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Sustainable agriculture - class-X

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Sporeine is primarily a

  1. Herbicide

  2. Pesticide

  3. Insecticide

  4. Mycoherbicide


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Sporeine is a bioinsecticide derived from Bacillus thuringiensis. It is used to suppress the population of many coleoptereious and lepidopterous larvae in Russia, USA and many European countries. It is the trade name given to the commercial product made from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). The active ingredient in Bt is a toxic protein, that actually binds to specific sites on the midgut. It is mainly used as an insecticide in agriculture. 
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Which of the following institutes organises the training programs on various aspects of plant protection with an emphasis on integrated pests management?

  1. National botanical research institute

  2. Nation plant protection training institute

  3. National Institute of biomedical genomics

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The National Plant Protection Training Institute (NPPTI) was established in 1966 for Human Resource Development in Plant Protection Technology under the Directorate of Plant Protection, to create qualified pest management personnel. It organises the training programs on various aspects of plant protection with an emphasis on integrated pests management. Consequently, the Institute has been registered as an Autonomous Society under the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India,
So, the correct answer is option B.

Economic threshold injury indicates

  1. Pest density

  2. Pest management

  3. Pest control 

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Economic threshold injury is a concept of integrated pest management which denotes the pest density at which management action should be taken to prevent an increasing pest population from reaching the economic injury level.
So, the correct answer is option A.

Which of the following is an indication of the smallest number of insects that will cause yield losses equal to the insect management costs?

  1. Economic threshold level

  2. Economic injury level

  3. Economic threshold of enzyme activity

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Biological control of pests is 

  1. Polluting

  2. Highly expensive

  3. Self perpetuating

  4. Toxic


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The biological method is the technique in which there is the use of living microorganisms or its product for the control of pests. This method uses the microbes which act as predators or enemies of the target pest species. The biological control method is often relatively inexpensive because the method uses the microorganisms which can be easily cultured. These are beneficial microorganisms which are used, so they do not contribute the pollution. If biocontrol agents are introduced in any area, survive for multiple years and become self-perpetuating. They will spread over a large area over time and continue to exist for a very longer period. 

Thus, the correct answer is option C. 

Latest trend in plant disease control is

  1. Chemical control

  2. Biological control

  3. Good manure and fertilizer

  4. Breeding for disease resistance


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Integrated pest management (IPM) is the programme which particularly focuses on agricultural crop diseases and its management. According to It, the use of biological control agent or other living organisms can control the plant diseases. Biological control is environment-friendly and effective against a broad range of insect pests and relatively easy to adopt.

So, the correct answer is 'Biological control'

Which of the following process aims at suppressing the pests below economic injury level?

  1. Integrated pests management

  2. Integrated pollution prevention and control

  3. British Pest Control Association (BPCA)

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Integrated pest management is a broad-based approach that integrates practices for economic control of pests. It aims to suppress pest populations below the economic injury level. The process starts with monitoring, which includes inspection and identification, followed by the establishment of economic injury levels. The economic injury levels set the economic threshold level.
So, the correct answer is option A.

Concentration of insecticide in the animals of a species is known as

  1. Eutrophication

  2. Bioconcentration

  3. Bioindicator

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bioconcentration is the process of ingestion and retention of the chemical substance in an organism. It mainly occurs in the aquatic organism by the exposure of waterborne chemicals.  

When a natural predator living being applied on the other pathogenic organisms to control them, this process is called as

  1. Biological control

  2. Genetic engineering

  3. Confusion technique

  4. Artificial control


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Biological control is a component of an integrated pest management strategy. Biological control is keeping the population of an organism or harmful pests and weeds under check by means of natural predators, parasites and amensals

Pyrethrin is extracted from

  1. Azadirachta indica

  2. Helianthus annuus

  3. Poa indica

  4. Chrysanthemum cinerarifolium


Correct Option: D

Biopesticides includes

  1. Bioherbicides

  2. Bioinsecticides

  3. Bioherbicides and bioinsecticides

  4. Bioherbicides, bioinsecticides and biofertilizers


Correct Option: C

A natural insecticide obtained from plants is

  1. Azadirachtin

  2. Rotenone

  3. Nicotine, pyrethrum and cinerin

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

A common biocontrol agent for plant diseases is?

  1. Bacillus thuringiensis

  2. Glomus

  3. Trichoderma

  4. Baculovirus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Trichoderma fungus is a common biological control for a range of plant pathogens.

