect cuticle is
a. Arthropodin
b. Sclerotin
c. Chitin
d. Phenols
2. Insects constitute about ___ per cent of total animal sperm
a. 25
b. 50
c. 75
d. 90
3. Johanston's organ is located in ____ part of antenna
a. Antennal socket
b. scape
c. pedical
d. flagellum
4. The second segment of an insect leg is __
a. femur
b. tibia
c. trochanter
d. tarsus
5. The sensilla that perceive odours are ___ sensilla
a. gustatory
b. olfactory
c. auditory
d. mechanoreceptors
6. The cerci are present in ___
a. all insects
b. all exopterygota
c. Orthopteroid group
d. Hemipteroid group
7. In insects, the major part of digestion and absorption of food takes place in __
a. foregut
b. midgut
c. hindgut
d. gizzard
8. The major function of filter chamber is to remove rapidly the excess __
a. lipids
b. proteins
c. water
d. minerals
9. The Malpighian tubules are associated with ___
a. circulation
b. excretion
c. respiration
d. defecation
10. The larvae of moth are ___ type
a. Polypod
b. Oligopod
c. Protopod
d. Apodous
11. The insects have a minimum of ____ old segments
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
12. A pair of tubular structures found on the dorsum of aphid abdomen are ___
a. cornicles
b. horns
c. spines
d. spurs
13. In Coleoptera, the forewings are modified into
a. tegmina
b. hemelytra
c. elytra
d. membranous
14. The cochineal insects belong to the taxonomic group ___
a. Orthiziidae
b. Dactylopiidae
c. Diaspididae
d. Coccidae
15. The hawk moths belong to the family ____
a. Cossidae
b. Saturniidae
c. Sphingidae
d. Noctuidae
16. The wings of moths or butterflies are covered with ___
a. hairs
b. microtrichia
c. scales
d. wax
17. The family that includes exclusive egg parasitoids is ___
a. Braconidae
b. Bethylidae
c. Chalcididae
d. Trichogrammatidae
18. The seed berth belongs to the taxonomic group ___
a. Buprestidae
b. Bruchidae
c. Scarabaeidae
d. Carabidae
19. The fruit flies belong to the family
a. Tephritidae
b. Drosophilidae
c. Tortricidae
d. Syrphidae
20. The insect viruses are recommended in unit of ___
a. IU/ha
b. LE/ha
c. Mg/ha
d. ml/ha
21. An example for systemic foliar insecticide is __
a. Carbofuran
b. Phorate
c. Disulfoton
d. Methyl demeton
22. The major terpenoid present in the neem seed is ___
a. Nimbidin
b. Salarin
c. Azadirachtin
d. Repol
23. Predators that exhibit specifically in their prey range
a. Assassin bugs
b. Carabids
c. Lady birds
d. Mantids
24. The trip crop for managing tomato fruit borer is
a. Castor
b. Mustard
c. Lady’s finger
d. Marigold
25. Trimming of bunds in paddy fields helps ins suppression of __
a. Grass hopper
b. BPH
c. Stem borer
d. Caseworm
26. Preserve of silken tubular galleries in stored products is an indication of presence of __
a. pulse beetle
b. rice weevil
c. rice moth
d. flour beetle
27. An insecticide with nematicidal action
a. Endosulfan
b. Disulfoton
c. Carbofuran
d. Phosphamidon
28. An example for acaricide
a. Dicofol
b. Chlorpyriphos
c. DDT
d. Phorate
29. During which months would you collect a destroy root grub adults
a. Jan-Feb.
b. May-June
c. Oct.-Nov.
d. Dec.-Jan.
