Entomology One-Liner Questions for Agriculture Jobs ( PPSC, NTS, FPSC, PTS, OTS, Banks Jobs, Research Jobs, Agriculture/cotton Officer, etc)
Question | Answer |
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The young ones of exopteryotes but aquatic in habit are? | Naiad |
The control of pests by human controlling activities and law is called | Regularity method |
Three main parts of antennae are | Scape pedicel, flagellum |
House has antennae | Aristate |
The width of the area treated in one pass by a sprayer or other applicator is called | Swath |
The phenomenon of insect resistance to one type of insecticide providing resistance to other insecticides with a similar mode of action__? | Cross-resistance |
The three main parts of antennae are | Impermeability of water and prevent evaporation |
The costal margin of the wing of an insect is? | Frontal margin |
The ability of a plant by means of which it is less damaged by insects is? | Tolerance |
The function of epicuticles in insects is | Royal Jelly |
The parasites which require several or different hosts for their complete development are called? | Heteroxenous parasites |
Royal Jelly is made up of__? | Pollen and nectar |
An example of a polyphagous insect is__? | Helicoverpa armigera |
The chemical used for controlling mites is called__? | Acaricide |
The type of diapause which occur in winter is? | Hibernation |
Any organism which harms or causes damage to man directly or indirectly is called a? | Pest |
An ingredient added in pesticide to enhance and maintain the efficacy of active ingredient is____? | Insert ingredient |
Dragonfly and damselfly have the type of legs_? | Basket like |
An insect pest normally present at some time during the growing season that causes economic damage to a crop is called a? | Key pest |
Difference between workers and drones _____? | Drones are male while workers are sterile |
The arrangement (disposition and number) of bristles or setae on the body and appendages – of particular importance in the classification of Diptera and mites: | Chaetotaxy |
The insect skeleton is composed of a series of plates called__? | Sclerites |
A Chemical added to a pesticide to increase its activity is called? | Activator |
Type of reproduction in which young ones Produced from unfertilized eggs is? | Parthenogenesis |
The insects which spend their lives individually and do not live in colonies are known as_____? | Solitary insects |
The dorsal sclerotized region of the insect body is called__? | Tergum |
The type of reproduction in which young ones are produced by larval or pupal stages is____? | Paedogenesis |
The body wall of an insect which includes the cuticle, epidermis and basement membrane is__? | Integument |
Propagation and release of sterile incompatible individuals done in pest population is called__? | Genetic control |
The insect is_? | Cold-blooded animals |
The ingredient of pesticide formulation responsible for toxic effect is called_? | Active ingredient |
The bees which are reared artificially as a commercial business are called? | Domestic bees |
A volatile chemical that exists in the gaseous state in sufficient concentration to be lethal for a given pest is called? | Fumigant |
It is an organism that lives on or within another living organism called_? | Parasite |
Insects that are active at night are called? | Nocturnal insects |
The workers of ants, bees and wasps are_? | A nonreproductive female |
The type of pheromone which gets together the insects for food and mating is known as? | Aggregation pheromone |
Mouthparts of Sugarcane pyrilla are:___? | Sucking |
When some cultivars are resistant and some cultivars are susceptible when they are infected with the same insect biotype such type of resistance is called___? | Specific resistance |
The desert locust is__? | Migrant pest |
The insect that parasitizes the larger animals is called____? | Zoophagous parasites |
Honey bees with a row of minutes hooks on the anterior wings that catch into the up-rolled hind border of the fore wing are_______? | hamuli |
Cotton bollworms and sugarcane borers are_? | Major pest |
What are helpful insects___? | Weed killers, scavengers, predators, pollinators, parasites |
The long axis of the head is horizontal and in line with the insect body and mouthparts directed forward is a type of head_______? | Prognathous |
A chemical or secretions which are thrown outside the body for transmitting a message to the individual of the same species is_? | Pheromone |
The insect which Parasitizes one species of the host is called__? | Permanent Parasite |
It is the tendency of a plant to escape infestation is known as? | Pest avoidance |
The quality of a pesticide to remain as an effective residue because of its low volatility and chemical stability is termed as__? | Persistence |
A mixture that included pesticides that decrease the efficiency of each other is called__? | Antagonistic mixture |
The living organism that lives in or on the bodies of other living organisms from which they get their food, during at least one stage of their existence is called? | Parasites |
Aphis lions are predators of___? | Aphid |
A tail, including the tail-like structure of an aphid:_______? | Cauda |
Gurdaspur borer is a pest of_? | Sugarcane |
Types of pheromones which motivate the insects to follow each other are known as____? | Trial marking pheromone |
