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Pesticides and Pest Control
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Pesticides and Pest Control focuses on the management of invasive species through chemical, biological, and cultural methods. It includes topics like integrated pest management, herbicide targets, and the ecological impacts of toxic chemicals. This subject is frequently tested in environmental science and agriculture exams.
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Pesticides and Pest Control Questions
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weeds
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biopesticides
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fungicides
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herbicides
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None of the above
A
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct answer as xanthium (gokhroo) and parthenium (gajar ghas) are examples of weeds.
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2-4 D
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Simazine
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Dinitrophenol
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2-4 ST
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Phytophthora palmivora
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Stick insect
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2-4 D
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Cinerin
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Phytophthora palmivora is a fungus used as a mycoherbicide to control specific weeds. 2-4 D is a synthetic chemical herbicide, not a bioherbicide.
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Using pest resistant varieties of crop plants
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Selecting the optimum time for sowing the crops
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Clean cultivation
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Summer ploughing
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All of the above
E
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct option, as all of the above are preventive measures of pest growth.
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Chloropyriphos
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Malathion
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Lindane
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Isoproturon
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Thiodan
D
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct option. Isoproturon is a weedicide, not an insecticide.
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heptanoic acid
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caprylic acid
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nonanoic acid
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lauric acid
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tridecylic acid
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Caprylic acid is used commercially in the production of esters.
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Manual method
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Chemical method
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Biological control method
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Both manual and biological control methods
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Manual method refers to hand picking of the weeds. Chemical method refers to spray of weedicides to prevent the growth of weeds. Biological control method refers to the use of some insects or other organisms, which help in the destruction of weeds by feeding on them and thus is the correct option.
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Leaves of a turmeric plant
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Leaves of a neem plant
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Leaves of a mustard plant
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Leaves of a paddy plant
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Leaves of a neem plant are used to mix with grains to keep insects away, because of their insecticidal property.
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DDT
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Urea
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2,4-D
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Super phosphate
C
Correct answer
Explanation
2,4-D is a weedicide that can kill unwanted plants (weeds) growing in the field.
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV) is a well-known biological pesticide used to control various insect pests in crops.
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Fiscal Policy
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Demographic
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Entry Barriers
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Inflation
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Fiscal Policy is the factor of political and legal environment in PEST analysis.
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Pesticides
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Fungicides
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Weedicides
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Fertilizers
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Weedicides are specific chemicals used to kill or inhibit the growth of unwanted plants (weeds) in a field without harming the main crop.
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Kill the insects
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Remove weeds
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Used as fertilizers
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Provide better seed
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Pesticides are chemical substances used to control, repel, or kill pests, including insects that damage crops.
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Spraying of pesticide in the field
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Separating grain duplicate form the cut crop
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Adding of manure to the field
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Extra plants from the field
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Threshing is the process of separating grain from the harvested crop stalks. Option B correctly identifies this process, though it contains a typo. The other options describe different agricultural operations like spraying pesticides or adding manure to fields.
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denitritification
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biological magnification
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ammonification
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saponification
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Biological magnification (or biomagnification) is the process where the concentration of toxic substances, like DDT, increases at each successive trophic level in a food chain.