30. The insecticidal property of DDT was discovered by Paul Muller in the year
a. 1874
b. 1932
c. 1939
d. 1942
31. An example for parthogenetic in
a. honey bees
b. aphids
c. dug fly
d. fleas
32. Thrips have _____ type of mouth parts
a. Piercing a sucking
b. siphoning
c. rasping a sucking
d. chewing
33. The layer of insect cuticle responsible for water conservation is ___
a. exocuticle
b. cement layer
c. endocuticle
d. wax layer
34. The insect head is composed of ___ segments
a. 5
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
35. The dorsal sclerite of insect body segment is ___
a. Notum
b. Sternum
c. Pleuron
d. Epimeron
36. The first pair of insect wings are borne on ___ thoracic segment
a. Prothorax
b. Metathorax
c. Pronotum
d. Musothorax
37. Hamulate type of wing coupling apparatus is seen in ___
a. Hawk moth
b. Butterflies
c. Bees
d. Flies
38. In insect midgut, the ___ cells are involved in secretion of digestive enzyme
a. columnar
b. goblet
c. regenerative
d. epidermal
39. The membrane that protects midgut epithelium in insect is ___
a. peritoneul
b. perinephric
c. peritrophic
d. basement
40. The filter chamber is seen ins one groups of insects like ___
a. Heteroptera
b. Homoptera
c. Orthoptera
d. Diptera
41. The principal pulsatory organ for blood circulation in insect sis ___
a. trachea
b. dorsal blood vessel
c. air cavities
d. abdomen
42. The larvae of flies are ___ type
a. polypod
b. oligopod
c. apodous
d. protopod
43. The clinging type of leg modification is seen in
a. flies
b. bed bugs
c. sucking louse
d. fleas
44. Caterpillars possess ___ pair of prolegs
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
45. Whiteflies belong to the taxonomic group ___
a. Alydidae
b. Aleyrodidae
c. Psyllidae
d. Coccidae
46. The snout moths belong to the family ___
a. Pyralidae
b. Arctiidae
c. Sphingidae
d. Noctuidae
47. Thrips have ___ type of wings
a. Membranous
b. fringed
c. elytron
d. hemelytron
48. The major nectars of plant virus are ___
a. leaf bugs
b. stink bugs
c. aphids
d. thrips
49. The weevils belong to the taxonomic group
a. Carabidae
b. Curculionidae
c. Chrysomelidae
d. Scolytidae
50. The insect being used in the control of parthenium is __
a. Zygogramma sp.
b. Cyrtobagrug sp.
c. Neochetina sp.
d. Telionamea sp.
51. The spider (gall mite) mites belong to the family __
a. Tabonemidae
b. Eriophyidae
c. Tetranychidae
d. Tenuipalpidae
52. An example for systemic soil insecticide is ___
Phasphamidon
Dimethoate
Phorate
Methyl demeton
53. Among the crops, ___ receives the highest amount of pesticides in India
a. paddy
b. cotton
c. groundnut
d. cole crops
54. Predators that exhibit specificity in their prey range
a. Carabids
b. assassin bugs
c. lady birds
d. mantids
55. Draining out of water for a few days in paddy field helps in suppression of ___
a. caseworm
b. leaf roller
c. BPH
d. leaf hopper
56. Presence of tubular silken galleries in stored products is an indication of presence of
a. pulse beetle
b. rice weevil
c. rice moth
d. flour beetle
57. The insecticide used for stem injection against Opisina arenosella
a. Dichlorvos
b. phosphamidon
c. monocrotophos
d. mevinphos
58. An insecticide with nematicidal action
a. Disulfoton
b. Carbofuran
c. Dimethoate
d. Phosphanidon
59. An example for acaricide
a. quinalphos
b. dicofol
c. dimethoate
d. Phorate
60. Among the insect pathogens, the most promising biocontrol agents are ___
a. bacteria
b. fungi
c. nematodes
d. viruses
61. The moisture content of food grains for safe storage should be less than ___ per cent
a. 9
b. 15
c. 20
d. 25
62. An example for viviparous insect is ___
a. aphids
b. mosquitoes
c. bed bug
d. flea
63. The sensillum that perceives odour is called _____
a. gustatory
b. olfactory
c. auditory
d. mechano
e. receptor
64. Hamulate type of wing coupling apparatus is seen in ____
a. hawk moths
b. butterflies
c. bees
d. flies
65. In insect midgut, the cells involved in secretion of digestive enzymes are ___
a. columnar
b. goblet
c. regenerative
d. epidermal
66. Hairy caterpillars belong to the family ___
a. Pyralidae
b. Arctiidae
c. Noctuidae
d. Gelichiidae
67. Whiteflies belong to the taxonomic group –
a. Alydidae
b. Psyllidae
c. Aleyrodidae
d. Coccidae
68. A pair of tubular structures found on the dorsum of aphid abdomen are ___
a. horns
b. cornicals
c. spurs
d. breathing tubes
69. The insecticide derived from an actinomycetes organism ___
a. biobit
b. avermectin
c. biokill
d. hydroprene
70. The snout moths belong to the family ___
Pyralidae
Arctiidae
Sphingidae
Noctuidae
71. An example for systemic foliar insecticide ___
a. Phorate
b. disulfoton
c. imidacloprid
d. carbofuran
72. Predators that exhibit specificity in their prey range ___
a. assassin bugs
b. carabids
c. lady birds
d. mantids
73. The trap-crop for managing tomato fruit borer is __
a. mustard
b. castor
c. marigold
d. lady’s finger
74. Presence of silken galleries in stored products ___
a. pulse beetle
b. rice moth
c. flour beetle
d. rice weevil
75. An insecticide with nematicidal action __
a. endosulfan
b. disulfotan
c. phosphamidon
d. carbofuran
76. A weed killer for the control of aquatic fern ___
a. Cyrtobagous sp.
