Test Preparation Mcqs for Agriculture Government Jobs (FPSC/ SPSC/ PPSC/ KPSC/ BPSC/ NTS/ PTS/ CTS/ PARC/ DPP/ PAEC)(Part-03)(Agriculture Entomology)

1. Which Chemical is used for differentiating live and dead nematodes?

A. Gold Chloride
B. Silver Nitrate
C. New Blue
D. Acetic Orcein

2. Which insect is an efficient pollinator?

A. Syrphus sp
B. Apis cerana
C. Bumble bee
D. Hawak Moth

3. Which root knot nematodes species has perennial patterns with distinctly marked lateral ridges?

A. Meloidogyne hapla
B. Meloidogyne Javanica
C. Meloidogyne arenaria
D. Meloidogyne incognita

4. Which wasp family is parasitic on mantid egg?

A. Aphelinidae
B. Podagrionidae
C. Sphecidae
D. Pompilidae

5. Which insect is migrated from India?

A. Triboleum castaneum
B. Sitophilus oryzae
C. Callosobrochus chinensis
D. Rhizopertha dominica

6. Which reduviid bug is predaceous on mango leaf hopper?

A. Isyndus heros
B. Rhodnius prolixus
C. All of these
D. Harpacter fucipes

7. Which wasp is parasitic on ootheca of Cockroach?

A. Braconid wasp
B. Ensign wasp
C. Sphecid wasp
D. Eulophid wasp

8. Who is the father of Biological Control?

A. Paul Debach
B. Aldrovandi
C. Koebele
D. Smith

9. Who proposed the concept and terminologies of Bioeconomic?

A. W.D. Pierce
B. V.M. Stern
C. Odum
D. Geier and Clarak

10. Who is the founder of biological control of pests?

A. Koebele
B. Aldrovandi
C. Paul Debach
D. F. W. Steffens

11. Which insect order is characterized by forewings being thicker and leathery?

A. Coleoptera
B. Hemiptera
C. Diptera
D. Lepidoptera

12. The term ‘entomopathogenic’ refers to organisms that attack:

A. Plants
B. Animals
C. Insects
D. Fungi

13. Which type of biological control involves the release of a natural enemy to control a pest population?

A. Classical Biological Control
B. Augmentative Biological Control
C. Conservation Biological Control
D. Pesticide Resistance Management

14. What is an example of a host-specific parasitic insect?

A. Cuckoo wasp
B. Aphid
C. Ladybird beetle
D. Tachinid fly

15. Which of the following insect species is known for its migratory behavior?

A. Monarch butterfly
B. Housefly
C. Grasshopper
D. Fruit fly

16. Which family of insects is commonly known as “true bugs”?

A. Coleoptera
B. Lepidoptera
C. Hemiptera
D. Diptera

17. What type of metamorphosis do insects in the order Lepidoptera undergo?

A. Ametabolous
B. Hemimetabolous
C. Holometabolous
D. Direct Development

18. What does the term ‘entomophagy’ mean?

A. Eating insects
B. The study of insects
C. Insect reproduction
D. Insect metamorphosis

19. Which of the following insects is used in biological pest control?

A. Aphidius colemani
B. Monarch butterfly
C. Fruit fly
D. Grasshopper

20. Which of the following insects undergoes incomplete metamorphosis?

A. Butterfly
B. Grasshopper
C. Moth
D. Dragonfly

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