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ASRB 3

Total questions: 134

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which allellochemicals imparting resistance to several insect pests in cotton?

a)

Caryophyllene

b)

Gossypol

c)

Glucosinolates

d)

Gramine

2.

Allellochemicals that give adaptive advantage to the producing organism only.

a)

Allomones

b)

Kariomones

c)

Synomones

d)

Apneumones

3.

A communication chemical that give advantage to both producer and receivers.

a)

Allomones

b)

Kariomones

c)

Synomones

d)

Apneumones

4.

Which pair is/are correct?

a)

Benefit the receiver but disadvantage the producer: Kairomones

b)

Benefit both the receiver and producer: Synomones

c)

Benefit the producer by modifying receiver's behaviour: Allomones

d)

All of these

5.

An insect parasitoid/predator respond to host plant odour directly and it seeks to parasitize or prey on the phytophage host, the chemical is known as

a)

Synomone

b)

Allomone

c)

Kairomone

d)

None of these

6.

When resistance is governed by many genes, it is called

a)

Polygenic resistance

b)

Horizontal resistance

c)

Oligogenic resistance

d)

Both a and b

7.

Who is considered as Father of Host Plant Resistance?

a)

R. H. Painter

b)

Carlos Linnaeus

c)

H. M. Lefroy

d)

T. B. Fletcher

8.

Which type of viruses is transmitted by the vector through its stylet to a healthy plant by feeding for a few seconds/minutes after acquiring the viruses from diseased plants?

a)

Nonpersistent viruses

b)

Semipersistent viruses

c)

Persistent viruses

d)

None of these

9.

Cabbage black ring spot virus disease is transmitted by

a)

Myzus persicae

b)

Bemisia tabaci

c)

Aphis gossypii

d)

Thrips tabaci

10.

Tomato spotted wilt disease is transmitted by

a)

Bemisia tabaci

b)

Frankliniella schultzei

c)

Aphis gossypii

d)

Aceria spp.

11.

Grassy stunt disease of rice is transmitted by

a)

Nilaparvata lugens

b)

Aceria tulipae

c)

Nephotettix nigropictus

d)

Recelia dorsalis

12.

Banana bunchy top disease is transmitted by

a)

Pentalonia nigronervosa

b)

Sogatodes spp.

c)

Thrips tabaci

d)

Bemisia tabaci

13.

Which vector transmits the bacterial disease?

a)

Diaphorina citri

b)

Chaetocnema pulicaria

c)

Nephotettix nigropictus

d)

Both a and b

14.

The brood food is produced by the

a)

Queen

b)

Workers

c)

Drone

d)

Soldier

15.

Grasserie disease is caused by

a)

Virus

b)

Protozoa

c)

Bacteria

d)

Nematode

16.

Percentage of sugar in honey is

a)

73%

b)

76%

c)

62%

d)

69%

17.

Which state holds the 1st rank in silk production in India?

a)

Assam

b)

Karnataka

c)

Bihar

d)

Tamil Nadu

18.

Which state holds the 1st rank in lac production in India?

a)

Chhatisgadh

b)

Bihar

c)

Assam

d)

Karnataka

19.

Lac insect belong to order

a)

Lepidoptera

b)

Coleoptera

c)

Hemiptera

d)

Diptera

20.

Apis mellifera is commonly known as

a)

Indian honey bee

b)

Rock bee

c)

Italian honey bee

d)

Little bee

21.

Swarming in honeybee is due to

a)

Overcrowding

b)

Unfavorable environment

c)

Scarcity of food

d)

Disturbance

22.

Which type of mouth parts found in honey bees?

a)

Chewing and biting type

b)

Sponging type

c)

Chewing and lapping type

d)

Siphoning type

23.

Sericulture technology is associated with

a)

Earthworm

b)

Silkworm

c)

Cutworm

d)

Armyworm

24.

Important enemy of lac insect are

a)

Eublemma amabilis

b)

Mantis religiosa

c)

Chrysoperla spp.

d)

Coccinella semipunctata

25.

The Indian Lac Research Institute was Established in

a)

1923

b)

1926

c)

1925

d)

1924

26.