b. Zygogramma sp.
c. Neochetina sp.
d. Teleonemia sp.
77. Draining out of water for a few days in paddy field helps in suppression of ___
a. case worm
b. leaf roller
c. BPH
d. leaf hopper
78. A pathogenic fungus for control of coconut mite –
a. Verticilium sp.
b. Beauveria sp.
c. Metarrhizium sp.
d. Hirsutella sp.
79. An insecticide that causes resurgence of mites ___
a. methyl parathion
b. endosulfan
c. cypermethrin
d. dicofol
80. Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki is specific to __
a. grubs
b. maggots
c. caterpillars
d. mites
81. Contraction of heart during its beat is called
a) Systole
b) b) Diastole
c) c) Egestion
d) d) Ingestion
82. Many aquatic larvae posses
a)Tracheal gill
b) Spiracular gill
c) Blood gill
d) Gaseous gill
83. Young ones of dragon flies are
a) Maggots
b) b) Naiads
c) c) Caterpillars d) grubs
84. Directorate of plant protection and storage is present at
a) Bangalore
b) b) Dharwad
c) c) Faridabad
d) d) New Delhi
85. Chitin is
a) Nitrogenous polysaccharide
b) Halogenated polysaccharide
c) Polypeptide
d) aturated fatty acid
86. In winged insects meso and meta thorax are together called as
a) Posterior thorax
b) Anterior thorax
c) Pterothorax
d) Propodeum
87. Grouping of segments in to body regions is called
a) Tagmosis
b) Phragmosis
c) Segmentation
d) Metamorphosis
88. The facets of a compound eye are called
a) Stemmata
b) Ommatidia
c) Ocelli
d) Eyelets
89. Insects undergo resting due to low temperature in winter is called
a) Diapause
b) Dormancy
c) Hibernation
d) Aestivation
90. In honey bees pollen basket and pollen brush are seen in
a) Fore legs b)
b) Middle legs
c) Hind legs
d) All the legs
91. When immature insects reproduce it is called
a) Polyembryony
b) paedogenesis
c) Parthenogenesis
d) Viviparity
92. When immature insects reproduce it is invariably by
a) Sexual means
b) Parthenogenetic
c) Oviparous
d) viviparous
93. Insect blood does not contain
a) Vit A
b) Vit D
c) Vit K
d) Vit E
94. Ronald Ross discovered the malaria parasite in August 1857 at
a) London
b) Bombay
c) Secundrabad
d) New York
95. Stemmata are the eyes present in
a) Caterpillars
b) Nymphs
c) Naiads
d) Maggots
96. The young ones with compound eyes is a feature associated with
a) Bugs
b) Beetles
c) Bees
d) Butterflies
97. Cantharidin is a product from insects of the family
a) Margarodidae
b) Mordellidae
c) Meloidae
d) Macherotidae
98. Insect head is the product of the fusion of as many as
a) Six segments
b) Seven segments
c) Eight segments
d) Nine segments
99. Boll worms are pests of
a) Rice
b) Sugarcane
c) Cotton
d) Ragi
100. Proboscis of butterflies is a modified
a) Labium
b) Labrum
c) Galea
d) Maxilla
101. Honey bee sting is modified
a. Mandible
b. Maxillae
c. Ovipositor
d. Labium
100. Young gregarious larvae of pestiferous species are best controlled by
A) Hand picking B) Chemical sprays C) Trap cropping D) Bio-control
101. Insect systematic is the study of
A) Classification B) Nomenclature C) Ordering D) Phylogeny and systematics
102. Cornicals in aphids produce
A) Honey dew b) Wax c) Honey dew and wax d) Pheromone and wax
103. The pupae of mosquitoes are called
A) Maggots b) Wrigglers c) Tumblers d) Chrysalis
104. The correct hierarchic order among the following is
A) Class- Order – Cohort – Tribe – Family a) Class – Order – Cohort – Family – Tribe
