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51.

Those insects which lives in groups, clones or tribes form are called__________________?

A. Gregarious insects
B. Social insects
C. Solitary insects
D. Household insects
Answer» B. Social insects
52.

These insects which lie in organized colonies or possess cast system is called___________________?

A. Social insect
B. Stored grain insect
C. House hold insect
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Stored grain insect
53.

The young ones of hemimetabolous insects or exopteryota which are terrestrial in habbit is__________________?

A. Pupa
B. Nymph
C. Larva
D. Naiad
Answer» C. Larva
54.

The young ones of exopteryotes butt aquatic in habit is?

A. Naiad
B. Nymph
C. Larva
D. Adult
Answer» B. Nymph
55.

The young one of holemetabola is_______________?

A. Nymph
B. Naiad
C. Larvae
D. Pupa
Answer» D. Pupa
56.

The workers of ant, of ant, bee and wasps are_________________?

A. May be a non reproductive male or non reproductive female
B. A non reproductive male
C. A non reproductive female
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
57.

The width of the area treated in one pass by a sprayer or other applicator is called___________________?

A. Drift
B. Swath
C. Aerosol
D. Toxin
Answer» C. Aerosol
58.

The ventral selerotized region of insect body is called___________________?

A. Pleuron
B. Tergum
C. Sternum
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
59.

The use of two or more pest control method except chemical control in a planned way to control pests is called__________________?

A. Integrated pest management
B. Integrated pest control
C. Integrated insect pest management
D. Pest resource
Answer» C. Integrated insect pest management
60.

The use of all possible control strategies to manage pest population below economic injury level is called________________?

A. IPM
B. IPC
C. Pest outbreak
D. Pest resurgence
Answer» B. IPC
61.

The type of diapause which occur in winter is________________?

A. Hibernation
B. Aestivation
C. Stravation
D. Dormancy
Answer» B. Aestivation
62.

The study of insect is called ?

A. Entomology
B. Applied Entomology
C. Zoology
D. Non of the above
Answer» B. Applied Entomology
63.

The study of functions of insect is insect physiology__________________?

A. Insect ecology
B. Insect morphology
C. None of the above
D. Insect physiology
Answer» B. Insect morphology
64.

The study of form and structure of insects are called__________________?

A. insect morphology
B. insect physiology
C. insect Ecology
D. No of above
Answer» B. insect physiology
65.

The spreading habit of the crop caused by insect which makes cultivation, weeding and harvesting more difficult is process of________________?

A. Haemospora
B. Fore casting
C. Surveillance
D. Pest scouting
Answer» B. Fore casting
66.

The slow acting pheromones are_________________?

A. Primers
B. Releasers
C. Semio chemicals
D. Allelo chemicals
Answer» B. Releasers
67.

The rapid reappearance of the pest population in injurious number is called_________________?

A. IPM
B. IPC
C. Pest resurgence
D. Pest outbreak
Answer» D. Pest outbreak
68.

The quality a of a pesticide to remain as an effective residue because of its low volatility and chemical stability is termed as__________________?

A. Persistence
B. Aerosol
C. Defoliant
D. Desiccant
Answer» B. Aerosol
69.

The process of periodic shedding of hard secretion cuticle which occurs during developmental stages of insects is called_______________?

A. Moulting
B. Ecdysis
C. Exuvium
D. Moulting and Ecdysis
Answer» C. Exuvium
70.

The physiological state or arrested metabolism in which development of insects is delayed irrespective of environmental factors is____________________?

A. Tor por
B. Quiescence
C. Diapause
D. Hibernation
Answer» D. Hibernation
71.

The phenomenon off insect resistance to one type of insecticide providing resistance to other insecticides with similar mode of action__________________?

A. Cross resistance
B. Specific resistance
C. General resistance
D. Horizantal resistance
Answer» B. Specific resistance
72.

The pesticide are derived from naturally occuring element with out carbon is called________________?

A. Inorganic pesticide
B. Organic pesticide
C. Fumigants
D. Natural pesticide
Answer» B. Organic pesticide
73.

The pesticide which is used for killing or controlling the eggs of insects is called___________________?

A. Avicide
B. Ovicide
C. Pesticide
D. Fungicide
Answer» C. Pesticide
74.

The pest which damages the crop and causes a loss in quality or quantity which can be calculated such pest is called_______________?

A. Insect pest
B. Pest
C. Economic pest
D. Sub economic pest
Answer» D. Sub economic pest
75.

The pesticide does not allow larval insect pest to moult further is called_________________?

A. Insect growth regular
B. Fumigants
C. Sterilant
D. Protectant
Answer» B. Fumigants
76.

The pest which causes no significant damage but due to unjudious use of chemical they cause significant loss is called ?

