#40.
This elbow-like type of antennae found among ants
A
Geniculate
B
Clavate
C
Lamellate
D
Plumose
Answer: Geniculate
#41.
This type of antennae is found among mosquitoes.
A
Geniculate
B
Clavate
C
Lamellate
D
Plumose
Answer: Plumose
#42.
Preying manties use this type of forelegs to catch thin prey
A
Grasping
B
Clinging
C
Walking
D
Digging
Answer: Grasping
#43.
Headlice use this type of legs to anchor themselves on the host.
A
Grasping
B
Clinging
C
Walking
D
Digging
Answer: Clinging
#44.
In what type of insect development is the young stage known as a naiad?
A
Ametabolous
B
Hemimetabolous
C
Paurometabolous
D
Holometabolous
Answer: Holometabolous
#45.
What type of insect development has larval and pupal stage?
A
Hemimetabolous
B
Ametabolous
C
Holometabolous
D
Paurometabolous
Answer: Hemimetabolous
#46.
The pest population density where the cost of control is much higher than the expected cost of harvest of the projected crop.
A
Economic injury level
B
Economic threshold level
C
Equilibrium level
D
Damage level
Answer: Economic injury level
#47.
A modern approach to minimize damage by pests with the ultimate goal of population management rather than eradication
A
Integrated pesticides management
B
Integrated pest management
C
Pest control strategies
D
Pesticides management
Answer: Integrated pest management
#48.
A control method whereby synthetic toxic substances or bioactive plant products are used to combat pest population
A
Use of resistant varieties
B
Cultural control
C
Chemical control
D
Biological control
Answer: Chemical control
#49.
An unwanted organism which competes with man for food and shelter or threatens their health, comfort or welfare
A
Pest
B
Insect
C
Weed
D
Pathogen
Answer: Pest
#50.
A serious pest species that occurs perennially & regularly limits crop productivity
A
Occasional pest
B
Key pest
C
Potential pest
D
Destructive pest
Answer: Key pest
#51.
A kind of pest that has no significant damage under prevailing agro-ecosystem but might bring about damage with a change in crop and cultural practices
A
Occasional pest
B
Key pest
C
Potential pest
D
Chronic pest
Answer: Potential pest
#52.
The relative amount of heritable quantities in plants that influences the ultimate degree of damage by the pest.
A
Host plant resistance
B
Insecticide resistance
C
Tolerance
D
Antibiosis
Answer: Host plant resistance
#53.
The man-directed control of insect pests by employing the use of natural enemies
A
Mechanical control
B
Cultural control
C
Biological control
D
Autocidal control
Answer: Biological control
#54.
A control method that utilizes suitable agronomic practices to reduce pest population
A
Mechanical control
B
Cultural control
C
Biological control
D
Genetic control
Answer: Cultural control
#55.
The term given for crop destruction, injury or loss of value caused by the feeding activity of different pests.
A
Characteristic damage
B
Pest infestation
C
Threshold
D
Damage indicator
Answer: Pest infestation
#56.
A kind of damage caused by the feeding of an insect through the removal of plant sap or plant parts in contrast with the damage caused by disease-transmitting insects.
A
Indirect damage
B
Direct damage
C
Damage indicator
D
Action threshold
Answer: Indirect damage
#57.
The pest density at which artificial control measures should be applied to prevent pest population increase or pest outbreak
A
Economic injury level
B
Equilibrium level
C
Economic threshold level
D
Satiation level
Answer: Economic threshold level
#58.
An insect which carries and transmits a disease-causing organism to a plant.
A
Predator
B
Parasite
C
Vector
D
Symbionts
Answer: Vector
#59.
A toxic substance which is readily available and kills pests instantly