B) Class – Cohort – Order -Tribe – Family d) Class – Cohort – Order – Family – Tribe
105. Skin winged insects are
A) Coleoptera b) Lepidoptera c) Dermoptera d) Diptera
106. Which of the following is not cultural method
A) tillage b) resistant variety c) light trap d) pruning and thinning
107. The function of spermatheca in insects is to
A) Produce sperms b) Store sperms c) Ejects sperms d) Receive sperms
108. abdominal segments that carry the prolegs in semiloopers are
A) 3, 4, 5 b) 6,8,10 c) 6, 9, 10 d) 5, 6, 10
109. Spiracles mostly present on
A) Tergites b) Sternites c) Pleurites d) Membranous layers
110. Moulting hormone is produced due to the stimulation by brain hormone of the following
glands
A) Prothoracic glands b) Ring glands c) Corpora cardiaca d) Corpora allata
111. Number of stylates in piercing and sucking types of mouth parts of bugs and mosquitoes
respectively are
A) 4, 4 b) 2,4 c) 4,6 d) 3,6
112. In general the female genitalia in insects open in the abdominal segment/s
A) 8 b) 9 c) Both 8 & 9 d) Either of them
113. Bhopal gas tragedy caused world wide drop in the production of insecticide
A) Methyl isocyanite b) Carbofuron c) Carboryl d) Aldicarb
114. The most economic and convenient prophylactic control measure is
A) Cultural control b) Mechanical control c) Legal control d) Physical control
115. The nerve cells that transmits the stimuli from ganglia to effectors organs are called
A) Sensory nerves b) Motor nerves c) Sympathetic nerves d) Parasympathetic nerves
116. Pore canal is found in the layer of
A) Epicuticle B) Exocutical C) Endocutical D) Procutical
117. Leaf eating by a grass hopper is a process of
A) Ingestion B) Metabolism C) Egesion D) Catabolism
118. Anticoagulants are secreted by
A) Ants b) Bees c) Mosquitoes d) Plant bugs
119. Anchoring type of mouth parts are found in
A) Fleas b) Ticks c) Head louse d) Thrips
120. The hearing organ of an insect is a
A) Chordotonal organ B) Tymbal C) Photoreceptor D) Chemoreceptor
121. Pigmentation takes place mostly in the
A) Epicutical b) Exocutical c) Endocutical d) Procutical
122. The females giving birth to young one is called
A) Oviparity b) Viviparity c) Paedogenesis d) Ovo-viviparity
123. Construction of protective structure is well exemplified in
A) Termites b) Mites c) Cut worms d) Army worms
124. Malpighian tubules are absent in
A) Termites b) Aphids c) Ants d) Collembola
125. Photogenic organs are found in
A) Dragon flies b) Stone flies c) Fire flies d) Flesh flies
126. Myiasis in animals means infestation by
A) Lice b) Ticks c) Maggots d) Caterpillars
53. Which of the following is now being developed as a tool for monitoring environmental
A) Paper wasp b) White ants c) Honey bees d) Fire ants
54. Root grub is a serious pest of
A) Sunflower b) Groundnut c) Soybean d) Wheat
55. Methomyl is an
A) Organophosphate b) Organochlorine c) Carbamate d) Synthetic pyrethroid
56. Kentromorphism is a phenomenon where the following two are associated
A) Colour polymorphism with social phases b) Color polymorphism and weather
B) Social phase and weather d) Migration with weather
57. Fruit flies pupate
A) On stems b) Inside the fruits c) Soil d) Leaf litter
58. Grubs of red pumpkin beetle mainly feed on
A) Leaves b) Roots c) Newly formed buds d) Flowers
