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Biology of Insects and Pollination
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Insect biology and pollination focus on ecological relationships, crop science, and practical applications like apiculture. These topics regularly appear in general science sections of competitive exams. Review core concepts to build accuracy for test day.
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Biology of Insects and Pollination Questions
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brightly coloured pollen
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dry pollens with smooth surface
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sticky pollens with rough surface
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large quantities of pollen
C
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Flowers pollinated by insects (entomophily) need to ensure pollen adheres to the insect body. Sticky and rough pollen grains are well-adapted for this purpose.
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glitter fly
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firefly
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warmworm
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powerfly
B
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Explanation
Glowworms are the larvae and larviform adult females of various groups of insect larvae, most notably the firefly.
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Poison
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Attack
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Bite
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Insect
D
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Explanation
Tennis is the name of a game and wasp is the name of an insect.
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Lepisma saccharina
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Cicada
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Cephenemiya pratti
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Sillicofera grandis
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Dinoponera grandis
C
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It is the fastest flying arthropod.
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January to March
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March to May
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May to July
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July to October
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October to December
E
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Honeybees lay their eggs from October to December. This is the best time to start bee-keeping.
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Floriculture
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Horticulture
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Agriculture
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Apiculture
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Sericulture
D
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Explanation
Apiculture is the management and study of honeybees. Anita wants to be an apiculturist.
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worker bee
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mother bee
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queen bee
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all bees
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reproductive bees
C
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Explanation
This is the correct answer. Every beehive has one Queen Bee that lays eggs. There are only a few males in the hive. Most of the bees in the hive are worker-bees. These bees work all day.
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Apis indica
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Musca domestica
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Periplaneta americana
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Drosophila melanogaster
B
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Explanation
The scientific name of house fly is Musca domestica.
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anemophily
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entimophily
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orinithophily
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hydrophily
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anthropophily
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Amoeba
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Fireflies
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Aphids
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Earthworm
C
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Explanation
Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects with long, slender mouthparts, with which they pierce stems, leaves, and other tender plant parts, to suck out plant fluids. Almost every plant, has one or more aphid species, which occasionally feed on it.
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animals
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humans
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plants
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intermediaries
D
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Explanation
In epidemiology, a vector is an organism, often an insect or other arthropod, that transmits a pathogen from an infected host to another. The term 'intermediaries' describes this role of carrying the disease agent.
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bats
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birds
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snails
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insects
C
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Explanation
Malacophily is a type of pollination where snails or slugs act as the pollinating agents for flowers.
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brightly coloured pollen
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dry pollens with smooth surface
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sticky pollens with rough surface
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large quantities of pollen
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Entomophilous (insect-pollinated) flowers typically have sticky and rough pollen grains to ensure they adhere to the bodies of visiting insects.
D
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Explanation
Blastophaga grossorum is a species of fig wasp that is essential for the pollination of Ficus species, specifically the common fig.
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malacophily
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myrmecophily
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entomophily
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ornithophily
B
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Explanation
Pollination by ants is specifically referred to as myrmecophily.