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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 wonderful world of bholu aquatic habitat life inside water animal and habitat animals- nature's gift food material and source

The rearing of honeybees for honey is known as ______________.

  1. Sericulture

  2. Apiculture

  3. Animal husbandry

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
The rearing of honeybees for honey in known as Apiculture. 
Beekeeping or apiculture is the maintenance of bee-contain commonly in man-made hives, by humans.  A beekeeper keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products. A location where bees are kept is called a beeyard.
Multiple choice evs a treat for mosquito algae: benefits and harmful effects basics of algae types of microorganisms

Which of the following gives shelter to grow mosquito larva?

  1. Dark box

  2. Algae

  3. Fruits

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

Most species of algae live in the water bodies like sea, lakes, ponds, etc. Even some unicellular green algae inhabit moist conditions on land, for example - tree trunks, moist soil surface, damp walls, wetlands, swamps, etc. Usually, the insect mosquito prefers stagnant water and damp environment for laying eggs. The eggs hatch and the larvae live in water until they transform into motile pupae, from which the adult mosquito emerges. Due to this, the algae serve as an excellent shelter for growing mosquitoes. Even mosquito larvae that need constant energy to grow, eat plankton, algae, fungi and other microbes present in their habitat. Therefore, algae not only harbor mosquito larvae but also feed those growing insects. So to keep the water bodies pleasant and beautiful, algae and weeds must be regularly removed from them; as they provide growing mosquitoes with housing, nutrition, and hideaway from predators.

Multiple choice evs a treat for mosquito algae: benefits and harmful effects basics of algae types of microorganisms

Which of the following helps in the breeding of mosquitoes?

  1. Algae growing in the pond

  2. Algae growing on the on wall

  3. Algae growing in the river

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water where the larvae hatch and feed before pupating and emerging as adults. The larvae come to the surface of the water to feed and breathe and then hide from predators under vegetation in your pond. Ponds can be an ideal breeding ground for mosquito larvae. The larva from the eggs feed on algae present in the pond.

So, the correct answer is 'A'.
Multiple choice biology food production food production and microorganisms microbial products - food, medicines and industrial products uses of microorganisms

Which among the following is the real product of the honey bee?

  1. Pollen

  2. Bee wax

  3. Honey

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

Beewax is the natural secretion of the worker bees and is poured out in thin delicate flakes. It is made of:(i) even numbered alcohols. (ii) even numbered fatty acids and (iii)  odd numbered normal paraffins.

Multiple choice biology improvement in food resources crop yield improvement food supply crop improvement methods and organisations

Gundhi bug is a pest of 

  1. rice

  2. mustard

  3. wheat

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

Gundhi bug is a pest of rice. Its a small insect which attacks the ripening rice grains and make wither away. It sucks the milk from developing grains and stem in early stage of grain formation which causes foul smell in the field.

Multiple choice biology habits and habitats of some important animals behavioural science ethology animal behaviour

In which of the following type of behaviour, females choose the male they will mate with?

  1. Courtship

  2. Instinctive

  3. Seasonal

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

Courtship is a kind of behaviour in which an animal attempts such actions so as to attract the opposite sex for mating. This type of behaviour includes ritualized movements like dancing, vocalizations, mechanical sound production or display of beauty. 

Thus, the correct answer is 'Courtship.'

Multiple choice biology habits and habitats of some important animals behavioural science ethology animal behaviour

Which of these builds its hive on walls using mud?

  1. Wasp

  2. Spider

  3. Tailor bird

  4. Honey bee
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mud Dauber or Mud wasp is the name applied to the number of species of family sphecidae or Crabronidae that built their nest from mud. It is built up by the female wasps by molding the mud by its mandibles. Mud daubers are generally not aggressive but may become hostile when threatened. 

So, the correct answer is 'Wasp'.

Multiple choice biology habits and habitats of some important animals behavioural science ethology animal behaviour

The scientific name of Asian tiger mosquito ____________.

  1. Aedes aegypti

  2. Aedes albopictus

  3. Aedes taen!orhychus

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

The Asian tiger mosquito is scientifically known as Aedes albopictus. This is a well-documented species in entomology and vector biology. Aedes aegypti is the yellow fever mosquito, which is different.

Multiple choice evs animals- nature's gift animal and habitat wonderful world of bholu food material and source
Types of farming Animals
A) Apiculture 1) Fowl
B) Sericulture 2) Cow
C) Cattle farming 3) Silk worm
D) Poultry Farming 4) Honey bee

  1. A- 1, B- 2, C- 3, D- 4

  2. A- 2, B- 1, C- 4, D- 3

  3. A- 4, B- 3, C- 2, D- 1

  4. A- 3, B- 1, C- 4, D- 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Apiculture is the rearing of honey bees (A-4). Sericulture is the rearing of silk worms (B-3). Cattle farming involves cows (C-2). Poultry farming involves fowl (D-1).