59. Hepatic caecae are associated
A) Nervous system b) Reproductive system c) Circulatory system d) Digestive system
60. Cornicles are found in
A) Scales b) Aphids c) Mealybugs d) Jassids
61. Whiteflies are characterized by
A) Vasiform orifice b) Fusiforum orifice c) Cornicles d) Urogomphe
62. Which insecticide is relatively safer for handling
A) Granules b) Dusts c) E.C d) Wettable powders
63. Crop rotation is not effective against
A) Monophagous pest b) Polyphagous pest c) Regular pests d) Seasonal pests
64. Rosette disease of groundnut is transmitted by
A) Leaf miner b) Aphids c) Pod sucking bug d) Whiteflies
65. Insecticide not recommended for control of cucurbit pests is
A) Carbaryl b) BHC c) Aldicarb d) Malathion
66. Thrips have asymmetrical mouth parts as they lack
A) Left mandible b) Right mandible c) Right maxillae d) Left maxillae
67. Plastron respiration is observed in
A) Parasitic insects b) Terrestrial insects c) Aquatic insects d) Arboreal insects
68. The pest which breeds on Tinospora cardiafolia is
A) Citrus butterfly b) Citrus stem borer c) Citrus fruit piercing moth d) Citrus leaf miner
69. Application of an insecticide with sand in crown region of coconut is for the management of
A) Coconut skipper b) Black headed caterpillar c) Redpalm weevil d) Rhinoceros beetle
70. The chemical which chemical causes resurgence in Brown Plant Hopper
A) Chloropyriphos b) Phorate c) Methyparathion d) Quinalphos
71. Reabsorption of water and salt occur in
A) Midgut b) Hindgut c) Foregut d) Posterior Midgut
72. Site of oviposition for Red cotton bug is
A) On bolls b) On leaves c) In soils or dry leaves d) Inside plant tissues
73. Grassy stunt in paddy is transmitted by
A) Gall fly b) Leaf roller c) BPH d) Leafhopper
74. Serpentine leaf miner is
A) Phyllocistis sp. b) Melonogromyza obtusa c) Aleyrodicus dispersus d) Leriomyza trifoli
75. The vector of malaria disease is
A) Culex b) Anaphilis c) Aedes d) Fleas
76. Trench fever is transmitted by
A) Mosquitoes b) Eye flies c) Lice d) Fleas
77. Which of the following are bark beetles
A) Lyctus b) Scolytus c) Attagenous d) Scolia
78. Muscardine in insects is caused by
A) Bacteria b) Virus c) Fungi d ) Protozoa
79. Milky disease of white grubs is caused by
A) Bacteria b) Virus c) Fungi d) Protozoa
80. Egg parasitoids of sugarcane seedling borer have to be released at the rate of
A) 40,000 / ha b) 50, 000 / ha c) 30, 000 / ha d) 20, 000 / ha
81. An example of rhodenticide
A) Metaldehyde b) Aluminium phosphide c) Aldicarb d) Phorate
82. An example of chitin inhibitor is
A) EDB b) Pyrethrins c) Diflubenzuron d) Aminocarb
83. An example of contact insecticide with ovicidal action
A) Monochrotophos b) Cypermethrin c) Calcium arsenate d) Methomyl
84. An example of acaricide is
A) Propouxure b) Dicofol c) Rotenone d) Dimethoate
85. The common sprayer used for spraying kitchen garden is
A) Automiser b) Knapsack sprayer c) Bucket sprayer d) Foot sprayer
86. Leaf insects are close relatives of
A) Praying mantids b) Leaf bugs c) Leaf beetles d) Walking sticks
87. Which of the following is an insect growth regulator
A) Carbothion b) Diflubenzuron c) Benzimidozoles d) Diafenthiuron
88. Honey bee carry plant pollen on
A) Body hairs b) Corbicula c) Tongue d) Mandibles
