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ASRB 1-140

Total questions: 139

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which insect cerci is modified as forceps?

a)

Scorpion fly

b)

Mole cricket

c)

Earwig

d)

House cricket

2.

Name insect orders having abdomen with filamentous cerci.

a)

Odonata

b)

Plecoptera

c)

Ephemroptera

d)

Neruroptera

3.

Which insect is biggest in insect world in term of total wing surface area?

a)

Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)

b)

Tasar silkworm moth

c)

Sphinx moth

d)

Lemon butterfly

4.

In which insect right mandible is reduced in size?

a)

Weevil

b)

Beetle

c)

Thrips

d)

Honey bees

5.

Which insect has rasping and sucking type of mouth parts?

a)

Aphids

b)

Whiteflies

c)

Moth

d)

Thrips

6.

Which is fastest flying insect?

a)

Dragonfly

b)

Mayfly

c)

Butterfly

d)

Locust

7.

In house fly, hind wings are reduced to slender knob and a stalk structure known as_______

a)

Hamuli

b)

Hook

c)

Halter

d)

Tegmina

8.

Which insect can walk on smooth surface?

a)

House fly

b)

Cockroach

c)

Bed bug

d)

Both a & b

9.

The forewing of coleopteran insects modified in to _______for protection of membranous hind wings.

a)

Hemelytra

b)

Tegmina

c)

Scale

d)

Elytra

10.

Which structure is helpful to housefly for walking on smooth surface?

a)

Crochets

b)

Pulvilli

c)

Tarsus

d)

Claw

11.

Which type of legs are found in mole cricket?

a)

Fossorial

b)

Natatorial

c)

Saltatorial

d)

Cursorial

12.

Which type of forelegs is found in preying mantid?

a)

Scantorial

b)

Raptorial

c)

Ambulatorial

d)

Curssorial

13.

The function of middle legs of honey bees is _______

a)

Pollen collection

b)

Antenna cleaning

c)

Pollen brushing

d)

Pollen storing

14.

Various species of dipteran insects feed on_______

a)

Nectar of flower

b)

Decaying organic matter

c)

Suck blood of vertebrate animals

d)

All a, b, & c

15.

In which insect prothorax and metathorax are reduced and fused with well developed mesothorax?

a)

House fly

b)

Wasp

c)

Termite

d)

Silkworm moth

16.

It is the largest order in the animal kingdom.

a)

Dipteral

b)

Lepidoptera

c)

Hymenoptera

d)

Coleopteran

17.

In which insect only thorax and abdomen visible dorsally?

a)

Lesser grain borer

b)

Cigarette beetle

c)

Red dust flour beetle

d)

Khapra beetle

18.

Firefly emits bright light from _______

a)

Either side of thorax

b)

Hind segments of abdomen

c)

Dorsal thorax

d)

Fore segments of abdomen

19.

Glow worms (Lamprophorous tradus) emits bright light from the luminous organs present on______

a)

Fore segments of abdomen

b)

Either side of thorax

c)

Hind segments of abdomen

d)

Dorsal thorax

20.

From the following which insect’s name is wrongly written?

a)

Scopionfly

b)

Dragonfly

c)

Mustard sawfly

d)

Mango fruitfly

21.

From the following which is not dipteran fly?

a)

Mango fruit fly

b)

House fly

c)

Mustard Sawfly

d)

Tsetse fly

22.

From the following which is true fly?

a)

Butterfly

b)

Dragonfly

c)

Scopionfly

d)

Tachinid fly

23.

The theory and practice of identifying, describing naming and classifying organisms is called

a)

Classification

b)

Systematics

c)

Taxonomy

d)

Identification

24.

The study of the kinds and diversity of organisms and the relationships among them is called_______

a)

Systematics

b)

Identification

c)

Classification

d)

Taxonomy

25.

Adult mite have____

a)

Two pair of legs

b)

Four pair of legs

c)

Three pair of legs

d)

Five pair of legs

26.

Insects of which order is only phytophagous?

a)

Phasmida

b)

Thysanoptera

c)

Diptera

d)

Lepidoptera

27.

From the following which pair is incorrect

a)

Isoptera : Termites

b)

Diptera : Sawfly

c)

Coleoptera : Ladybird beetle

d)

Hemiptera : Cow bug

28.