Correct answer-C

Thurioside is proteinaceous toxin obtained from

  1. Biofertilizer

  2. Green manure

  3. Bacterial origin

  4. Farmyard manure


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Thurioside is obtained from bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, used as a bioinsecticide.

Correct answer-C.

Which bacterium is used extensively as biopesticide?

  1. Bacillus subtilis

  2. Streptococcus lactis

  3. Bacillus thuringienesis

  4. Lactobacillus acidophilus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bacillus thuringienesis  is a potent agent that can function as a biopesticide.

Correct answer-C

Which is not used as a biopesticide?

  1. Xanthomonas campesteris

  2. Bacillus thuringiensis

  3. Trichoderma harzianum

  4. Nucleo polyhedro virus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Xanthomonas campesteris is bacterial species that causes a variety of plant diseases,whereas the rest can be used as biopesticide.

Correct answer-A

Viruses of genus Nucleopolyhedrovirus are employed as.

  1. Gobar gas producers

  2. Biological control agents

  3. Anaerobic sludge digesters

  4. Antibiotics

  5. Atmospheric nitrogen fixing agents


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Viruses of genus Nucleopolyhedrovirus , Baculoviruses are species-specific narrow spectrum biocontrol agents for plant pathogens.

Correct answer-B

Microbe used for biocontrol of pest butterfly caterpillars is?

  1. Bacillus thuringiensis

  2. Streptococcus species

  3. Trichoderma species

  4. Saccharomyces cerevisiae


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bacillus thuringiensis are regarded as excellent biocontrol agents for butterfly caterpillars, and hence used as bioinsecticide.

Correct answer-A

Which of the following statements is correct with regard to biocontrol agents ?

  1. Ladybird and dragonflies are used to get rid of aphids and mosquitoes respectively.

  2. Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria are used to control butterfly caterpillars.

  3. Trichoderma species are used to control several plant pathogen.

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Ladybird and dragonflies are used to get rid of aphids and mosquitoes respectively. Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria are used to control butterfly caterpillars. Trichoderma species are used to control several plant pathogen.. 
So, the correct option is 'All of these'

Statement 1 : Biocontrol refers to the use of biological methods for controlling plant diseases and pests.
Statement 2 : Use of biocontrol measures will greatly reduce our dependence on toxic chemicals and pesticides.

  1. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.

  2. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.

  3. Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.

  4. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Biocontrol refers to the use of biological methods for controlling plant diseases and pests. Use of biocontrol measures will greatly reduce our dependence on toxic chemicals and pesticides.
So, the correct option is 'Both statements 1 and 2 are correct'

Select the correct statement from the following 

  1. Flavobacterium is used to control 2,4-D

  2. Enterobacter aerogenes is used to control DDT

  3. Superbug is used to control oil spill

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is the third most commonly used herbicide all over the world.  The health hazards of 2,4-D to humans include that it may induce cytogenetic damage in human lymphocytes, irreversible eye damage, hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity. Many methods are proposed for treatment of chemical pollution, however, the safest and the cheapest one is the use of microorganisms for biodegradation of these pollutants. the most biologically active strains against 2,4-D proved to belong to the genera Pseudomonas, Achromobacter, Flavobacterium, Nocardia, Streptomyces and Aspergillus.
  • 1,1,1 -trichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) is one of the best synthetic pesticides. It was used to control mosquitoes spreading malaria, typhus and other insect-borne diseases among both military and civilian populations. After the war, DDT was made available for use as an agricultural insecticide. It was used extensively for the control of grass grub {Costelytra zealandica White). It was necessary to introduce microbes to degrade or control DDT in soil. It was done so by using DDT-degrading strain of E. aerogenes.
  • So all the above options are correct.

The rotenone is?

  1. A natural herbicide

  2. A natural insecticide

  3. An insert hormone

  4. A bioherbicide


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rotenone is a crystalline isoflavone used as an insecticide. It occurs naturally in several plants. example jicama vine plant, and the roots of Fabaceae.

So, the correct option is 'A natural insecticide'.