89. To save honey bees, spraying of crops should be done during
A) Evening b) Morning c) After noon d) Night
90. This species does not have a sting
A) Apis florea b) Apis mellifera c) Mellipon irridipennis d) Vespa cincta
91. Shortest lived adults are found among
A) Damselflies b) Stoneflies c) Scorpion flies d) Mayflies
92. Antennae are absent in the members of the order
A) Collombla b) Diptera c) Protura d) Plecopter
93. Ootheca are characteristic of the members of the order is
A) Hemiptera b) Dictyoptera c) Isoptera d) Mecoptera
94. Fungus cultivation is found among the members of the order is
A) Orthoptera b) Isoptera c) Hemiptera d) Neuroptera
94. Singing caterpillars belongs to the family
A) Nymphalidae b) Gelichidae c) Limocodidae d) Lycaenidae
1. Physical break down of food is achieved in
A) Ileum b) Gizzard c) Pharynx d) Oesophagous
2. The exposed pupae in some species of butterflies are called
A) Chrysalis b) Co-orctate pupa c) Exarate pupa d) Puparia
3. Triccogrammatid parasites
A) Larval stage b) Pupal stage c) Egg stage d) Both larval and pupal stage
4. The major triterpenoid present in neem seeds is
A) Salnin b) Meliantriol c) Aadirachtin d) Nimbin
5. First successful biological control of and insects is by using
A) Rodolia cardinalis b) Coccinella seputmpunctata c) Chrysoperla cornea
d) Tricogramma australicum
6. Methyl eugenol mixed with dichlorvos is used as lure to manage
A) Bactocera rufomaculata b) Bactrocera dorsalis c) Bagrada cruciferum d) Bactrocera cucurbitae
102. Menopon gallinae is an ectoparasite of
A) Cattle b) Dog c) Birds d) Buffalo
103. An insecticide relatively safer to mammals is
A) DDT b) Endosulfan c) Malathion d) BHC
104. Chlorinated hydrocarabon that is safer to bees is
A) Dimetioarte B) Monochrotophos c) Endosulfan d) Quinalphos
105. Defoliation associated with deposition of excreta in the head in cabbage and cauliflower is due to
A) Cabbage butterfly b) Cabbage semilooper c) Diamond back moth d) Cabbage head borer
106. The recently introduced coffee pest is
A) Xylorechus quadripes b)Hypothenemus hampeii c) Xylosandrus compactus d Xyeleborus
marstetti
107. Sugarcane plants with bunchy top is caused by
a) Chilo infuscutellus b) Chilo sacchariphgus indicus c) Scirpophaga exerptalis
d) Chilo partellus
108. Cotton bolls with holes in septa is caused by
a) Helicoverpa armigera b) Earias vittela c) Erias insulana d) Pectinophora gossypiella
109. Jower plants with pin holes in septa is caused by
a) Chilo infuscutellus b) Chilo saccariphagous indicus c) Scirpophaga excerptalis
d) chilo partllus
110. Bits of paddy leaves floating on the water is due to
a) Dicladispa armigera b) Nymppula depunctalis c) Cnaphalocrocis medinalis
d) Malanitis leda ismene
111. Which of the following are not the pests in the adult stage
A) Rhinoceros beetle b) Pumpkin beetle c) Blister beetle d) Bactocera
112. Pick the coccinellid pest among the following
A) Scymnus b) Crptolaemus c) Henosepilachna d) Harmonia
113. Pick the hymenopteran pest of vegetable
A) Mustard saw fly b) Pod gall wasp c) Shoot fly d) Yellow banded wasp
114. Pick the coccinellid pest among the following
B) Scymnus b) Crptolaemus c) Henosepilachna d) Harmonia
115. Name the bee pest among the fallowing
Vesspa spp.b) Ropalidia spp. c) Polystes spp.d) Eumenes spp.