The level of taxonomy concerned with the arrangement of species in the biological hierarchy is __________

a)

Alpha-taxonomy

b)

Beta-taxonomy

c)

Gamma-taxonomy

d)

All of these

29.

Different names given to the same taxon are called ___

a)

Antonym

b)

Homonym

c)

Synonym

d)

Rhymonym

30.

Which is primitive wingless insect order?

a)

Hymenoptera

b)

Thysanoptera

c)

Psocoptera

d)

Thysanura

31.

Which is not a family of order hemiptera?

a)

Aleyrodidae

b)

Agromyzidae

c)

Delphacidae

d)

Aphididae

32.

Gelechidae is the family of which order?

a)

Lepidoptera

b)

Hemioptera

c)

Coleoptera

d)

Hymenoptera

33.

It is not a family of order hymenoptera.

a)

Trichogrammatidae

b)

Apidae

c)

Eulophidae

d)

Aphididae

34.

Insect order has the great influence in biological control component.

a)

Odonata

b)

Lepidoptera

c)

Coleoptera

d)

Hymenoptera

35.

Which insects should be submitted in a vial of alcohol?

a)

All non-insects

b)

All very small insects

c)

All soft-bodied insects

d)

All immature insects

36.

Which order is not aquatic order?

a)

Plecoptera

b)

Ephimeroptera

c)

Lepidoptera

d)

Odonata

37.

All ametabolous insects are:

a)

Predatory

b)

Wingless

c)

Endognathous

d)

All of these

38.

Which insect order is most commonly found in soil litter?

a)

Collembola

b)

Lepidoptera

c)

Neuroptera

d)

Phasmatodea

39.

Which insect order is never associated with plants?

a)

Hymenoptera

b)

Hemiptera

c)

Thysanoptera

d)

Siphonaptera

40.

Human disease pathogens are transmitted by insects of which order?

a)

Hymenoptera

b)

Diptera

c)

Thysanoptera

d)

All of these

41.

A fatal disease bubonic plague is transmitted by ........

a)

Fleas

b)

Bed bug

c)

Mosquitoes

d)

House fly

42.

Which insect order(s) has/have both harmful and beneficial insects?

a)

Colleoptera

b)

Hymenoptera

c)

Diptera

d)

All of these

43.

All arthropods have:

a)

Segmented bodies

b)

Bilateral symmetry

c)

Jointed appendages

d)

All of these

44.

Exoskeleton provides:

a)

Muscle attachement

b)

Water conservation

c)

Good protection

d)

All of these

45.

Fruit sucking moth has which type of mouth parts?

a)

Sucking

b)

Piercing and sucking

c)

Siphoning

d)

Piercing and lapping

46.

Which insect(s) causes detrimental effects to animals through sound?

a)

Cricket

b)

Cicadas

c)

Mosquitoes

d)

All of these

47.

Honey bees are more closely related to ____

a)

Butterflies

b)

Dragonflies

c)

Ants

d)

House fly

48.

House flies are more closely related to _____

a)

Honey bees

b)

Mosquitoes

c)

Sawflies

d)

Butterflies

49.

Sawflies are more closely related to _____

a)

Wasp

b)

Fruit flies

c)

House flies

d)

Damselfly

50.

Which modified wing is always associated with the Coleoptera?

a)

Elytra

b)

Hamuli

c)

Hemelytra

d)

Tagmina

51.

What is/are common in orders Protura, Diplura and Thysanura?

a)

Winglessness

b)

Three pair of legs

c)

Both a & b

d)

Two pair of wings

52.

In which class the body is divided into cephalothorax and abdomen?

a)

Arachnida

b)

Diplopoda

c)

Insecta

d)

Mollusca

53.

Bipectinate type antennae found in______

a)

Honey bee

b)

Silkworm moth

c)

House fly

d)

Grasshopper

54.

Opisthognathus type of head is found in_____

a)

Bugs

b)

Weevils

c)

Beetle

d)

Grasshopper

55.

In which insect, scansorial type of leg is found?

a)

Cricket

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Louse

d)

Mantid

56.

On which antennal segment the Johnston’s organ is situated?

a)

Third

b)

Fourth

c)

Second

d)

Sixth

57.

Sugarcane pyrilla belong to family_____

a)

Fulgoridae

b)

Pyrrhocoridae

c)

Coccidae

d)

Noctuidae

58.

According to A. D. Imms insect is divided into how many order?

a)

27

b)

29

c)

30

d)

34

59.

