WorksheetsASRB 1-140
Total questions: 139
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
In which insect cerci is modified as forceps?
Scorpion fly
Mole cricket
Earwig
House cricket
Name insect orders having abdomen with filamentous cerci.
Odonata
Plecoptera
Ephemroptera
Neruroptera
Which insect is biggest in insect world in term of total wing surface area?
Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)
Tasar silkworm moth
Sphinx moth
Lemon butterfly
In which insect right mandible is reduced in size?
Weevil
Beetle
Thrips
Honey bees
Which insect has rasping and sucking type of mouth parts?
Aphids
Whiteflies
Moth
Thrips
Which is fastest flying insect?
Dragonfly
Mayfly
Butterfly
Locust
In house fly, hind wings are reduced to slender knob and a stalk structure known as_______
Hamuli
Hook
Halter
Tegmina
Which insect can walk on smooth surface?
House fly
Cockroach
Bed bug
Both a & b
The forewing of coleopteran insects modified in to _______for protection of membranous hind wings.
Hemelytra
Tegmina
Scale
Elytra
Which structure is helpful to housefly for walking on smooth surface?
Crochets
Pulvilli
Tarsus
Claw
Which type of legs are found in mole cricket?
Fossorial
Natatorial
Saltatorial
Cursorial
Which type of forelegs is found in preying mantid?
Scantorial
Raptorial
Ambulatorial
Curssorial
The function of middle legs of honey bees is _______
Pollen collection
Antenna cleaning
Pollen brushing
Pollen storing
Various species of dipteran insects feed on_______
Nectar of flower
Decaying organic matter
Suck blood of vertebrate animals
All a, b, & c
In which insect prothorax and metathorax are reduced and fused with well developed mesothorax?
House fly
Wasp
Termite
Silkworm moth
It is the largest order in the animal kingdom.
Dipteral
Lepidoptera
Hymenoptera
Coleopteran
In which insect only thorax and abdomen visible dorsally?
Lesser grain borer
Cigarette beetle
Red dust flour beetle
Khapra beetle
Firefly emits bright light from _______
Either side of thorax
Hind segments of abdomen
Dorsal thorax
Fore segments of abdomen
Glow worms (Lamprophorous tradus) emits bright light from the luminous organs present on______
Fore segments of abdomen
Either side of thorax
Hind segments of abdomen
Dorsal thorax
From the following which insect’s name is wrongly written?
Scopionfly
Dragonfly
Mustard sawfly
Mango fruitfly
From the following which is not dipteran fly?
Mango fruit fly
House fly
Mustard Sawfly
Tsetse fly
From the following which is true fly?
Butterfly
Dragonfly
Scopionfly
Tachinid fly
The theory and practice of identifying, describing naming and classifying organisms is called
Classification
Systematics
Taxonomy
Identification
The study of the kinds and diversity of organisms and the relationships among them is called_______
Systematics
Identification
Classification
Taxonomy
Adult mite have____
Two pair of legs
Four pair of legs
Three pair of legs
Five pair of legs
Insects of which order is only phytophagous?
Phasmida
Thysanoptera
Diptera
Lepidoptera
From the following which pair is incorrect
Isoptera : Termites
Diptera : Sawfly
Coleoptera : Ladybird beetle
Hemiptera : Cow bug
The level of taxonomy concerned with the arrangement of species in the biological hierarchy is __________
Alpha-taxonomy
Beta-taxonomy
Gamma-taxonomy
All of these
Different names given to the same taxon are called ___
Antonym
Homonym
Synonym
Rhymonym
Which is primitive wingless insect order?
Hymenoptera
Thysanoptera
Psocoptera
Thysanura
Which is not a family of order hemiptera?
Aleyrodidae
Agromyzidae
Delphacidae
Aphididae
Gelechidae is the family of which order?
Lepidoptera
Hemioptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
It is not a family of order hymenoptera.
Trichogrammatidae
Apidae
Eulophidae
Aphididae
Insect order has the great influence in biological control component.
Odonata
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Which insects should be submitted in a vial of alcohol?
All non-insects
All very small insects
All soft-bodied insects
All immature insects
Which order is not aquatic order?