The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is widely used in contemporary biology as

  1. Source of industrial enzyme

  2. Indicator of water pollution

  3. Insecticide

  4. Agent for production of dairy products


Correct Option: C

The plant pesticide pyrethrum is obtained from

  1. Cinchona officinalis

  2. Chrysanthemum  cinerariifolium

  3. Chrysophyllum cainito

  4. Cannabis sativa

  5. Cicer arietinum


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pyrethrum is a genus of plants which are cultivated as ornamentals. It is a natural insecticide made from the dried flower heads of Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium. Pyrethroids are synthetic insecticides derived from natural Pyrethrum (pyrethrins). The compound enhances the effect of toxicity to insects. These compounds target the nervous system of the insects. They are commonly used as insect repellants. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B. 

Which of the following are biopesticides?

  1. DDT

  2.  Azadirachtin

  3. Both of the above

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Biopesticides are those biological agents that are used for the control of weeds, insects and pathogens. examples of biopesticide are as follows-
a) Nicotine- tobacco
b) Azadirachtin- neem

Integrated pest management (IPM) is also known as 

  1. Integrated parasite control

  2. Integrated pests control

  3. Integrated pests cure

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Integrated pests management is a method which uses the natural agents like the microbes and insects to control the population of other harmful pests and insects. Thus, it is an integrated method for the control of the pests, insects, harmful disease causing agents, etc. The different methods to control pests are physical, biological, chemical, mechanical and cultural. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B. 

Which of the following is a physical method of integrated pests management?

  1. Humidity

  2. Cold

  3. Conservation of native enemy population

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Integrated pests management is a method which uses the natural agents like the microbes and insects to control the population of other harmful pests and insects. The different methods to control pests are physical, biological, chemical, mechanical and cultural. The physical method involves controlling physical parameters like cold, high temperature, humidity, light, etc. Manipulation of these parameters help in controlling pests.

Thus, the correct answer is option D. 

The regulated use of synthetic pesticides at specific times in a pest's life cycle is evaluated under which of the following stage of IPM?

  1. Monitoring

  2. Responsible use

  3. Preventive cultural practices

  4. Biological controls


Correct Option: C

The practices like hand-picking, barriers, traps, vacuuming and tillage to disrupt breeding is considered under

  1. Mechanical control

  2. Biological control

  3. Responsible use

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Integrated pests management is a method which uses the natural agents like the microbes and insects to control the population of other harmful pests and insects. Mechanical control is applied when the pests reach an unacceptable level. This method includes techniques like bagging fruit, sieves, hand-picking, barriers, traps, vacuuming and tillage to disrupt breeding. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A.

How many basic set of principles are included in integrated pests management?

  1. Five

  2. Four

  3. Twenty

  4. Eight


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Eight basic principles are included in integrated pest management.

  • Achieving prevention and suppression of harmful organisms.
  • Monitoring of harmful organisms.
  • Decisions made based on monitoring and thresholds.
  • Non-chemical methods.
  • Pesticide Selection.
  • Reduced Use of Pesticides.
  • Anti-resistance strategies.
  • Evaluation.
So, the correct answer is option D.

Plant and animal quarantines are included in

  1. Regulatory methods

  2. Chemical methods

  3. Cultural methods

  4. Monitoring method


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Integrated pests management is a method which uses the natural agents like the microbes and insects to control the population of other harmful pests and insects. Different methods are used for the control of the pests. When the plant and the animals are affected by the pests or disease, they are shifted to a place and quarantined to prevent the other plants and animals from getting affected. These are considered under the regulatory methods. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Action threshold is

  1. Acceptable pests level

  2. First line of defence

  3. Identification of pests

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: A

Monitoring includes observation which is further classified into

  1. Identification and selection

  2. Inspection and identification

  3. Selection and inspection

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Monitoring includes

  1. Identification of pests and their capability of potential damage

  2. Selection of best possible pest management methods

  3. Setting of economic threshold level

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

The practices like exclusion by screens, hand destruction are included in which of the following stage of integrated pests management?

  1. Biological method

  2. Mechanical method

  3. Regulatory methods

  4. Chemical methods


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Integrated pests management is a method which uses the natural agents like the microbes and insects to control the population of other harmful pests and insects. Mechanical control is applied when the pests reach an unacceptable level. This method includes techniques like screens, beating with stick, bagging fruit, sieves, hand-picking, barriers, traps, vacuuming and tillage to disrupt breeding. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

The phenomenon of using a predator for controlling a pest is

  1. Biological control

  2. Genetic engineering

  3. Artificial control

  4. Confusion technique


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Biological control is a method to control pest by using living microorganisms or its product. It is used as natural enemies like the predators, parasites, pathogens, and competitors to suppress and maintain populations of a target pest species (insects, mites, weeds, plant pathogens, and other pest organisms). This is the most widely used method in today's world for the control of pests. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Which is a microbial insecticide?