The chemical used for controlling fish is called__? | Pesticide |
Grasshoppers and cricket have mouth parts__? | Biting chewing type |
Chemicals, which transmit the chemical message, to individuals of various species_. | Allelo chemicals |
The function of Exo cuticle insect is_? | The rigidity of body parts |
A chemical that inhibits clotting mechanisms of the blood is called __? | Chronic poisoning |
All the practices used to control the pest population within a certain limit are called_? | Artificial control |
A type of resistance in which a series of different cultivars of the same crop is infested with a series of different insect biotypes of the same species show no differentia intersection, such type of resistance is___? | Horizontal resistance |
Commercial rearing of honey is called? | Apiculture |
The physiological state or arrested metabolism in which the development of insects is delayed irrespective of environmental factors is____? | Diapause |
Which families are most of them scavengers? | Tineidae and Pyralidae |
What colour show is extremely hazardous to human beings_? | Red |
Locomotion in response to odour is_? | Chemokinesis |
The parasite which is capable of developing upon a few closely related host species is called_______? | Oligophagous parasites |
The lowest pest population that will cause economic damage is called ___. | Economic injury level |
Which insect causes ear-splitting plain to some people__? | Cicadas |
An egg parasitoid of lepidopterous insects is______? | Trichogramma sp |
An abnormal proliferation of plant cells resulting from an outside stimulus (Insect, fungal growth, a mite) is called? | Gall |
Silk is produced by_____insect? | Bombyx mori |
A mixture of active and inert ingredients is called_? | Formulation |
Juvenile hormone ensures_______? | 2nd and 3rd both |
The pest population at which control measures should be taken to prevent the pest population to build up to reach economic injury level is called_? | Economic threshold level |
Commercial production of lac through lac insects is called___? | Lac culture |
Lac is produced by:___? | More by females than males |
The parasite which can live on more than one host is called__? | Facultative Parasite |
_is a practice of dining on one’s own species. | Cannibalism |
The main body regions of insects are called____? | Tagmata |
Locomotion in response to touch is_? | Stereokinesis |
The study of insects is called? | Entomology |
The level of resistance shown by a cultivar is similar against all insect biotypes such type of resistance is__? | General resistance |
What is DDT__? | Dichloro-diphenyl, trichloro, ethane |
Reduction in pest population by the utilization of agricultural practices to make the environment unfavourable for pests is called__? | Cultural control |
Suffering caused by insects due to lack of food is called? | Starvation |
It is nitrogenous polysaccharides which are more than 50% of the substance of the cuticle are called___? | Sclerotion |
Which hormone causes moulting in insects_? | Ecdysone |
Metalegs of worker honey bee is _____? | Antenna cleaner |
A dose of a toxicant that kills 50% of the exposed organism is called_? | |
The use of living organisms to bring down the pest population to the sub-economic level is called____? | Biological control |
A material that is used to dilute active material is called__? | Carrier |
Antecedents prevent pests to cause damage called___? | Protectant |
The mixing of pesticide through an agitator to prevent it from separating in the sprayer Tarik is called_? | Agitation |
What is an antidote__? | Treatment is given to counteract the effects of a poison |
What is the family of mosquitoes? | Culicidae |
White files have eggs______? | Stalked |
Commercial production of silk is called_? | Sericulture |
Potential pest also called__? | Secondary pest |
Butterflies having wing coupling apparatus is__? | Overlapping |
Housefly have mouth parts_? | Siphoning type |
Butterflies have antennae? | Clavate |
Type of reproduction in which two or more individuals are produced from a single egg____? | Viviparity |
The pest which causes no significant damage but is due to injudicious use of chemicals that cause significant loss is called? | Secondary pest |
The form of the insect after complete metamorphosis is__? | Imago |
When the forewings are modified into halteres. they are called_? | pseudohalteres |
Male mosquitoes have antennae while female mosquitoes have antennae__? | Plumose, pilose |
Insects that are during daylight hours are called_? | Diurnal insects |
Cypermethrin, deltamethrin and permethrin are examples of__? | Pyrethroids |
What types of insects are injurious__? | Agricultural pests, household pests, Store grain, insects of domestic animals |
What is T.S.O? | Technical sales officer |
The lateral sclerotized region of the insect body is called_? | Pleuron |
Type of pupae with appendages that are free and not glued to the body is_? | Exarate |
Which enzyme is responsible for the breakdown of fat and oil__? | Lipases |
The concentration of a toxicant that kills 50% of the exposed organism is called_? | LC |
Queen and drones have_______number of chromosomes? | Haploid |
The pest which damages the crop and causes a loss in quality or quantity which can be calculated as a such pest is called_______? | Economic pest |
Fireflies are? | Beetles |
Pheromone used against fruity fly is___? | Malathion |