Plecoptera
Ephimeroptera
Lepidoptera
Odonata
All ametabolous insects are:
Predatory
Wingless
Endognathous
All of these
Which insect order is most commonly found in soil litter?
Collembola
Lepidoptera
Neuroptera
Phasmatodea
Which insect order is never associated with plants?
Hymenoptera
Hemiptera
Thysanoptera
Siphonaptera
Human disease pathogens are transmitted by insects of which order?
Hymenoptera
Diptera
Thysanoptera
All of these
A fatal disease bubonic plague is transmitted by ........
Fleas
Bed bug
Mosquitoes
House fly
Which insect order(s) has/have both harmful and beneficial insects?
Colleoptera
Hymenoptera
Diptera
All of these
All arthropods have:
Segmented bodies
Bilateral symmetry
Jointed appendages
All of these
Exoskeleton provides:
Muscle attachement
Water conservation
Good protection
All of these
Fruit sucking moth has which type of mouth parts?
Sucking
Piercing and sucking
Siphoning
Piercing and lapping
Which insect(s) causes detrimental effects to animals through sound?
Cricket
Cicadas
Mosquitoes
All of these
Honey bees are more closely related to ____
Butterflies
Dragonflies
Ants
House fly
House flies are more closely related to _____
Honey bees
Mosquitoes
Sawflies
Butterflies
Sawflies are more closely related to _____
Wasp
Fruit flies
House flies
Damselfly
Which modified wing is always associated with the Coleoptera?
Elytra
Hamuli
Hemelytra
Tagmina
What is/are common in orders Protura, Diplura and Thysanura?
Winglessness
Three pair of legs
Both a & b
Two pair of wings
In which class the body is divided into cephalothorax and abdomen?
Arachnida
Diplopoda
Insecta
Mollusca
Bipectinate type antennae found in______
Honey bee
Silkworm moth
House fly
Grasshopper
Opisthognathus type of head is found in_____
Bugs
Weevils
Beetle
Grasshopper
In which insect, scansorial type of leg is found?
Cricket
Grasshopper
Louse
Mantid
On which antennal segment the Johnston’s organ is situated?
Third
Fourth
Second
Sixth
Sugarcane pyrilla belong to family_____
Fulgoridae
Pyrrhocoridae
Coccidae
Noctuidae
According to A. D. Imms insect is divided into how many order?
27
29
30
34
Insects of which order possess scale wings?
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
Orthoptera
The meaning of term “Propodium” is
Remaining part of the abdomen
Part of the alimentary canal
Waist of the insects
Fused segments of the abdomen
Meso and metathorax is collectively known as______
Proctodeium
Mesenteron
Pterothorax
Prothorax
Hind wing of the housefly is modified into____
Elytra
Halter
Tegmina
Hamuli
Tentorium is located in the_____
Abdomen
Head
Thorax
Digestive system
Prognathous type of mouth parts are found in_____
Bugs
Grasshopper
Mango stem borer
Aphids
Hypognathous type of mouth parts are found in_____
Bugs
Aphid
Beetles
Grasshopper
The main function of epicuticle is____
Prevent loss of water from insect’s integument
Prevent loss of air from surface
Prevent loss of nutrient from surface
Prevent wax secretion
What is meaning of suture?
Where two bones are attached
Where two nerves are attached
Where two body region is attached
All of these
Aristate type of antennae is found in____
Mosquito
Cockroach
House fly
Honey bees
Serrate type antennae is found in____
Mango stem borer
Grasshopper
Coconut rhinoceros beetle
Honeybees
Hemiptera and Hymenoptera are similar because both have:
Piercing-sucking mouthparts
Neopterous wings
Holometabolous development
All of these
Which part of the maxillae is modified from a coiled spring in siphoning type of mouth parts?
Cardo
Galea
Stipes
Lucinia
Silphidae and Scarabaeidae are types of_____
Worms
Bugs
Flies
Beetles
To which class of arthropods do lobsters and shrimp belong?
Hexapoda
Crustacea
Myriapoda
Arachnida
Which arthropods have chelicerae?
Millipedes
Spiders
Shrimp
All of these
Who was the first Entomologist to the Government of India?