  1. Bacillus thuringiensis

  2. B. subtilis

  3. B. polymixa

  4. B. brevis


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bacillus thuringiensis are bacteria that act as biological insecticide.

Correct answer-A

The first bioherbicide developed in $1981$ was based on

  1. Phytophthora palmivora

  2. Phytophthora infestans

  3. Bacillus thuringenesis

  4. Azadirachta indica


Correct Option: A

A third generation pesticide is

  1. Pheromone

  2. Weedicide

  3. Juvenile hormone analogue

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: C

A major pest eradicated through release of sterile males is

  1. Screw worm

  2. Aphids

  3. Ladybug

  4. Praying Mantis


Correct Option: A

The earliest pesticide was

  1. Margosa

  2. Pyrethrum

  3. Nicotine

  4. DDT


Correct Option: A

Find out the pairs which are correctly matched.

a Cyanobacteria $1$ Biopesticide
b Mycorrhiza $2$ Solubilisation of phosphate
c Bacillus thuringiensis $3$ Cry protein
d Single cell protein $4$ Rhizobia
  1. A and $2$

  2. B and $3$

  3. C and $3$

  4. A and $3$

  5. B and $4$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bacillus thuringiensis have Bt toxin encoded by cry genes forming cry proteins.

 Correct answer-C

Which one of the following is a neem product used as insect repellent?

  1. Rotenone

  2. Azadirachtin

  3. Parathion

  4. Endrin


Correct Option: B

Which proves to be effective biological control for nematodal pathogens of plants?

  1. Pseudomonas cepacia

  2. Pisolithus tinctorius

  3. Gliocladium virens

  4. Paecilomyces lilacinus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The egg pathogenic fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus is a biocontrol fungus for check from nematodal pathogens of plants.

Correct answer-D

Devine and Collego are two trade names for

  1. Bioherbicides

  2. Bioinsecticides

  3. Biofungicide

  4. Natural insecticides


Correct Option: A

Trichoderma harzianum is useful for.

  1. Gene transfer in higher plants

  2. Biological control of soil borne pathogens/ biopesticide

  3. Bioremediation of contaminated soils

  4. Reclamation of waste land


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The fungus Trichoderma species are free-living fungi that are very common in root ecosystems and are effective biocontrol agents of several plant pathogens.

Correct answer-B

A biodegradable insecticide has been obtained from.

  1. Sunflower

  2. Sweet Clover

  3. Marigold

  4. Opuntia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Answer is option C i.e. "Marigold"
Biodegradable insecticides are types of insecticides derived from natural materials as plants, bacteria, etc. Bioinsecticide from marigold flowers contains chemicals called thiophenes which are toxic to the larvae of mosquitoes that carry malaria and yellow fever. Bioinsecticide made from marigold also contains repellent against major tomato pests: whiteflies, thrips, and spider mites.

Which one of the following insecticides is of plant origin?

  1. Ecdysone

  2. Rolenone

  3. Parathion

  4. Malathion


Correct Option: B

Which of these methods is not a part of environmental pest control?

  1. Intercropping

  2. Introducing predators or parasites

  3. Plant trap crops

  4. Sterile male technique


Correct Option: D

The majority of Baculoviruses are used as biological control agents as.

  1. They are species - specific

  2. They have no negative impact on nontargets

  3. Beneficial insects are being conserved

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Baculoviruses are used as biological control agents and in intrinsic farming because of all these above characteristics.

Correct answer-D

Identify the set which has all organisms used in biological control of pests.

  1. Trichoderma, Nucleopolyhedro virus, Bacillus thuringiensis, Lady Bird (Lady Bug) beetle

  2. Dragon flies, Bacillus thuringiensis, Lady Bird, Aphids

  3. Lady Birds, Penicillium, Baculovirus, Aspergillus

  4. Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Bacillus thuringiensis, Nucleopolyhedro virus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Trichoderma,Nucleopolyhedro virus,Bacillus thuringiensis,Lady Bird beetle are all used as biopesticides.

Correct answer-A

Which is not a mycoherbicide?

