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Applied Entomology and Pest Management (ZOO506)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Objective Questions

  1. Behind each mandible at the side of the mouth is the ________.

    1. Maxilla
    2. Mazillary
    3. Labrum
    4. None of the given
  2. The ________ are slight grooves or scratches on the surface forming the movable joints.

    1. in folding
    2. sutures
    3. places
    4. joints
  3. The sclerites on the back of each segment are usually together and termed as ________.

    1. Tergum
    2. Pleuron
    3. Sternum
    4. None of the given
  4. The compound eyes are also called ________ eyes.

    1. Simple
    2. Camera
    3. Faceted
    4. Ocelli
  5. ________ Transmission is mostly caused insects that have sucking mouthparts.

    1. Chemical
    2. Physical
    3. Biological
    4. Mechanical
  6. In ________, insect hatches from the egg practically in an adult condition.

    1. Hemimetabola
    2. Ametabola
    3. Holometabola
    4. All of the given
  7. Insects act as vector to carry which of the following organisms?

    1. Filterable viruses
    2. Fungi
    3. Bacteria
    4. All of the given
  8. In insects Antenna are present in ________ region.

    1. Abdomen
    2. Thorax
    3. Head
    4. None of the given
  9. Near the base of the labium on its inner side there is a tongue like structure covered by bristles or hairs called ________.

    1. Maxillary palpus
    2. Maxilla
    3. Hypopharynx
    4. Epipharynx
  10. Amoebic dysentery is caused by the vector ________.

    1. Anopheles mosquito
    2. Tsetse fly
    3. Aedes mosquito
    4. House fly
  11. Insects have ________ types of eye.

    1. Two
    2. Three
    3. Four
    4. None of the given
  12. Mango sudden death disease is caused by ________.

    1. Fastidious bud mite
    2. Bark beetle
    3. Small brown plant hopper
    4. Leaf hopper
  13. In insects Cuticle is present outside the ________.

    1. Epidermis
    2. Hypodermis
    3. Dermis
    4. Endodermis
  14. There are ________ segments in the abdomen of the adult insect.

    1. 1-11
    2. 3-11
    3. 3-15
    4. 7-15
  15. In case of ________ transmission the pathogen is simply carried externally or internally by the insect

    1. Chemical
    2. Physical
    3. Biological
    4. None of the given
  16. Which of the following insect has Opithognathous head?

    1. Locust
    2. Weevil
    3. Aphids
    4. None of the given
  17. In the ________, threads attach the hinder end of the body from a supporting loop around its middle.

    1. Beetle
    2. Flies
    3. Butterflies
    4. Grasshopper
  18. Tiny antenna-like structure consisting of one to six segments and attached to the maxilla is called ________.

    1. Maxilla
    2. Maxillary palpus
    3. Labium
    4. Labrum
  19. A larva transforming in tunnels in wood forms a ________.

    1. Earthen chamber
    2. Cell
    3. Partial cocoon
    4. None of the given
  20. The sutures and the joint lines divide the cuticula into areas called plates or ________.

    1. Segments
    2. Hypodermis
    3. Sclerites
    4. None of the given
  21. Larvae of butterflies and moths are commonly called

    1. Caterpillars
    2. Maggots
    3. Grubs
    4. Borers
  22. When the insect escapes from the cocoon skin it is now called a ________.

    1. Larvae
    2. Pupa
    3. Instars
    4. Nymph
  23. The size of ocelli is equal to the one facet of ________ eye.

    1. Simple eye
    2. Compound eye
    3. Camera eye
    4. Ocelli
  24. Adult insects have ________ to ________ segments.

    1. 3 to 11
    2. 3 to 15
    3. 15-7
    4. 15-9
  25. Larvae of beetles are usually called

    1. Caterpillars
    2. Maggots
    3. Grubs
    4. Borers
  26. The number of ocelli in insects is ________.

    1. 1-3
    2. 1-4
    3. 1-5
    4. 1-6
  27. A pair of jaws present behind the labrum is called ________.

    1. Maxilla
    2. Maxillary palpus
    3. Mandible
    4. None of the given
  28. Sucking insects are the agents of ________ transmission.

    1. mechanical
    2. physical
    3. biological
    4. mechanical and physical