H. M. Lefroy
Lionel de Niceville
T. B. Fletcher
J. C. Fabricius
Who succeeded Lefroy and devoted his attention mainly to insect taxonomy and built up an excellent library and a valuable insect collection?
T. B. Fletcher
J. C. Fabricius
E. P. Stebbing
Lionel de Niceville
When was the Zoological Survey of India started in the Indian Museum at Calcutta?
1916
1906
1968
1914
Who was the first Plant Protection Adviser to Government of India?
Dr. T. N. Ananthkrishanan
Dr. Hem Singh Pruthi
Dr. S. Pradhan
Dr. T. B. Fletcher
When the Locust Warning Organization was established in India?
1939
1945
1914
1968
Orthopteran insects should be pin through the ____
Right posterior quarter of prothorax
Scutellum
Between the wing base
Centre of thorax
For dry storage of coleopteran insects, it should be pin through the ____
Right posterior quarter of prothorax
Scutellum
Between the wing base
Right elytra near its front
Shield bug should be pin through the ____
Right posterior quarter of prothorax
Scutellum
Right elytra near its front
Centre of thorax
Which order is not holometabolous?
Hymenoptera
Hemiptera
Neuroptera
Siphonaptera
Sucking mouthparts are not found in:
Ants
Flies
Lice
Fleas
Metamorphosis is regulated by_________
Corpora cordiaca
Prothoralic gland
Corpora allata
Brain
A special type of reproduction found in aphid is known as____
Paedogenesis
Parthenogenesis
Ovoviviperous
Polyembryony
Which type of the metamorphosis is found in dragonfly?
Paurometabola
Holometabola
Polymetabola
Hypermetabola
The larvae of Hymenoptera are_____type.
Protopod
Grub
Muscoid
Caterpillar
Exarate adecticous pupae are mostly found in order______
Lepidoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
Plecoptera
These are primitive type or tracheal system in which all the spiracles are functional.
Holopneustic
Hemipneustic
Hypopneustic
Hyperpneustic
Malpighian tubules are absent in.
Aphids
Collembola
Cockroach
Both (a) and (b)
The blood sugar of insects is ______
Trehalose
Glucose
Lactose
Galactose
In termites, digestion takes place in _____
Colon of hindgut
Midgut
Foregut
Mouth
The posterior part of the foregut is____
Crop
Gizzard
Oesophagous
Pharynx
Rectum is the part of ______
Foregut
Midgut
Respiratory system
Hindgut
Dendrites are a part of _____
Neuron
Trachea
Aorta
Compound eyes
It is an anterior part of digestive system.
Mesenteron
Stomodaeum
Proctodaeum
Ilium
The foregut and hindgut are ________ in origin.
Ectodermal
Endodermal
Mesodermal
Epidermis layer
It is an obtect type of pupa which has gorgeous colouration and a stalk.
Chrysalis
Coarctate
Exarate cocoon
Puparium
The legless larva consists of a well sclerotized head capsule is known as____
Eucephalous larva
Eruciform larva
Hemicephalous larva
Acephalous larva
In which insect, hyper metamorphosis have been observed?
Blister beetle
Rhinocerous beetle
Cockroach
Mole cricket
The interval or time period between two moults is known as_____
Instar
Stadium
Moulting
Metamophosis
Which structures would be found in an eruciform larva, but not in a scarabaeiform larva?
Prolegs
Mandibles
Compound eyes
All of these
In an obtect pupa:
The insect is surrounded by a silken cocoon.
The larval exoskeleton becomes a puparium.
The insect's body forms a chrysalis.
All of these.
A naiad is best described as a(n):
Predatory larva
Aquatic nymph
Wingless adult
Scavenger
Hypermetamorphosis is observed in which family of order Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Papilionidae
Saturniidae
Epipyropidae
Which of these is not considered an insect growth regulator?
Juvenile hormone analogue
Chitin inhibitor
Synthetic pyrethroid
Ecdysteroid
From the following which pair is/are correct?
Sphecophily : Wasp pollination
Psychophily : Butterfly pollination
Myrmecophily : Ant pollination
All a, b, & c
From the following which pair is/are correct?
Myophily : Fly pollination
Cantharophily : Beetle pollination
Phalaenophily : Moth pollination
All a, b, & c
Which is/are insect decomposer(s) of animal material?