  1. Phytophthora palmivora

  2. Xanthomonas spp

  3. Alternaria crassa

  4. Fusarium spp


Correct Option: B

Select the correct statements out of (a - d)
(a) Single celled Spirulina can produce large quantities of food rich in protein, minerals and vitamins
(b) Body weight-wise the microorganism Methyliphilus methylotrophus produces several times more protein than a cow per day
(c) Button Mushroom is a rich source of vitamin C
(d) A rice variety has been developed which is very rich in calcium

  1. c and d

  2. a, c and d

  3. b, c and d

  4. a and b.


Correct Option: D

An earliest natural bioinsecticide of chinese origin is ________________.

  1. Rotenone from derris roots

  2. Azadirachtin from margosa leaves

  3. Pyrethrin from chrysanthemum

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Match the items in column 'A' and column 'B' and choose correct answer. 

 Column A  Column B
(i) Lady bird  (A) Methanobacterium
(ii) Mycorrhiza (B) Trichodema
(iii) Biological control  (C)  Aphids
(iv) Biogas (D) Glomus 

The correct answer is:

  1. (i)-B (ii)- D (iii)-C (iv)-A

  2. (i)-C (ii)- D (iii)-B (iv)-A

  3. (i)-D (ii)-A (iii)-B (iv)-C

  4. (i)-C (ii)-B (iii)-A (iv)-D


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Lady bird beetle function as a biological controlling agent against Aphids. Glomus is a genus of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and it form symbiotic relationship with plant roots which is called mycorrhiza. Tricoderma is used as a biological controlling agent against pathogenic fungi belonging to various genera. Methanobacterium produce methane which is the main component of Biogas.
So, the correct option is '(I)-C, (ii)-D, (iii)-B, (iv)-A'

Bacillus thuringiensis forms protein crystals which contain insecticidal protein. This protein 

  1. Binds with epithelial cells of mid gut of the insect pest ultimately killing it

  2. Is activated by acidic pH of the gut of the insect pest

  3. Does not kill the carrier bacterium which is itself resistant to this toxin

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Soil bacterium Bacillus thruingiensis (Bt) produces proteins that kill certain insects like lepidopterans (tobacco dudworm, armyworm), coleopterans (beetals) and dipterans (files, mosquitoes).Bacillus thuringinesis forms some intracellular protein crystals. These crystals contain a toxic insecticidal protein. The Bt toxin protein exists as inactive toxin and is coverted into an active form due to the alkaline pH of the alimentary canal that solubilities the crystals. The activated toxin binds to the surface of midgut epithelial cells and create pores which cause cell swelling and lysis and finally cause death of the insect.

So, the correct answer is 'Binds with epithelial cells of midgut of the insect pest ultimately killing it'

Bt toxin kills insect by

  1. Inhibiting protein synthesis

  2. Generating excessive heat

  3. Creating pores in the midgut epithelial cells, leading to cell swelling and lysis

  4. Obstructing a biosynthetic pathway


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Soil bacterium Bacillus thruingiensis (Bt) produces proteins that kill certain insects like lepidopterans (tobacco budworm, armyworm), coleopterans (beetles) and dipterans (flies, mosquitoes). Bacillus thuringinesis forms some intracellular protein crystals. These crystals contain a toxic insecticidal protein. The Bt toxin protein exists as an inactive toxin and is converted into an active form due to the alkaline pH of the alimentary canal that solubilities the crystals. The activated toxin binds to the surface of midgut epithelial cells and creates pores which cause cell swelling and lysis and finally cause the death of the insect.

So, the correct answer is 'Creating pores in the midgut epithelial cells, leading to cell swelling and lysis.

Bt toxin genes have been expressed in plants in order to provide resistance against
(i) Lepidopterans and fungi
(ii) Animals and bacteria
(iii) Bacteria and fungi
(iv) Coleopterance and dipterans
(v) Lepidopterans

  1. (ii) and (iii)

  2. (i), (ii) and (iv)

  3. (iii) and (v)

  4. (iv) and (v).


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Soil bacterium Bacillus thruingiensis (Bt) produces proteins that kill certain insects like lepidopterans (tobacco dudworm, armyworm), coleopterans (beetles) and dipterans (flies, mosquitoes). Bacillus thuringinesis forms some intracellular protein crystals. These crystals contain a toxic insecticidal protein. The Bt toxin protein exists as an inactive toxin and is converted into an active form due to the alkaline pH of the alimentary canal that solubilities the crystals. The activated toxin binds to the surface of midgut epithelial cells and creates pores which cause cell swelling and lysis and finally cause the death of the insect.

So, the correct answer is '(iv) and (v)'.