Eri silkworm rear on

a)

Mulberry leaf

b)

Ber leaf

c)

Castor leaf

d)

Arjun tree leaf

27.

The worker honey bee are

a)

Sterile male

b)

Queen

c)

Sterile female

d)

None of these

28.

In which silkworm, filament is not continuous?

a)

Mulberry silkworm

b)

Eri silkworm

c)

Moga silkworm

d)

Tasar silkworm

29.

The larvae live in the silken tunnels made by them and feed on the propolis, pollen and wax in the combs.

a)

Wax moth

b)

Wax beetle

c)

Wasp

d)

Death's head moth

30.

Which disease is caused by endoparasitic tracheal mites?

a)

Isle of Wight disease

b)

American foulbrood

c)

Thai sacbrood disease

d)

Acarine disease

31.

Which is the leading country in silk production in world?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

India

d)

Manchuria

32.

Name the sporozoan disease of silkworm that can wipe out all the worm once infection starts.

a)

Flacherie

b)

Grasserie

c)

Pebrine

d)

Muscardine

33.

A common name of Samia Cynthia ricini is

a)

Eri silkworm

b)

Tropical tasar silkworm

c)

Mulberry silkworm

d)

Moga silkworm

34.

Nozzle is a part of

a)

Cynogas pump

b)

Hand compressor sprayer

c)

Rotary duster

d)

None of these

35.

What quantity of spray fluid is requiring in ULV sprayer?

a)

1-5 liter

b)

50-100 liter

c)

300-500 liter

d)

1000-1500 liter

36.

When was the first aerial application of insecticides made?

a)

1920

b)

1914

c)

1939

d)

1945

37.

In which type of nozzle, swirl plate with holes cut into it at angles or a cylinder with spiral slits always absent?

a)

Flat fan nozzle

b)

Solid cone nozzle

c)

Hollow cone nozzle

d)

None of these

38.

In which type of nozzle, an orifice is present in the centre of a plate or cylinder in addition to swirl plate with holes cut into it at angles or a cylinder with spiral slits?

a)

Flat fan nozzle

b)

Solid cone nozzle

c)

Hollow cone nozzle

d)

None of these

39.

In which type of nozzle, the shape of orifice is rectangle?

a)

Flat fan nozzle

b)

Solid cone nozzle

c)

Hollow cone nozzle

d)

None of these

40.

Which not dispersal equipment?

a)

Nozzle

b)

Boom

c)

Rotating devices

d)

Agitator

41.

In aerial application kinetic energy of most of the spray particle(s), 1 m from the point of discharge is determined by

a)

Aircraft

b)

Wind

c)

Gravity

d)

Both gravity and wind

42.

Which type of sprayer develops a pressure of 17−21 kh/cm2?

a)

Foot sprayer

b)

Rocking sprayer

c)

Stirrup sprayer

d)

Knapsack sprayer

43.

Normally, how much quantity of spray fluid is required in high volume sprayers?

a)

300 to 500 l/ha

b)

50 to 100 l/ha

c)

1 to 5 l/ha

d)

less than 1 l/ha

44.

Which duster is useful for dusting in household and kitchen gardens as well as for spot treatments against ants, poultry pests and external parasites of farm animals?

a)

Bellow duster

b)

Rotary fan duster

c)

Plunger duster

d)

None of these

45.

Which equipment is require to get 0.001−1 μm size of droplets of insecticides?

a)

Smoke generator

b)

Vapour generator

c)

Aerosols

d)

Aircraft

46.

The termite king develops from

a)

Unfertilized eggs

b)

Fertilized eggs

c)

Both (a) and (b)

d)

Workers

47.

Termites are commonly known as

a)

Black ants

b)

Notorious ants

c)

White ants

d)

Red ants

48.

Most notorious polyphagous pests in agricultural crops is

a)

Helicoverpa armigera

b)

Chilo partellus

c)

Agrotis spp.

d)

None of these

49.

Clipping of young seedling to eliminate of egg mass off

a)

Yellow stem borer

b)

Grass hopper

c)

Stem borer

d)

Brown plant hopper

50.