Insects of which order possess scale wings?

a)

Lepidoptera

b)

Coleoptera

c)

Diptera

d)

Orthoptera

60.

The meaning of term “Propodium” is

a)

Remaining part of the abdomen

b)

Part of the alimentary canal

c)

Waist of the insects

d)

Fused segments of the abdomen

61.

Meso and metathorax is collectively known as______

a)

Proctodeium

b)

Mesenteron

c)

Pterothorax

d)

Prothorax

62.

Hind wing of the housefly is modified into____

a)

Elytra

b)

Halter

c)

Tegmina

d)

Hamuli

63.

Tentorium is located in the_____

a)

Abdomen

b)

Head

c)

Thorax

d)

Digestive system

64.

Prognathous type of mouth parts are found in_____

a)

Bugs

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Mango stem borer

d)

Aphids

65.

Hypognathous type of mouth parts are found in_____

a)

Bugs

b)

Aphid

c)

Beetles

d)

Grasshopper

66.

The main function of epicuticle is____

a)

Prevent loss of water from insect’s integument

b)

Prevent loss of air from surface

c)

Prevent loss of nutrient from surface

d)

Prevent wax secretion

67.

What is meaning of suture?

a)

Where two bones are attached

b)

Where two nerves are attached

c)

Where two body region is attached

d)

All of these

68.

Aristate type of antennae is found in____

a)

Mosquito

b)

Cockroach

c)

House fly

d)

Honey bees

69.

Serrate type antennae is found in____

a)

Mango stem borer

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Coconut rhinoceros beetle

d)

Honeybees

70.

Hemiptera and Hymenoptera are similar because both have:

a)

Piercing-sucking mouthparts

b)

Neopterous wings

c)

Holometabolous development

d)

All of these

71.

Which part of the maxillae is modified from a coiled spring in siphoning type of mouth parts?

a)

Cardo

b)

Galea

c)

Stipes

d)

Lucinia

72.

Silphidae and Scarabaeidae are types of_____

a)

Worms

b)

Bugs

c)

Flies

d)

Beetles

73.

To which class of arthropods do lobsters and shrimp belong?

a)

Hexapoda

b)

Crustacea

c)

Myriapoda

d)

Arachnida

74.

Which arthropods have chelicerae?

a)

Millipedes

b)

Spiders

c)

Shrimp

d)

All of these

75.

Who was the first Entomologist to the Government of India?

a)

H. M. Lefroy

b)

Lionel de Niceville

c)

T. B. Fletcher

d)

J. C. Fabricius

76.

Who succeeded Lefroy and devoted his attention mainly to insect taxonomy and built up an excellent library and a valuable insect collection?

a)

T. B. Fletcher

b)

J. C. Fabricius

c)

E. P. Stebbing

d)

Lionel de Niceville

77.

When was the Zoological Survey of India started in the Indian Museum at Calcutta?

a)

1916

b)

1906

c)

1968

d)

1914

78.

Who was the first Plant Protection Adviser to Government of India?

a)

Dr. T. N. Ananthkrishanan

b)

Dr. Hem Singh Pruthi

c)

Dr. S. Pradhan

d)

Dr. T. B. Fletcher

79.

When the Locust Warning Organization was established in India?

a)

1939

b)

1945

c)

1914

d)

1968

80.

Orthopteran insects should be pin through the ____

a)

Right posterior quarter of prothorax

b)

Scutellum

c)

Between the wing base

d)

Centre of thorax

81.

For dry storage of coleopteran insects, it should be pin through the ____

a)

Right posterior quarter of prothorax

b)

Scutellum

c)

Between the wing base

d)

Right elytra near its front

82.

Shield bug should be pin through the ____

a)

Right posterior quarter of prothorax

b)

Scutellum

c)

Right elytra near its front

d)

Centre of thorax

83.

Which order is not holometabolous?

a)

Hymenoptera

b)

Hemiptera

c)

Neuroptera

d)

Siphonaptera

84.

Sucking mouthparts are not found in:

a)

Ants

b)

Flies

c)

Lice

d)

Fleas

85.

Metamorphosis is regulated by_________

a)

Corpora cordiaca

b)

Prothoralic gland

c)

Corpora allata

d)

Brain

86.

A special type of reproduction found in aphid is known as____

a)

Paedogenesis

b)

Parthenogenesis

c)

Ovoviviperous

d)

Polyembryony

87.

