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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

Multiple choice
  1. worker bee

  2. mother bee

  3. queen bee

  4. all bees

  5. reproductive bees

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. Apis indica

  2. Musca domestica

  3. Periplaneta americana

  4. Drosophila melanogaster

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The scientific name of house fly is Musca domestica.

Multiple choice
  1. Amoeba

  2. Fireflies

  3. Aphids

  4. Earthworm

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. animals

  2. humans

  3. plants

  4. intermediaries

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. brightly coloured pollen

  2. dry pollens with smooth surface

  3. sticky pollens with rough surface

  4. large quantities of pollen

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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.

Multiple choice
  1. malacophily

  2. myrmecophily

  3. entomophily

  4. ornithophily

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Pollination by ants is specifically referred to as myrmecophily.

Multiple choice
  1. rice

  2. maize

  3. wheat

  4. cotton

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Maize (corn) is a classic example of a plant that relies on cross-pollination, typically by wind (anemophily), to ensure genetic diversity.

Multiple choice
  1. Female

  2. Male

  3. Young

  4. Old

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Only female mosquitoes suck blood because they require the protein and nutrients found in blood to produce eggs. Male mosquitoes feed on plant nectar.