Asymmetrical mouth parts present in__? | Thrips |
A chemical which causes a plant to do it is called? | Defoliant |
The process of periodic shedding of hard secretion cuticles which occurs during the developmental stages of insects is called_______? | Ecdysis |
Photogenic organs are present in____? | Fireflies |
Cotesia flavipers is endo larval parasite of_? | Sugarcane stem borer |
Zinc phosphide is____? | Rodenticide |
Diazepam is an antidote of_? | Organ chlorine |
The ventral sclerotized region of the insect body is called___? | Sternum |
The apical margin of the wing of an insect is____? | Outer margin |
Carbamates contain_? | Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen |
The resting stage in endopteryota is called? | Pupae |
Methamidophos and monocrotophos are examples of___? | Organophosphorus pesticides |
Termite workers are_? | Maybe a nonreproductive male or nonreproductive female |
Grasshoppers and cockroaches have the type of wings that are____? | Tegmina |
Legless larvae of coleopteran having a tiny head and a few sense organs are? | Grub |
The use of all possible control strategies to manage pest population below economic injury level is called? | IPM |
Cotton bollworms and sugarcane borers are_____? | Major pest |
A poison produced by a plant, animal or organism is called____? | Toxin |
Which insect cut the root of plants____? | Mole cricket |
The best example of predators are____? | Dragonflies, Aphid lions, Ladybird beetle, flower beetle |
The body of an insect is covered by a protective __ formed from chitin and protein. Depending upon its precise composition and thickness, the cuticle may be soft and flexible or hard and rigid; according to requirements, it may or may not be permeable or waterproof: | three-layered skin (cuticle) |
The ventral tube on the first abdominal segment of a springtail: | Collophore |
Examples of monophagous insects are_? | Pectinophora gossypiella (Pink bollworm) |
The insect which is found everywhere are called___? | Cosmopolitan insects |
Any organism which harms or causes damage to man directly or indirectly is called as? | Pest |
What is the function of carbohydrates enzymes in insects____? | Sugar breakers |
Which one of the following produces silk? | Bombyx mori |
larvae with cylindrical, elongated, narrow-body anteriorly and without legs are__? | Vermiform |
The parasite which requires only one host for its complete life cycle is called a? | Monoxenous parasites |
The use of two or more pest control methods except for chemical control in a planned way to control pests is called__? | Integrated pest control |
Lac is produced by insects? | Laceifera lacca |
Examples of inorganic pesticides are__? | calcium cyanide, boric acid |
The chemical used for killing birds is called? | Avicide |
toxicant refer to a? | Poisonous material |
Insects that develop their wings externally? | Exopterygota |
Some insects which are used as biocontrol agents for user control are called? | Entomophagous parasites |
Syrphid flies have the type of larvae? | Platy form |
Insects that feed on one type of food are called __? | Monophagous |
What colour shows moderately hazarous_? | Blue |
A mixture that included pesticides that do not increase or decrease the efficacy of each other is called___? | Additive mixture |
Do insects belong to class__? | Hexapoda |
The costal margin of the wing of the insect is______? | Frontal margin |
Most of the insects require__? | Vitamin B |
What KD50____? | Medium knockdown |
Propagation and release of sterile incompatible individuals are done in pest population is called:____? | Genetic control |
Tentorium is____? | Exoskeleton of head |
Social behaviour present in__? | Termites, Ants< bees |
The spreading habit of the crop is caused by insects makes cultivation, weeding and harvesting more difficult in the process. | Haemospora |
The function of the endocuticle is? | Extensibility of integument and flexibility |
What are the most social insects__? | Honeybees |
The parasites capable of parasitizing a considerable number of host species are called____? | Polyphagous parasites |
The study of the form and structure of insects is called__? | insect morphology |
The living organisms that are smaller, weaker or less intelligent than a predator are called____? | Prey |
The use of all possible control strategies to manage the pest population below the economic injury level is called:_______? | IPM |
The amount of pest-induced injury to the crop which will justify the cost of artificial control measures is called? | Economic damage |
The bees that are not reared for commercial purposes are called_? | Wild bees |
What is bee bread____? | Honey and wax |
The living organisms that are usually larger, stronger or more intelligent than the parasite is called____? | Host |
The study of functions of different parts of insects is called__? | Insect Physiology |
Against Lepidopterous larvae, we apply_? | Lefenuron, Chlorfluazuron, Flufenoxum |
The last segment of insects which bears a structure that helps during mating is_? | Paraproct |
Proventriculus also called as___? | Gizzard |
A level of resistance shown by a cultivar is similar against all insect biotypes such type of resistance is___? | General resistance |
The hearing organs in grasshopper_? | Tympanal organ |
The young ones of hemimetabolous insects or exopteryota which are terrestrial in habit are__? | Nymph |
