Entomology — Agri Master Mind
At which stage of gram crop is damaged by Helicoverpa armigera
- Germination stage
- Pod formation stage
- Maturity stage
- Both C and D
- None of these
Which one is the rodenticide?
- Zinc phosphide
- Aldrin
- Lead arsenate
- Endrin
- None of these
Barium carbonate and aluminum phosphate are generally used in-
- Rodenticide
- Fumigant
- Avicide
- Fungicide
- Herbicide
Name the insect in which only egg and adult are visible and the adult small chocolate is dark brown in color and different antennae are found in male and female
- Pulse beetle
- Rice weevil
- Callososbruchus chinensis
- Khapra beetle
- A and C
The storage insect that can survive at higher temperatures & low humidity is-
- Rice weevil
- Khapra beetle
- Lesser grain borer
- Red four beetle
- Both a and b
Tricoderma viride, a Bioagent to control some diseases in crop plants acts as.
- Fungicide
- Bactericide
- Herbicide
- Nematicide
- None of these
Pink borer of rice and maize came under the Noctuidae family of order Lepidoptera. Then orer of yellow stem borer of Rice
- Coleoptera
- Orthoptera
- Ornithopods
- Lepidoptera
- None of these
Which among the following pests attacks all the parts of plants
- Termite
- Brown plant hopper
- Red hairy caterpillar
- Yellow stem borer
- Aphids
Cauliflower mosaic virus is a______
- DS DNA virus
- SS DNA virus
- SS RNA virus
- DS RNA virus
- A and b
Guava pests deposit eggs on the soft skin of ripening fruit, on hatching Maggots bore into fruit and feed on the soft pulp, the infested fruit show depressions with a dark green puncture and when cut open the maggots are visible.
- White fly
- Fruit fly
- Saw fly
- Stone weevil
- Mealy bug
Sorghum shoot flies attack the young crop when it is in the six-leaf stage. And Six weeks after planting the crop is seldom attacked. So tell me Bailt trap is best suited for control of which insect?
- Sorghum shoot fly
- Sorghum stem borer
- Sorghum midge
- Red spider mite
- All of these
In rice, use of light traps to monitor for
- Hispa
- BPH
- Case worm
- Stem borer
- Both B & D
Pheromone trap attracts
- Female bugs
- Caterpillars
- Female moths
- Male moths
- None of these
NPV is mostly used to control Lepidopteran insects. It is known as which type of control-
- Chemical control
- Mechanical control
- Physical control
- Culture control
- Biological control
Which project is recently launched at the pan-India level to tackle pink bollworms in cotton?
- Project Fusion
- Project Rakhshak
- Project Bandhana
- Project attack
- Both a and c
The larvae feed on the leaves initially and then bore onto the square/bolls and seeds with their head trust into the boll leaving the rest of the body of outside, Features of which pest?
- American Bollworm
- Pink Bollworm
- Cotton Jassid
- Spotted bollworm
- All of these
Biting and chewing type of mouth parts are the typical type of mouthparts. Mouthparts type is piercing and sucking are found in
- Isotera
- Orthoptera
- Hemiptera
- Coleoptera
- All the these
What is the damaging stage of the Rhinoceros beetle?
- Egg
- Grub
- Pupa
- Adult
- All of these
Flare square and heavy shedding of fruiting bodies are symptoms of
- Pink bollworm
- American bollworm
- Spotted bollworm
- Red cotton bug
- None of these
The best method to control stored grain pests in
- Proper drying and storage
- Fumigation
- Systemic insecticides
- Biological agents
- All of these
In the IPM field, castor as a border crop in groundnut field to check the population of
- Leaf miner
- Gram pod borer
- Tobacco caterpillar
- Red hairy caterpillar
- None of these
Trenching is done to control
- Ants
- Rats
- Mosquito
- Red hairy caterpillar
- A and b
Which bio-control agent is used in the management of tomato fruit borer?
- HaNPV
- SLNPV
- None of these
- AaNPV
- ABVP
Which of the following is a biological control agent?
- Cephalosporin
- Trichoderma
- Rhizopus
- Xanthomonas
- Both c and d
Rhizopus belongs to the class:
- Oomycetes
- Zygomycetes
- Truchomycetes
- Ascomycetes
- None of these
Which one of the following functions of mouth parts of insects makes them effective vectors of plant viruses
- Bilting and chewing
- Piercing and sucking
- Rasping
- Punching
- All of these
The following is the most notorious polyphagous pest?
- Chilo inertias
- Mythimna separate
- Helicoverpa armigera
- Gangara Thyrsis
- None of these
The process of elimination of nitrogenous waste (Harmful) production from the insect body is known as excretion. It maintains the internal environment of the body. In terrestrial insects, the excretory product is uric acid while in aquatic insects excretory product is-
- Uric Acid
- Urea
- Ammonia
- Ammonium Nitrate
- A and b
Juvenile hormone is known as neotenin secreted by which organ
- Corpora cardiaca
- Neuro secretory cells
- Prothoracic glands
- Corpora allata
- Both A and D
Chaffty grain with a black spot in are due to which of the insect
- Termite
- Brown plant hopper
- Green leaf hopper
- Gandhi bug
- None of these
The pest population should be kept below the Economic Threshold level the best time for insecticide application to control the damaging pet.