Dead heart in wheat is characteristic symptoms of

a)

Stem borer

b)

Aphids

c)

Termite

d)

Thrips

51.

Pest of maize feed on silk and developing cob

a)

Chilo partelas

b)

Helicoverpa armigera

c)

Chilo insertullas

d)

Mythamia separata

52.

Aceria cajani belong to family

a)

Eriophyidae

b)

Bruchidae

c)

Aphidae

d)

Noctuidae

53.

Trichogramma spp. found most effective against

a)

Chilo infuscatellus

b)

Atherigona soccata

c)

Holotrichia consanguinea

d)

None of these

54.

Mustard sawfly is scientifically known as

a)

Virachola isocrates

b)

Athelia luguns proxima

c)

Earis vittella

d)

Lipaphis erysimi

55.

Mustard aphid is scientifically known as

a)

Earis vittella

b)

Lipaphis erysimi

c)

Virachola isocrates

d)

Athelia luguns proxima

56.

Method of mass trapping of insect at night classified under

a)

Mechanical control

b)

Cultural control

c)

Physical control

d)

Biological control

57.

Which of the following is the biological control of insect?

a)

Use of predator

b)

Use of parasite

c)

Use of microbial agents

d)

All of these

58.

House of termite is called

a)

Mound

b)

Tunnel

c)

Cave

d)

Hive

59.

Atherigona socata is commonly known as______

a)

Shoot fly

b)

Pod borer

c)

Cut worm

d)

Army worm

60.

Pectinophera gossypiella is commonly known as______

a)

Pink boll worm

b)

Cotton aphid

c)

Spotted boll worm

d)

Cotton whitefly

61.

Mustard saw fly is_____

a)

Monophagy

b)

Polyphagy

c)

Oligophagy

d)

Omnivorous

62.

Gram pod bore is_____

a)

Monophagous

b)

Polyphagous

c)

Oligophagous

d)

Omnivorous

63.

Which crop is most susceptible crop for Root knot of nematode?

a)

Cotton

b)

Brinjal

c)

Wheat

d)

Maize

64.

Helicoverpa armigera damage the crop at which stage

a)

Pod formation stage

b)

Germination stage

c)

Maturity stage

d)

Sprouting stage

65.

Plant parasitic nematode attack on?

a)

Root

b)

Stem

c)

Leaf

d)

Fruit

66.

The feeding site of root knot nematode is_____

a)

Xylem

b)

Vascular bundle

c)

Phloem

d)

All of these

67.

The feeding site of jassid is_____

a)

Xylem

b)

Vascular bundle

c)

Phloem

d)

All of these

68.

Yellow mosaic viral disease of green gram transmitted by_____

a)

Nephotettix spp.

b)

Aphis crassivora

c)

Bamesia tabaci

d)

Amrasca bigutula

69.

Scientific name of rice Green leafhopper is_______

a)

Nephotettix nigropictus

b)

Sogatella furcifera

c)

Nilaparvata lugens

d)

Recilia dorsalis

70.

From the following which is/are root feeder(s)?

a)

Echinocnemus oryzae

b)

Emmalocera depresella

c)

Holotrichia consanguinea

d)

All of these

71.

Aleurolobus barodensis is commonly known as________

a)

Sugarcane root borer

b)

Sugarcane whitefly

c)

Sugarcane scale insect

d)

Sugarcane mealy bug

72.

Scientific name of sugarcane stalk borer is _________

a)

Chilo infuscatellus

b)

Emmalocera depresella

c)

Chilo auricilius

d)

Aleurolobus barodensis

73.

The feeding of this pest results in reddish brown charred dead hearts and shot holes in the leaves and galleries in the midribs.

a)

Sugarcane root borer

b)

sugarcane stalk borer

c)

Sugarcane shoot borer

d)

Sugarcane top borer

74.

From the following which pest(s) is/are considered as lint stainer(s)?

a)

Oxycarenus laetus

b)

Dysdercus koenigii

c)

Myllocerus undecipustulatus

d)

Both a and b

75.