Bt toxin protein crystals present in bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, do not kill the bacteria themselves because

  1. Bacteria are resistant to the toxin

  2. Toxins occor as inactive protoxins in bacteria

  3. Bacteria enclose toxins in a special sac

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Soil bacterium Bacillus thruingiensis (Bt) produces proteins that kill certain insects like lepidopterans (tobacco budworm, armyworm), coleopterans (beetles) and dipterans (flies, mosquitoes).Bacillus thuringinesis forms some intracellular protein crystals. These crystals contain a toxic insecticidal protein. The Bt toxin protein exists as an inactive toxin and is converted into an active form due to the alkaline pH of the alimentary canal that solubilities the crystals. The activated toxin binds to the surface of midgut epithelial cells and creates pores which cause cell swelling and lysis and finally cause the death of the insect.

So, the correct answer is 'Toxins occur as inactive protoxins in bacteria'.

The free-living fungus Trichoderma can be used for:

  1. killing insects

  2. biological control of plant diseases

  3. controlling butterfly caterpillars

  4. producing antibiotics


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Trichoderma species are free living fungi that are very common in the root ecosystems. They are effective biocontrol agents of several plant pathogens like Fusarium, Phytopthora etc and used in the treatment of plant diseases.

So, the correct answer is 'biological control of plant diseases

What causes the inactive form of Bt toxin i.e. protoxin to get converted into its active form in the body of an insect?

  1. Temperature of the gut

  2. Enzymes present in the saliva

  3. Alkaline pH of the gut

  4. There is no specific reason


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Soil bacterium Bacillus thruingiensis (Bt) produces proteins that kill certain insects like lepidopterans (tobacco budworm, armyworm), coleopterans (beetles) and dipterans (flies, mosquitoes).Bacillus thuringinesis forms some intracellular protein crystals. These crystals contain a toxic insecticidal protein. The Bt toxin protein exists as an inactive toxin and is coverted into an active form due to the alkaline pH of the alimentary canal that solubilities the crystals. The activated toxin binds to the surface of midgut epithelial cells and creates pores which cause cell swelling and lysis and finally cause death of the insect.

So, the correct answer is 'Alkaline pH of the gut'.

Which of the following is not used as a biopesticide?

  1. Trichoderma harzianum

  2. Nucleopolyhedrovirus

  3. Xanthomonas campestris

  4.  Bacillus thuringiensis


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Xanthomonas campestris is not used as a biopesticide. Bacillus thuringiensis is used as a microbial biocontrol agent. Trichoderma harzianum is a free-living fungi, common in soil and root ecosystems. It is an effective biocontrol agent of several plant pathogens. Viruses of the family Baculoviruses are pathogens that attack insects and other arthropods. The majority of baculoviruses used as biological control agents belong to genus Nucleopolyhedrovirus. So, the correct answer is 'Xanthomonas campestris'.

Biopesticides are:

  1. The chemicals which are used to destroy the pests

  2. The living organisms or their products which are used for the pest control

  3. The organisms which destroy the crops

  4. None of these.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Biopesticides are those biological agents or their products that are used for the control of weeds and insects (pathogens). A most important example is the soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis.

Given below is the list of few chemicals that are used for protection of crops
i) dalapon 

ii) butachlor 
iii) malathion 
iv) simazine 
v) disyston 
vi) gammexane
How many of these are used as insecticides?

  1. 3

  2. 4

  3. 2

  4. 5


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
 Name of the compound  uses
 Dalapon It is used as a herbicide and acts on the perennial grasses. It controls the specific weed species and leaving the desired crops relatively unharmed.
 Butachlor It is used as a herbicide. It is mainly used in the form of granules in rice.
 Malathion It is used as an insecticide. It is basically used in mosquitoes eradication. 
 Simazine It is used as a herbicide. It is used to control broad-leaved weeds and annual grasses.
 Disulfoton It is used as an insecticide. It is effective against the sucking insects e.g. beet flies, 
 Gammexane It is used both as an agricultural insecticide and pharmaceutical purpose.

So, the correct answer is ' 3'.

A biological control which is effective biocontrol agent for several plant pathogens : 

  1. Nucleopolyhedrovirus

  2. Tirchoderma

  3. Agrobacterium

  4. Bacillus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Trichoderma are fungi and present in the soil as avirulent symbionts.