- ETL
- DTL
- EIL
- GEP
- All of these
Which type of legs are found in grasshoppers?
- Ambulatorial
- Scansorial
- Saltorial
- Natatorial
- None of these
The National Center for Integrated Pest Management is situated in New Delhi tells me where is International Organisation for Biological Control is situated
- West Indies
- Switzerland
- Newzeland
- India
- Oman
The headquarters of the Directorate of plant protection, quarantine and storage is located at
- Haryana
- Punjab
- Uttrakhand
- Sikkim
- A , B and d
Choose the incorrect-
- Serrate – pulse beetle
- Capitate – Khapra beetle
- Clavate – Blister beetle
- Filiform – Ground beetle
- None of these
The insects are tracheate arthropods in which the body is divided into to head, thorax, and abdomen then 97% population of insects belong to which phylum
- Insecta
- Hexapoda
- Arthopoda
- Diplopoda
- None of these
Which of the following was appointed as a second entomologist in 1903?
- Lionel De Niceville
- William Kirby
- Hem Singh Pruthi
- Lefroy
- None of these
Family of silkworm
- Peplunoidae
- Bruchidae
- Arctidae
- Parlidae
- Bombycidae
Family of Tethredinidae is a single family of Hymenoptera that is harmful for crops, Athalia lugens proxima belongs to which order
- Coleoptera
- Hempitera
- Hymenoptera
- Lepidoptera
- Diptera
Which species of honey bee fully domesticated and good species for honey production among Indian honey bees?
- Apis Dorsata
- Apis melifera
- Apis cerena
- Apis florea
- None of these
Flooding of the field is recommended for which among the following insect-
- Cutworms
- Army worms
- Termites
- All of these
- None of these
IPM is an ecosystem approach to crop production and protection that combines different management strategies and practice to grow healthy crips and minimize the use of pesticides so tell me which trap crop used for tobacco caterpillar in Soyabean
- Mustard
- Castor
- Tobacco
- Ricinus communis
- B and D both
What should be the moisture content in cereals at t he time of storage?
- >12
- <15
- <12
- >20
- 18<
Cotton boll worm is
- Key pest
- Major pest
- Minor pest
- Potential pest
- All of these
Those insect are presently not causing any economic damage therefore as such should not be labelled as pests
- Potential pest
- Sporadic pest
- Regular pest
- Numisance pest
- None of these
Only nymph of sugarcane white fly cause damage by sucking cell sap. Yellowing streaks appears on the leaves and a crop acquires apolish green appearance so tell me jet like body pasture of which insect
- Cotton jassid
- Rice hispa
- Sugarcane leaf hopper
- Army worm of wheat
- None of these
Which species of honey bee fully domesticated and good species for honey production among Indian honey bees?
- Apis dorsata
- Apis melifera
- Apis cerena
- Apis florea
- None of these
Thai Sac Brood virus (TSBV) causes
- Silk Moths
- Lac Insects
- Honey bees
- Indian fishes
- All of these
The yellow sticky trap is used for the control of thrups. Then Blue colou trap is used for the control of which insect?
- Aphid
- Mite
- White fly
- All of these
- Thrips
Which of the following insect cause “Pin Holes on leaves or dead heart in Stem”
- Maize stem borer
- Sorghum stem borer
- Rice stem borer
- A and B both
- All of these
Nymphs are wedge shaped and adult are winged form & Damaging symptoms are yellowing and Downward rolling/cupping of leaves due to toxins.
- Cotton whitefly
- Cotton jassids
- Pink boll worms
- Spotted boll worms
- Thrips
Collection and Destruction of fallen, rotten fruits” This management is done for the control of which insect?
- Mango fruit fly
- Mango fruit borer
- Pomegranate butterfly
- A & C
- All of these
Tea mosquito bug is pest of
- Mango
- Tea
- Coffee
- Jack fruit
- Cashew
Insecticide Law enforced in which year?
- 1919
- 1928
- 1972
- 1968
- 1938
It is specific pest of soybean. The ovipositing female beetle girdles the stem twice. It makes three punctures just above the lower ring before inserting a single egg through the largest hole into pith
- Bean fly
- Girdle beetle
- Lentil pod borer
- Pod borer
- Bug
Hind legs of worker honey bees a pollen collacting structure is found on tibia which is known as
- Cubicula
- Pollen basket
- Pollen brush
- Both A & B
- All of these
The major excretory product of terrestrial insect is………….
- Formic acid
- Methanoic acid
- Uric acid
- ecodysone
- All of these
Metamorphosis is the radial in morphology during development. So tell me Nymhp is related to
- Butterfly
- Housefly
- Whitefly
- Shootfly
- Honey bee
Insecta body divided into three part head, thorax, abdomen so tell me num of wings present in these class
- 6 pair
- 4 pair
- 3 pair
- 2 pair
- Both B and D
Choose the correct option
- Apis dorsata – rock bee
- Apis melifera – Indian bee
- Apis cerena – Italian bee
- Apis dorsata – little bee
- All of these