Safflower aphid is scientifically known as _______

a)

Uroleucon helianthi

b)

Aphis gossypii

c)

Aphis craccivora

d)

Macrosiphum miscanthi

76.

The small orange yellow hymenopteran insect with black markings on the body, smoky wings with black veins and its female posseses a saw - like ovipositor.

a)

Plutella xylostella

b)

Athalia lugens proxima

c)

Aproaerema modicella

d)

Bagrada cruciferarum

77.

Grayish brown moth with narrow fringed wings having pale white triangular markings on inner margin of each forewing anteriorly which form diamond like white patches dorsally when wings are folded over back at rest.

a)

Bagrada cruciferarum

b)

Amrasca biguttula

c)

Plutella xylostella

d)

Athalia lugens proxima

78.

The small whitish maggots feed on the ovary which results in malformation of pod without proper setting of seeds, galled buds and flowers fade and dry.

a)

Sesamum gall fly

b)

Gingelly leaf and pod borer

c)

Sesamum capsule borer

d)

Sesamum sphinx moth

79.

Adults emerge out of soil during first monsoon showers at dusk, mate and feed on the leaves of the trees viz., neem, drumstick, subabul etc., and early in the morning get back and burrow into the soil and lay the eggs

a)

Holotrichia consanguinea

b)

Helicoverpa armigera

c)

Spodoptera litura

d)

Aproaerema modicella

80.

The symptoms of which insect shows frassy matter at the bored shoots and webbed seed capsules covered with dark excreta?

a)

Castor semilooper

b)

Castor capsule borer

c)

Helicoverpa armigera

d)

Castor leaf eating caterpillar

81.

It is medium sized moth having bright orange yellow coloured wings with numerous black dots or spots.

a)

Castor semilooper

b)

Castor capsule borer

c)

Tobacco caterpillar

d)

Castor spiny caterpillar

82.

It is a pale reddish brown moth, stoutly built with black hind wings having white band medially and three large white spots on the outer margins.

a)

Castor semilooper

b)

Castor shoot and capsule borer

c)

Tobacco caterpillar

d)

Castor spiny caterpillar

83.

Adult of which insect's forewings are divided into two parts and hind wings into three parts and provided with a fringe like border?

a)

Ophiomyia phaseoli

b)

Exelastis atomosa

c)

Maruca vitrata

d)

Malanagromyza obtusa

84.

The young caterpillars feed on the tender foliage and as they grow they bore into the pods and destroy the seeds, while feeding it thrusts its head inside the pod leaving the rest of its body outside.

a)

Gram pod borer

b)

Tobacco leaf eating caterpillar

c)

Spotted bollworm

d)

Pink bollworm

85.

Due to which pest attack flowers drop prematurely and the seeds are destroyed in advanced stage, lint development is retarded and is weakened and it causes premature opening of the boll leading to invasion of saprophytic fungus.

a)

Cotton pink bollworm

b)

American bollworm

c)

Spotted bollworm

d)

Dusky cotton bug

86.

Little leaf of brinjal is transmitted by_______

a)

Jassids

b)

Whiteflies

c)

Thrips

d)

Aphids

87.

Deodorix isocrates is the pest of____

a)

Pomegranate

b)

Apple

c)

Mango

d)

Cirtus

88.

The red pumpkin beetle belong to family

a)

Chrysomelidae

b)

Dermistidae

c)

Coccidae

d)

Coccinelidae

89.

Root / stem injection of monocrotophos is recommended against____

a)

Mango stem borer

b)

Coconut blck headed caterpillar

c)

Tea mosquito bug

d)

Coffee stem borer

90.

The scientific name of Indian fruit bat (Flying fox) is_______

a)

Pteropus giganteus

b)

Macaca mulatta

c)

Paser domesticus

d)

Acridotheres tristis

91.

Banana pseudostem weevil is belong to

a)

Chrysomilidae

b)

Curculionidae

c)

Dermestidae

d)

Bostrichidae

92.