Agrobacterium has a unique ability to transfer its DNA to the plants and hence it is manipulated by genetic engineering to make the crop pathogen resistance.
But the biocontrol agent for several plant pathogens is Nucleopolyhedrovirus. It is a virus that infects the pests like butterfly, moth, etc.
So the correct answer is ' Nucleopolyhedrovirus'. 

Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched?

  1. Activated : Secondary treatment

  2. Gobar gas : ${ CH } _{ 4 }+{ CO } _{ 2 }$

  3. Biopesticide : Xanthomonas campestris

  4. Detergent formulations : Lipases


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Xanthomonas campestris is an aerobic, gram-negative rod known to cause the black in crucifers by darkening the vascular tissues. Host-associated, over 20 different pathovars of V.Campestris have been identified by their distinctive pathogenicity on a wide range of plants including crops and wild plants.

So, the correct option is 'Biopesticide: Xanthomous campestris'.

Refer to the given dichotomous key and select the correct option.
I.   (a) Fibre obtained from natural sources - Go to II
     (b) Fibre obtained from chemical, - K
II.  (a) It is a cellulosic fibre - Go to III
     (b) It is a protein fibre. - Go to IV
III. (a) It is obtained from leaves. - L
     (b) It is obtained from seeds.
IV. (a) It is obtained from mammals. - N
     (b) It is obtained from an insect. - O

  1. Fabrics fibres K and N could be water proof.

  2. When fibres L and M are burnt separately they give smell of burning paper and burning hair, respectively.

  3. Fibre L is separated from leaves by retting process whereas from seeds by ginning process.

  4. N can be obtained from the same animal repeatedly whereas O can be obtained from source animal only once in its lifetime.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fabrics fibers K and N are usually laminated to or coated with a waterproofing material such as rubber, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU), silicone elastomer, fluoropolymers, and wax

So, the correct option is 'Fabrics fibers K and N could be waterproof'.

Which is useful as biological control ?

  1. Mucor mucedo

  2. Trichoderma viridae

  3. Penicillium notatum

  4. Phytophthora parasitica


Correct Option: B

Third generation pesticides are

  1. Pheromones

  2. Juvenile hormone analogues

  3. Insect repellents

  4. Pathogens


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The third generation pesticides are basically the modified forms of the insect hormones that show a great specificity to the pest or insect targetted. The juvenile hormone analogues such as methoprene, hydroprene and fenoxycarb do not kill the insect directly but prevent the development of their larvae. Gradually, they decrease the population of the insect as the adult insects will never be formed.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Juvenile hormone analogues'

Natural insecticides are obtained mostly from microbes.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Some examples of Natural insecticides are Neem oil insecticides, Garlic insecticide spray, Oil spray insecticide etc. Hence these are not obtained from microbes.
So, the corrct option is 'False'

Microbe used for biocontrol of pest butterfly caterpillars is 

  1. Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  2. Bacillus thuringiensis

  3. Streptococcus sp.

  4. Trichoderma sp.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Bacillus thuringiensis , a soil-dwelling bacterium, is the most widely applied species of bacteria used for biological control,  used against Lepidopteran, Coleopteran and Dipteran.
So, the correct answer is 'Bacillus thuringiensis'

Trichoderma harzianum has proved to be a useful microorganism for:

  1. gene transfer in higher plants

  2. biological control of soil-borne plant pathogens

  3. bioremediation of contaminated soils

  4. reclamation of wastelands.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Teicoderma harzianum is a fungus that is also used as a fungicide. It is used for foliar application, and soil treatment for various disease causing fungal pathogens.
So, the correct option is 'biological control of soil-borne plant pathogen'

Which of the following statements regarding baculoviruses as biocontrol agents is/are correct ?

  1. The majority of baculovirus used as biocontrol agents are included in the genus - Nucleopolyhedrovirus

  2. Infection with baculoviruses occurs when susceptible hosts (e.g., some specific insects) eat virus particle present on foliage and dies.

  3. These are important in organic farming because of their specific action on harmful insects without causing any damage to beneficial insects as well as to the environment.

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Baculoviruses are pathogens that attack insects and other arthropods. The majority of them used as a biological control agents are in the genus Nucleopolyhedrovirus.These viruses are excellent candidates for species-specific, narrow spectrum insecticidal applications. Infection with baculoviruses occurs when susceptible hosts eat virus particle present on foliage and dies. These are important in organic farming because of their specific action on harmful insects without causing any damage to beneficial insects as well as to the environment.

So, the correct option is 'Option D' .

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