Dung beetles
Carrion beetles
Maggots
All of these
Name insect(s) which is/are important in the soil building process?
White ants
Ants
Rove beetles
All of these
Bark eating caterpillars are_____
Phloem feeders
Xylem feeders
Cambium layers
Phloem and Xylem feeders
Which event might initiate nocturnal behavior in an insect whose activity cycle is under exogenous control?
Sunrise
Solar eclipse
Rainfall
None of these
All insects must communicate in order to:
Find a mate
Locate food
Survive the winter
Avoid predation
A firefly would most likely be classified as a ________ insect.
Crepusular
Eusocial
Diurnal
Solitary
Pest outbreaks tend to occur when:
Crops are planted in monoculture
Natural enemies are imported from abroad
Farmers switch to new crops
All of these
Which factors (s) shows the ability to determine numerical changes in population by direct action, either singly or in combination.
Density - independent
Imperfectly density - dependent
Perfectly density - dependent
All a, b, & c
From the following which pair is correct?
Phytophagy : Plant feeding
Coprophagy : Excrement feeding
Xylophagy : wood feeding
All a, b, & c
Name insect(s) possess poison hair for its protection.
Saddle back caterpillar
Tussock moths
Both (a) and (b)
Dragonfly
Which insects may found among all kinds of vegetation, both on vegetative and reproductive parts.
Jassids
Thrips
Whiteflies
Helicoverpa
What is the function of the micropyle in an insect's egg?
Water balance
Nutrition
Sperm entrance
Respiration
The chemical trail produced by foraging ants would be classified as a(n):
Allomone
Kairomone
Pheromone
None of these
Fly larvae (maggots) move away from a bright source of light. This is an example of a:
Taxis
Reflex
Kinesis
Transverse orientation
When laying eggs, a female insect returns to its larval host plant, even though she has not fed upon this plant during its adult life. This is an example of:
Imprinting
Conditioning
Habituation
Instrumental learning
Compared to most learned behaviors, instinctive (innate) behavior is:
Less complex
Not subject to evolutionary change
More stereotyped
All of these
Substances in the frass produced by bark beetles attract predators and parasites to trees that are infested by these beetles. Such substances would be best described as:
Allomones
Pheromones
Hormones
Kairomones
Chemicals released by 'threatened' aphids elicit defensive behavior among the ants that tend these aphids. Such chemicals would be best described as:
Allomones
Pheromones
Hormones
Kairomones
Broad-spectrum detoxification enzymes are commonly found in:
Blood feeding insects
Polyphagous herbivores
Insect parasitoids
All of these
Any chemical used to repel predators would always be classified as a(n):
Allomone
Kairomone
Pheromone
Hormone
The shell of an insect's egg is called the:
Periplasm
Chorion
Serosa
Amnion
A line of weakness between adjacent sclerites that breaks during moulting is called a(n):
Ecdysial
Apodeme
Apophysis
Epistomal
Which structure is not part of the central nervous system?
Frontal ganglion
Tritocerebrum
Circumesophageal commissure
Subesophageal ganglion
Which statement about the insect's nervous system is incorrect?
The ventral nerve cord controls the heart and gut.
The caudal ganglion controls the external genitalia.
The brain controls the eyes and antennae.
The subesophageal ganglion controls the mouthparts.
Movement of insects at a constant angle towards the source of light is referred as _______.
Light compass reaction
Photorhenokinesis
Phototropotaxis
Photokninokinesis
The response of organisms to environmental rhythms of light and darkness is termed as ________.
Photoperiodism
Photosynthesis
Photorespiration
Photometabolism
When development of insect is temporarily inhibited by an unfavourable environment and is resumed immediately with the onset of favourable conditions, it is termed as ____________.
Quiescence
Diapause
Aestivation
Hibernation
If instances of dormancy of organisms is due to nutritional or hygric, it is termed as ____________.
Anabiosis
Aestivation
Athermopause
Hibernation
In a type of associations between two organisms, when one partner is benefiting and another remaining unbenefited and unharmed, it is termed as ____________.
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Amensalism
In a type of symbiotic relationship whereby both the partners of the association are benefited it is termed as______.
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
None of these
