I UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

1. Antennae and eyes wanting (Diplura, Collembola, Protura)

2. Antennae is plumose in basal half (Tachnidae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae)
3. Pollen is carried on underside of abdomen (Megachilidae, Apidae, Vespidae)
4. Predacious beetle with head wider than pronotum (Cicindellidae, Carabidae, Dytiscidae)
5. Osmetorium present (Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae)
6. Head narrow, elongate and predacious (Cinicidae, Pentatomidae, Reduviidae)
7. Polymorphism (web spinners, termites, crickets)
8. Lalbial palpi projecting forward into a snout-like structure (Papilionidae, Cossidae,
Pyralidae)
9. Terminal appendages short and retractile (Nepidae, Belastomatidae, Notomectidae)
10. Nymphs live in spittle on plants (Membracidae, Cicadidae, Cercopidae)
11. Dipha spp. (a bug, a caterpillar, a maggot)
12. The most recent insect order (Gryllophasmatodea, Mantophasmatodea,
Phasmatomantodea)
13. Adults with wings moult (Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Strepsiptera)
14. The basitarsal comb and tibial calcar found on the foreleg are together called as strigil
and are a feature of (Apocritan Hymenoptera, Ditresian, Lepidoptera, Polyphagan
Coleoptera)
15. The larvae of adenotrophic viviparity insects spend most of their time (inside nests of
parents, womb of the mother, in host insect)
16. The function of spermatheca is to (receive sperms in females, to store sperms in females,
to transfer sperms to males)
17. The larval development in most insects is (Catamorphic, Epimorphic, Anamorphic)
18. Secondarily wingless dipteran adult can be identified by enlargement of (Prothorax,
Propodeum, Mesothorax)
19. Eyes of holometabolous larvae are called (Ommatidia, Ocelli, Stemmata)
20. Example of animal derived insecticide is (Neries toxin, Avermectins, Imidacloprid)
21. Kentromorphism is a feature associated with (Armynorms, Dragonfly, Silverfish)
22. Mullerian mimicry is characterized by (a palatable species mimicking unpalatable
species, an unpalatable species mimicking a palatable species, an unpalatable species
mimicking another unpalatable species)
23. Entomopathogenic nematodes belong to (Entomorhabditidae, Steinernematidae,
Mermithidae)
24. Damage of Hispa on leaves (mincing leaves, blotches on leaves, ladder shaped scraping)
25. One larval equivalent of NPV means (6 x 107 PIB, 6 x 108 PIB, 6 x 109 PIB)
26. Chlorpyriphos seed treatment in groundnut is for managing (Amsacta, Spodoptera,
Holotrichia)
27. A kairomone is (parasite, predator, receiver)
28. Asphondylia sesame causes (defoliation, scraping, galls on flower buds)
29. Host plant of Adisura (Niger, sesame, Lablab)
30. Mustard as a trap crop is recommended in cabbage against (Plutella, Coccinella, Athalia)
31. Insect killer of Salvinia weed (Cyrtobagous, Zygogramma, Telionemia sp.)
32. The concentration of a 19 SC indoxacarb in a spray solution if only 0.5 ml is used per
litre of spray solution is (0.7%, 0.007%, 0.0007%)
33. A hyperparasite (a parasite on parasite, a parasite on parasites, a parasite on parasitoids)
34. Tarsomeres are true leg-segments (yes, no, none)
35. The principal active ingredient in neem (Niacin, Azadirachtin, Cineole)
II Match the following

Matching No. Column A Column B

in column B Chemical Group
Fipronil 1 Chitin synthesis inhibitor
Imidacloprid 2 Antidote
Precocenes 3 Phenyl pyrrozole
Novaluron 4 Oxadiazine
Atropine sulphate 5 Pyrethroid
Indoxacarb 6 Anti-JH compounds
Cypermethrin 7 Chloronicotinyl compound

III Match the column A with column B

A B
1 Cimicidae a Male mosquito
2 Spurious vein b Preying mantid
3 Antennae cleaner c Middle leg of honey
bee
4 Raptorial leg d Syrphidae
5 Plumose antennae e Bed bug