Banana rhizome weevil scientifically known as

a)

Rhaphidopalpa spp.

b)

Cosmopolites sordidus

c)

Sitoterga cereallea

d)

Pentalonia negronervosa

93.

Fruit fly pupate in_____

a)

Fruit

b)

Soil

c)

Leaf

d)

None of these

94.

The scientific name of diamond back moth is_______

a)

Pieris brassicae

b)

Plutella xylostella

c)

Hellula undalis

d)

Phyllotreta cruciferae

95.

The family of brinjal fruit and shoot borer is_______

a)

Pyralidae

b)

Noctuide

c)

Gelechidae

d)

Pieridae

96.

The scientific name of red pumpkin beetle is _________

a)

Aulacophora foevicollis

b)

Epilachna viginioctopunctata

c)

Cylas formicarius

d)

Phyllotreta cruciferae

97.

Which insect pest causing damage in citrus orchard is not a member of order hemiptera?

a)

Eudocima fullonia

b)

Aonidiella aurantii

c)

Diaphorina citri

d)

Dialeurodes citri

98.

Sternochetus mangiferae, a pest of mango is belongs to order ________

a)

Coleoptera

b)

Hemiptera

c)

Lepidoptera

d)

Diptera

99.

From the following which is lepidopteran insect pest?

a)

Chlumetia transversa

b)

Bactrocera dorsalis

c)

Sternochetus mangiferae

d)

Lipaphis erysimi

100.

The scientific name of the codling moth is_____

a)

Malacosoa indicum

b)

Cydia pomonella

c)

Apriona cinerea

d)

Dorysthenes hugelii

101.

The yellowish to cream yellow white grub is broad in front and narrows posteriorly and is covered with spiny structures all over.

a)

Epilachna vigintioctopunctata

b)

Bagrada cruciferarum

c)

Leucinodes orbonalis

d)

Athalia lugens proxima

102.

Adult moth has pale whitish forewings with a wedge shaped broad greenish band in the middle.

a)

Earias vitella

b)

Earias insulana

c)

Pectinophora gossypiella

d)

Helicoverpa armigera

103.

Grubs feed on roots of plants below soil surface and bore into vines, feed on fruits that come in contact with the soil and adult bite holes on leaves and also feed on flowers.

a)

Pumpkin beetle

b)

Pumpkin caterpillar

c)

Pumpkin leaf miner

d)

Pumpkin weevil

104.

The common name of Pieris brassicae is ______

a)

Tobacco caterpillar

b)

Cabbage head borer

c)

Cabbage green semilooper

d)

Cabbage butterfly

105.

Eriophes guerreronis is commonly known as _______

a)

Coconut mites

b)

Chilli white mites

c)

Brinjal mites

d)

Citrus rust mites

106.

Plocaederus ferrugineus is commonly known as _______

a)

Cashew tree borer

b)

Cashew shoot and blossom webber

c)

Grapevine stem borer

d)

Grapevine leaf beetle

107.

Adult is a reddish brown bug with black head, red thorax and black and white abdomen; a knobbed process arises middorsally on the thorax.

a)

Plocaederus ferrugineus

b)

Acrocercops syngramma

c)

Lamida moncusalis

d)

Helopeltis antonii

108.

The scientific name of tea mosquitoe bug is ________

a)

Plocaederus ferrugineus

b)

Acrocercops syngramma

c)

Lamida moncusalis

d)

Helopeltis antonii

109.

Butterfly is bluish brown with an orange spot on each of the forewings and black spots on the hind wings with a tail like extension at the lower margin of hind wings

a)

Cabbage butterfly

b)

Lemon butterfly

c)

Anar butterfly

d)

Castor butterfly

110.

The larva bores into the fruit feeding on the pulp and accumulating faecal frass within.

a)

Ber fruit fly

b)

Ber fruit borer

c)

Ber fruit weevil

d)

Banana rhizome weevil

111.

The scientific name of banana rhizome weevil is_______

a)

Erionata thrax

b)

Cosmopolites sordidus

c)

Pentalonia nigronervosa

d)

Odoiporus longicollis

112.