The fleas do _____? | Never flown |
What is the function of a deterrent__? | Prevent feeding and oviposition of an insect |
Which is the strongest animal in the world_? | Ants |
jumping legs present in grasshoppers known as___? | Saltatorial |
When the damage caused by an insect pest is slight such pest is referred to as___? | Minor pest |
A population or group of insects composed of a single genotype is called_____? | Biotype |
Campo deiform is type of_? | Larvae |
The pesticide is derived from naturally occurring elements without carbon is called? | Inorganic pesticide |
Wings are modified into rod-like structures in Thrips are a type of wings? | Stripy |
The free-living insects that catch and devour smaller or more helpless creatures, usually killing them in getting a single meal are called? | Predator |
It is a substance added to a pesticide to impure the qualities of pesticide formulation called_? | Adjuvant |
Young ones of the fly are_? | Maggot |
The group of pesticides that makes pests unable to reproduce is called_? | Sterilant |
An insect that parasitic other insects are called_? | Entomophagous parasites |
What are productive insects_? | Silkworms, Lac insects & Honey bees etc |
Workers of honey bees have a number of chromosome_______? | Haploid |
A type of resistance in which a series of different cultivars of the same crop is infested with a series of different insect biotypes of the same species show a differentia interaction is known as_? | Vertical resistance |
These insects which lie in organized colonies or possess a cast system are called___? | Social insect |
An explosive increase in the population of particular species that occurs over a short period of time is called? | Pest outbreak |
The pesticide that does not allow larval insect pests to moult further is called_? | Insect growth regular |
The pesticide which is used for killing or controlling the eggs of insects is called___? | Ovicide |
The type of diapause that occurs in summer or under drought conditions is called_______? | Aestivation |
Aphid is an example of____? | Viviparous |
Insect bodies are divided into external grooves called Sutures___? | Sutures |
Mosquitoes and bed bugs are____? | Intermitttent Parasite |
What is the antidote of anticoagulant rodenticide_____? | Vitamin K |
Toxic refers to a? | Poison |
Total complete resistance against any adverse condition is called_? | Immunity |
Jassid, Aphid and bugs have? | Siphoning type |
The rapid reappearance of the pest population in injurious numbers is called_? | Pest resurgence |
A chemical that attracts pests to a trap is called__? | Bait |
A few species of ants and termites which depend on cultivated plants are___? | Agricultural insects |
The young one of holometabolic is_______? | Larvae |
The pesticide group, which goes into the system of the host and kills pests without harming the host is called_? | Systemic |
Ants butterflies, wasps and moths have the type of legs ______? | Cursorial |
Hind wings of true flies are modified into the tiny knobbed structure known as? | Halteres |
In honey bees, a flight for mating purposes is called_? | Nuptial flight |
Where the most insects are abundant____? | Tropical region |
The insect head is essentially a capsule that encloses the brain and bears the usually external (ectognathous) mouthparts, the eyes and a pair of sensory antennae. The mouth part comprises basic sections: | All of these |
Population prediction of a particular species within the field is called____? | Forecasting |
Death of an insect from a single dose is called__? | Acute poisoning |
Which insect has bacteria in their digestive system_______? | Termites |
The largest insect in the world___? | Elephant beetle |
A substance that is destructive to nerve tissue is called____? | Neurotoxin |
Iocomotary movement of an organ towards a stimulus, but stimulus does not control the direction of the movement is_? | Kinesis |
Which enzyme breaks protein__? | Proteases |
The colony of termites is called___? | Termitorium |
Moths and butterflies have types of pupae. | Obtect |
Those insects which live in groups, clones, or tribes form are called__? | Gregarious insects |
Beetles, weevils and earwigs have forewings very thick and hard structure is__? | Elytra |
A free-living animal that attacks and feeds on other organisms are called_______? | Predator |
Types of pheromones that alert the insect from any danger known as__? | Alarm pheromone |
A substance used in a pesticide, it helps the spray material to adhere to the sprayed surface is called_? | Adhesive |
Insects in which the young ones pass through complex or indirect metamorphosis are said to be _____? | Holometabola |
Insects which are mainly during evening or morning twilight are called_______? | Crepuscular insects |
Larvae with both thoracic and abdominal legs are_? | Cruciform |
What is the antidote to organophosphate and carbamate poisoning? | Atropine |
The collective action of environmental factors that maintain numbers of pest populations within a certain limit over a time is called_______? | Natural control |
The slow-acting pheromones are_? | Primers |
The parasites whose hosts are also parasites collectively termed as___? | Hyperparasites |
Fast-acting pheromones called__? | Releasers |
Viviparous insects which produced__? | Young ones |
White Mites are also known as | House dust mite |
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