Which type of the metamorphosis is found in dragonfly?

a)

Paurometabola

b)

Holometabola

c)

Polymetabola

d)

Hypermetabola

88.

The larvae of Hymenoptera are_____type.

a)

Protopod

b)

Grub

c)

Muscoid

d)

Caterpillar

89.

Exarate adecticous pupae are mostly found in order______

a)

Lepidoptera

b)

Coleoptera

c)

Diptera

d)

Plecoptera

90.

These are primitive type or tracheal system in which all the spiracles are functional.

a)

Holopneustic

b)

Hemipneustic

c)

Hypopneustic

d)

Hyperpneustic

91.

Malpighian tubules are absent in.

a)

Aphids

b)

Collembola

c)

Cockroach

d)

Both (a) and (b)

92.

The blood sugar of insects is ______

a)

Trehalose

b)

Glucose

c)

Lactose

d)

Galactose

93.

In termites, digestion takes place in _____

a)

Colon of hindgut

b)

Midgut

c)

Foregut

d)

Mouth

94.

The posterior part of the foregut is____

a)

Crop

b)

Gizzard

c)

Oesophagous

d)

Pharynx

95.

Rectum is the part of ______

a)

Foregut

b)

Midgut

c)

Respiratory system

d)

Hindgut

96.

Dendrites are a part of _____

a)

Neuron

b)

Trachea

c)

Aorta

d)

Compound eyes

97.

It is an anterior part of digestive system.

a)

Mesenteron

b)

Stomodaeum

c)

Proctodaeum

d)

Ilium

98.

The foregut and hindgut are ________ in origin.

a)

Ectodermal

b)

Endodermal

c)

Mesodermal

d)

Epidermis layer

99.

It is an obtect type of pupa which has gorgeous colouration and a stalk.

a)

Chrysalis

b)

Coarctate

c)

Exarate cocoon

d)

Puparium

100.

The legless larva consists of a well sclerotized head capsule is known as____

a)

Eucephalous larva

b)

Eruciform larva

c)

Hemicephalous larva

d)

Acephalous larva

101.

In which insect, hyper metamorphosis have been observed?

a)

Blister beetle

b)

Rhinocerous beetle

c)

Cockroach

d)

Mole cricket

102.

The interval or time period between two moults is known as_____

a)

Instar

b)

Stadium

c)

Moulting

d)

Metamophosis

103.

Which structures would be found in an eruciform larva, but not in a scarabaeiform larva?

a)

Prolegs

b)

Mandibles

c)

Compound eyes

d)

All of these

104.

In an obtect pupa:

a)

The insect is surrounded by a silken cocoon.

b)

The larval exoskeleton becomes a puparium.

c)

The insect's body forms a chrysalis.

d)

All of these.

105.

A naiad is best described as a(n):

a)

Predatory larva

b)

Aquatic nymph

c)

Wingless adult

d)

Scavenger

106.

Hypermetamorphosis is observed in which family of order Lepidoptera

a)

Noctuidae

b)

Papilionidae

c)

Saturniidae

d)

Epipyropidae

107.

Which of these is not considered an insect growth regulator?

a)

Juvenile hormone analogue

b)

Chitin inhibitor

c)

Synthetic pyrethroid

d)

Ecdysteroid

108.

From the following which pair is/are correct?

a)

Sphecophily : Wasp pollination

b)

Psychophily : Butterfly pollination

c)

Myrmecophily : Ant pollination

d)

All a, b, & c

109.

From the following which pair is/are correct?

a)

Myophily : Fly pollination

b)

Cantharophily : Beetle pollination

c)

Phalaenophily : Moth pollination

d)

All a, b, & c

110.

Which is/are insect decomposer(s) of animal material?

a)

Dung beetles

b)

Carrion beetles

c)

Maggots

d)

All of these

111.

Name insect(s) which is/are important in the soil building process?

a)

White ants

b)

Ants

c)

Rove beetles

d)

All of these

112.

Bark eating caterpillars are_____

a)

Phloem feeders

b)

Xylem feeders

c)

Cambium layers

d)

Phloem and Xylem feeders

113.

Which event might initiate nocturnal behavior in an insect whose activity cycle is under exogenous control?

a)

Sunrise

b)

Solar eclipse

c)

Rainfall

d)

None of these

114.