116.Cotton flowers with rosette appearance is caused by
A) armigera b) Earias vittela c) Earias insulana d) Pectinophora gossypiella
117.Ladder shaped markings on paddy leaves is due to infestation by
Dicladispa armigera b) Nymphula depunctalis c) Nephalocrosis medinalis
d) Melanitis leda ismene
114. A species of stored pest used for beneficial purposes
A) Callusobruchus chinensis b) Corcyra cephalonica c) Sitotroga cerealella
d) Plodia interpunctallis
115. Establishing bird perches in castor field is a measure for managing
A) Conogethus punctiferalis b) Achoea janata c) Parase lepida d) Ariadnae merione
116. Ranking the soil immediately pruning in grapes is to manage
Xyleborus semiopacus b) Trebala vishnu c) Sceledonta strigicollis d) Sthenias grisator
117. Ground nut leaf miner is a more serious pest of
a) Soybean b) Sun flower c) Red gram d) Green gram
118. Site of pupation of mango slug caterpillar
A) Leaf b) Soil c) Stem d) Mango fruits
119. Critical period for Sternochaetus mangiferae is
A) Two weeks after fruit set b) Four weeks after fruit set c) Six weeks after fruit set d)Eight
weeks after fruit set
120. Epipyrops is a parasite of
A) Mango nut weevil b) Sugarcane pyrilla c) Myllocerous subfaciatus d) Paddy leaf hopper
124. A mango variety which is susceptible to nut weevil
A) Ratna giri b) Mallika c) Neelam d) Hybrid 13
The egg of tea mosquito can be identified by the presence of
A) Characteristic shape b) Sculpturing c) Silvery hair like structures d) Operculum
Potato leaves with lace like pattern is indication of the infestation of
A) Cut worm b) Potato tuber moth c) Lady bird d) Thrips
The following is not an agent of chilli murda
A) Thrips b) Mites c) Aphids d) Whiteflies
Favorable conditions for the multiplication of Bemisia are
High temperature and high humidity b) High temperature and low relative humidity
b) Low temperature and high relative humidity d) Low temperature and low humidity
Both adults and grubs of this pest cause damage to the same part of the plant
A) Myllocerous weevil b) Nut weevil c) Sweet potato weevil d) Rhinoceros beetle
Tur sterility mosaic is caused by
A) Helicoverpa armigera b) Aceria cajani c) Melanaagromyza obtusa
c) Lampoedes boeticus
The non hymenopteran parasite recommended for pest management is
A) Apanteles spp b) Brachymeria c) Epipyrops d) Sternomesius
Spraying neem of babul is recommended during summer as a measure to combat
A) Army worm b) Root grubs c) Tea mosquito d) Red hairy caterpillar
Trap crop recommended in cabbage is
A) African mari gold b) Mustard c) American meri gold d) Castor
Dengue fever is transmitted by
a. Female Anopheles
b. Female Culex
c. Male Culex
d. Female Aedes
Mosquito coil contains the insecticide
a) Permethrin b) Allethrin c) Decamethrin d) Cypermethrin
Inundative release is a methodology associated with
a) Physical control b) Bio-control c) Mechanical control d) Chemical control
Bee venom is used for curing
a) B.P b) Heart trouble c) Pains at joints d) Kidney problem
Match the following
Group “ A” Group “B” Answer
1 Imidacloprid A Transgenic plant
2 Bombycol B First insecticide banned
3 Bollgaurd C First pheromone
4 Chlorphenson D Seed treatment against sucking pest
5 Sodium fluroacetate F Ovicide
Match the following
Group “ A” Group “B” Answer
1 Dysdercus cingulatus A Nematospora gossypii
2 Stenochetothrips biformis B GMR 17
3 Orseolea oryzae C Bon-fire
4 Red headed hairy caterpillar D Chalpy earhead
5 Helicoverpa armigera F Curling of leaves
Match the following
Group “ A” Group “B” Answer
1 Rhinocerous A Verticillium
2 Coffee scale B Hirsutella
3 Coconut mite C Bacillus
4 White grub D Baculovirus
5 Army worm F Steinernema glaseri
Match the following
Group “ A” Group “B” Answer
1 Whitefly A Bud necrosis 2
2 Ground nut thrips B Brinjal phyllody 5
3 Scirtothrips C Cardamom katte 4
4 Pentalonia nigranervosa D Bendi yellow vein mosaic 1
5 Hisimonas phycitis F Papaya ring spot virus 3
Match the following
Group “ A” Group “B” Answer
1 Cotton boll worm A ICGV 8603 5
2 BPH B IET 7575 4
3 Gall midge C Phalguna 2
4 Paddy stem borer D Abadhita 1
5 Ground nut leaf miner F Pankaj 3
Match the following
Group “ A” Group “B” Answer
1 Onion thrips A Circular dried up patches 4
2 Gall midge B Silver shoot 1
3 Sthenias grisator C Silvery patches 2
4 BPH D Griddle stem 3
5 Tea mosquito F Inflorescence drying 5
Match the following
Group “ A” Group “B” Answer
1 Opisina arenosell A Isotema javenesis 5
2 Helicoverpa armigera B Sternomesius japonicum 3
3 Aproaerema modicella C Chrysoperla carnea 2
4 Maconellicoccus hirsutus D Scymnous craccivora 4
5 Scirpophaga excerptalis F Goniozus nephantidis 1
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