A. Secondary pest
B. Key pest
C. Occasional pest
D. Migrant pest
Answer» B. Key pest
77.

The pest population at which control measure should be taken to prevent the pest population to build up to reach economic injury level is called_________________?

A. Economic threshold level
B. Economic injury level
C. Economic damage
D. None of the Above
Answer» B. Economic injury level
78.

The parasite which can live on more than one host is called__________________?

A. Obligated Parasite
B. Facultative Parasite
C. Intermitted Parasite
D. Transitory Parasite
Answer» C. Intermitted Parasite
79.

The parasites which requires several or different hosts for its complete development is called ?

A. Monoxenous parasite
B. Heteroxenous parasites
C. Phytophagous parasites
D. Entomophagous parasites
Answer» C. Phytophagous parasites
80.

The parasites whose hosis are also parasites collectively termed as___________________?

A. Hyperparasites
B. Phytophagous parasites
C. Heteroxenous parasites
D. None of the Above
Answer» B. Phytophagous parasites
81.

The parasites which capable of parasitizing a considerable number of host species is called____________________?

A. Polyhagous parasites
B. oligophagous parasites
C. Facultative parasites
D. Transitory parasites
Answer» B. oligophagous parasites
82.

The parasite which requires only one host for its complete life cycle is called________________?

A. Monoxenous parasites
B. Zoophagous parasites
C. Phytophagous parasites
D. Entomophagous parasites
Answer» B. Zoophagous parasites
83.

The parasite which are capable of developing upon a few closely related host species is called_______________?

A. Oligophagous parasites
B. Polyhagous parasites
C. Facultative parasites
D. Transitory parasites
Answer» B. Polyhagous parasites
84.

The mixing of pesticide through agitator to prevent it form separating in the sprayer tarik is called_________________?

A. Activator
B. Synergism
C. Adjuvant
D. Agitation
Answer» E.
85.

The main body regions of insects are called____________________?

A. Tagmata
B. Antecosta
C. Acrotergata
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Antecosta
86.

The lowest pest population that will cause economic damage is called ___________________?

A. Economic injury level
B. Economic threshold level
C. Economic damage
D. None of the Above
Answer» B. Economic threshold level
87.

The long axis of head is horizontal and in line with insect body, mouth parts directed forward is type of head_______________?

A. Prognathous
B. Hypognathous
C. Opisthognathous
D. Opis thosynchous
Answer» B. Hypognathous
88.

The living organisms that are usually larger, stronger or more intelligent then the parasite is called____________________?

A. Host
B. Pray
C. Predator
D. Parasite
Answer» B. Pray
89.

The living organisms that are smaller, weaker or less intelligent than be predor is called____________________?

A. Host
B. Prey
C. Predator
D. Parasite
Answer» C. Predator
90.

The living organism that live 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________________?

A. Predator
B. Parasites
C. Prey
D. Parasitism
Answer» C. Prey
91.

The lateral selertized region of insect body is called_________________?

A. Pleuron
B. Tergum
C. Sternum
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Tergum
92.

The last segment of insect which bears a structure which help during mating is_________________?

A. Paraproct
B. Subgenital plate
C. Acron
D. Somites
Answer» B. Subgenital plate
93.

The largest insect of the world___________________?

A. Elephant beetle
B. Hairy winged beetle
C. Grasshopper
D. Locust
Answer» B. Hairy winged beetle
94.

The insects which spend their lives individually and do not lives in colonies are known as_____________________?

A. Social insects
B. Solitary insects
C. Gregarious
D. Stored grain insects
Answer» C. Gregarious
95.

The insect that parasitize the larger animals are called____________________?

A. Phytophagous parasites
B. Zoophagous parasites
C. Entomophagous parasites
D. None of the Above
Answer» C. Entomophagous parasites
96.

The insect which Parasitizes one species of host is called__________________?

A. Obligated Parasite
B. Permanent Parasite
C. Transitory Parasite
D. Intermitted Parasite
Answer» E.
97.

The insect skeleton is composed of series of plates called__________________?

A. Sclerites
B. Conjunctivae
C. Sutures
D. Somites
Answer» B. Conjunctivae
98.

The ingredient of pesticide formulation responsible for toxic effect is called_________________?

A. Active ingredient
B. Insert ingredient
C. Dose
D. Pesticide
Answer» B. Insert ingredient
99.

The haring organs in grasshopper_________________?

A. Johnston’s organ
B. Tympanal organ
C. Chorodotonal organ
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Chorodotonal organ
100.

The group of pesticide which makes pest unable to reproduce is called_________________?

A. Sterilant
B. Protectant
C. Selective
D. Fumigants
Answer» B. Protectant