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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 evs mosquitoes and malaria diseases caused by mosquitoes contaminated water spreads disease water borne diseases mosquito and human health

What is common in both Culex and Anopheles?

  1. Both sit obliquely while resting on a plane

  2. Both have dark spotted wings

  3. Both have three pairs of legs, last pair is held up in the air while sitting

  4. Both lay eggs in rafts
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Culex is a genus of mosquitoes which carries worms of filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, and avian malaria. 
Anopheles is a genus of mosquito first described and named by J. W. Meigen in 1818. About 460 species are recognized, while over 100 can transmit human malaria. Both Culex and Anopheles have three pairs of legs, the last pair is held up in the air while sitting. 

Multiple choice botany the flower pollination and its types germination sexual reproduction in plants

Plants are able to produce fruits with the help of insects as they are

  1. Help in aestivation

  2. Help in pollination

  3. Help to overcome dormancy

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Many flowers produce nectar, a sugary liquid that many insects eat. When an insect lands on a flower to feed, pollen grains stick to its body. As the insect moves to another flower of the same species, these pollen grains are transferred to the flower's stigma and pollination occurs. After pollination, the plants produce fruits.

So, the correct answer is 'Help in pollination',

Multiple choice botany the flower pollination and its types germination sexual reproduction in plants

Which of the following plant had developed an obligate symbiotic relationship with a moth called Tagetecula, in relation to pollination

  1. Amorphophallus

  2. Ficus

  3. Salvia

  4. Yucca
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Yucca plant has developed an obligate symbiotic relationship with a moth called Tagetecula, in relation to pollination. Neither the yucca or the moth can survive without the other. The moth’s larvae depend on the seeds of the yucca plant for food, and the yucca plant can only be pollinated by the moth. 


So, the correct option is 'Yucca'.

Multiple choice botany plant breeding plant breeding for disease resistance and insect resistance method of plant breeding for crop improvement plant breeding for food production

Which of the following statements is correct regarding nectarless cotton varieties?

  1. They do not attract stem sawfly

  2. They are produced by mutation breeding

  3. They do not attract bollworms

  4. They attract cereal leaf beetle.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Nectarless cotton varieties are known to be resistant to bollworms because the absence of nectar reduces the food source for the adult moths.

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Honeybees are of ________ types.

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 5
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Many insects, just like the humans live in colonies. eg Honeybees, ants, termites, wasps, etc. In the hive of honey bees, three kinds of bees are found; a Queen bee, some male drones and worker honeybees. Queen bee and male drones are only for reproduction whereas, all the work is done by the worker bees which includes collecting nectar from different flowers, forming wax and making hives, cleaning and protecting the hives from enemies.

Multiple choice civics helper to all different types of houses dignity of work houses and its type public property public property and its protection

Which among the following insects live in colonies ?

  1. Honeybees

  2. Ants

  3. Termites

  4. All
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Many insects, just like the humans live in colonies. eg Honeybees, ants, termites, wasps, etc. In the hive of honey bees, three kinds of bees are found; a Queen bee, some male drones and worker honeybees. Queen bee and male drones are only for reproduction whereas, all the work is done by the worker bees which includes collecting nectar from different flowers, forming wax and making hives, cleaning and protecting the hives from enemies.

Multiple choice civics helper to all different types of houses dignity of work houses and its type public property public property and its protection

Queen bee and male drones work only for __________.

  1. Collecting nectar

  2. Reproduction

  3. Both

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Many insects, just like the humans live in colonies. eg Honeybees, ants, termites, wasps, etc. In the hive of honey bees, three kinds of bees are found; a Queen bee, some male drones and worker honeybees. Queen bee and male drones are only for reproduction whereas, all the work is done by the worker bees which includes collecting nectar from different flowers, forming wax and making hives, cleaning and protecting the hives from enemies.

Multiple choice civics helper to all different types of houses dignity of work houses and its type public property public property and its protection

Which among the following work is performed by worker bees ?

  1. Collective nectar

  2. Protection of the hive

  3. Forming wax

  4. All
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Many insects, just like the humans live in colonies. eg Honeybees, ants, termites, wasps, etc. In the hive of honey bees, three kinds of bees are found; a Queen bee, some male drones and worker honeybees. Queen bee and male drones are only for reproduction whereas, all the work is done by the worker bees which includes collecting nectar from different flowers, forming wax and making hives, cleaning and protecting the hives from enemies.

Multiple choice animal diseases economic importance of bacteria and fungi bacteria keeping diseases away biology

Biological name of insect (vector) carrying the plague

  1. Xenopsylla cheopis

  2. Anopheles mosquito

  3. Bacillus pestis

  4. Pediculus humanus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Plague is a deadly infectious disease that is caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis. It is mainly a disease in the fleas, Xenopsylla cheopis, that infested the rats, making the rats themselves the first victims of the plague.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

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The rearing of silkworm for silk is known as

  1. Sericulture

  2. Apiculture

  3. Animal husbandry

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The rearing of silkworm for silk is known as Sericulture.  In sericulture the silkworm are reared at appropriate temperature and humidity to get silk thread from cocoons.
Hence correct option is A ( Sericluture).