The family of coconut black headed caterpillar is________

a)

Cryptophasidae

b)

Scarabaeidae

c)

Noctuidae

d)

Limacodidae

113.

The scientific name of rust red flour beetle is______

a)

Tribolium castaneum

b)

Rhizopertha dominica

c)

Trogoderma granarium

d)

Callosobruchus chinensis

114.

The scientific name of pulse beetle is______

a)

Trogoderma granarium

b)

Callosobruchus chinensis

c)

Rhizopertha dominica

d)

Tribolium castaneum

115.

Corcyra cephalonica is commonly known as______

a)

Silk moth

b)

Grain borer

c)

Flour beetle

d)

Rice moth

116.

Which pest(s) is/are external feeder(s)?

a)

Sitophilus oryzae

b)

Rhyzopertha dominica

c)

Tribolium castaneum

d)

All of these

117.

Which pest is internal feeder?

a)

Lesser grain borer

b)

Khapra beetle

c)

Rust red flour beetle

d)

Rice moth

118.

Trogoderma granarium is commonly known as______

a)

Rust red flour beetle

b)

Rice moth

c)

Saw toothed grain beetle

d)

Khapra beetle

119.

In which insect entire body of both adult and larvae is covered with hairs?

a)

Corcyra cephalonica

b)

Trogoderma granarium

c)

Sitophilus oryzae

d)

Rhyzopertha dominica

120.

The adult and grub feeding inside the grains and reducing them into mere shells with many irregular holes.

a)

Lesser grain borer

b)

Pulse beetle

c)

Rust red flour beetle

d)

Rice moth

121.

In a normal distribution______

a)

Mean and median are equal.

b)

Mode and median are equal.

c)

Mode and mean are equal

d)

Mean, mode and median are equal

122.

If fertility gradient is in two directions at right angle, which experimental design is appropriate?

a)

Latine Square Design

b)

Randomized Block Design

c)

Completely Randomized Block Design

d)

Split Plot Design

123.

Correlation coefficient is___

a)

More than +1

b)

Less than -1

c)

Lies between 0 and +1

d)

Lies between -1 and +1

124.

Range of distribution is_________

a)

The difference between largest and smallest observations

b)

Middle of the series

c)

Average of all observations

d)

Arithmetic mean of observations

125.

Local control helps in_______

a)

Homogeneity of experimental units

b)

Reducing the experimental units

c)

Reducing the experimental errors

d)

Both a and c

126.

Why randomization of treatments in the field experiment is essential?

a)

For comparison of treatment effects

b)

To average out the effects of environmental differences

c)

For comparison of replication effects

d)

The statistical procedures hold good only when randomization is done

127.

Arithmetic mean of observation is most common in use for analysis because_______

a)

It is based on all the observations

b)

It is based on largest and smallest observations

c)

It is located in the middle of the series.

d)

It is the actual observation.

128.

The test of significance of differences between two means in small samples is known as__________

a)

t-test

b)

F-test

c)

Chi-square test

d)

On the basis of normal deviate

129.

When two variables change together in such a way that an increase in one variable is accomplished by decrease in the other. The variables are said to be____

a)

Negatively correlated

b)

Positively correlated

c)

Independent

d)

None of these

130.

When two variables change together in such a way that an increase in one variable is accomplished by increase in the other. The variables are said to be____

a)

Negatively correlated

b)

Positively correlated

c)

Independent

d)

None of these

131.

Chi square test is applied to____

a)

Qualitative observations

b)

Quantitative observations

c)

Both a and b

d)

None of these

132.

The unit of standard deviation is____

a)

Same unit of measurements

b)

Free from unit

c)

Percentage

d)

None of these

133.

F-test can be used for testing the significance of__________

a)

Several differences

b)

A single difference

c)

Not used for testing the difference

d)

Used for testing the difference between biggest and smallest observation only

134.

An entomologist wants to conduct a trial on evaluation of various biocides against second instar larvae of Spodoptera litura under controlled condition, which experimental design is suitable for the said trial?

a)

Latine Square Design

b)

Randomized Block Design

c)

Completely Randomized Block Design

d)

Split Plot Design