All insects must communicate in order to:

a)

Find a mate

b)

Locate food

c)

Survive the winter

d)

Avoid predation

115.

A firefly would most likely be classified as a ________ insect.

a)

Crepusular

b)

Eusocial

c)

Diurnal

d)

Solitary

116.

Pest outbreaks tend to occur when:

a)

Crops are planted in monoculture

b)

Natural enemies are imported from abroad

c)

Farmers switch to new crops

d)

All of these

117.

Which factors (s) shows the ability to determine numerical changes in population by direct action, either singly or in combination.

a)

Density - independent

b)

Imperfectly density - dependent

c)

Perfectly density - dependent

d)

All a, b, & c

118.

From the following which pair is correct?

a)

Phytophagy : Plant feeding

b)

Coprophagy : Excrement feeding

c)

Xylophagy : wood feeding

d)

All a, b, & c

119.

Name insect(s) possess poison hair for its protection.

a)

Saddle back caterpillar

b)

Tussock moths

c)

Both (a) and (b)

d)

Dragonfly

120.

Which insects may found among all kinds of vegetation, both on vegetative and reproductive parts.

a)

Jassids

b)

Thrips

c)

Whiteflies

d)

Helicoverpa

121.

What is the function of the micropyle in an insect's egg?

a)

Water balance

b)

Nutrition

c)

Sperm entrance

d)

Respiration

122.

The chemical trail produced by foraging ants would be classified as a(n):

a)

Allomone

b)

Kairomone

c)

Pheromone

d)

None of these

123.

Fly larvae (maggots) move away from a bright source of light. This is an example of a:

a)

Taxis

b)

Reflex

c)

Kinesis

d)

Transverse orientation

124.

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:

a)

Imprinting

b)

Conditioning

c)

Habituation

d)

Instrumental learning

125.

Compared to most learned behaviors, instinctive (innate) behavior is:

a)

Less complex

b)

Not subject to evolutionary change

c)

More stereotyped

d)

All of these

126.

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:

a)

Allomones

b)

Pheromones

c)

Hormones

d)

Kairomones

127.

Chemicals released by 'threatened' aphids elicit defensive behavior among the ants that tend these aphids. Such chemicals would be best described as:

a)

Allomones

b)

Pheromones

c)

Hormones

d)

Kairomones

128.

Broad-spectrum detoxification enzymes are commonly found in:

a)

Blood feeding insects

b)

Polyphagous herbivores

c)

Insect parasitoids

d)

All of these

129.

Any chemical used to repel predators would always be classified as a(n):

a)

Allomone

b)

Kairomone

c)

Pheromone

d)

Hormone

130.

The shell of an insect's egg is called the:

a)

Periplasm

b)

Chorion

c)

Serosa

d)

Amnion

131.

A line of weakness between adjacent sclerites that breaks during moulting is called a(n):

a)

Ecdysial

b)

Apodeme

c)

Apophysis

d)

Epistomal

132.

Which structure is not part of the central nervous system?

a)

Frontal ganglion

b)

Tritocerebrum

c)

Circumesophageal commissure

d)

Subesophageal ganglion

133.

Which statement about the insect's nervous system is incorrect?

a)

The ventral nerve cord controls the heart and gut.

b)

The caudal ganglion controls the external genitalia.

c)

The brain controls the eyes and antennae.

d)

The subesophageal ganglion controls the mouthparts.

134.

Movement of insects at a constant angle towards the source of light is referred as _______.

a)

Light compass reaction

b)

Photorhenokinesis

c)

Phototropotaxis

d)

Photokninokinesis

135.

The response of organisms to environmental rhythms of light and darkness is termed as ________.

a)

Photoperiodism

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Photorespiration

d)

Photometabolism

136.

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 ____________.

a)

Quiescence

b)

Diapause

c)

Aestivation

d)

Hibernation

137.

If instances of dormancy of organisms is due to nutritional or hygric, it is termed as ____________.

a)

Anabiosis

b)

Aestivation

c)

Athermopause

d)

Hibernation

138.

In a type of associations between two organisms, when one partner is benefiting and another remaining unbenefited and unharmed, it is termed as ____________.

a)

Parasitism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Mutualism

d)

Amensalism

139.

In a type of symbiotic relationship whereby both the partners of the association are benefited it is termed as______.

a)

Parasitism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Mutualism

d)

None of these