General agriculture pointer - 74

1. Rambuttan belongs to the family (sapindaceae)

2. A flowering plant with reddish orange flower is (tithonia speciosa)

3. A method of hormone application not generally practiced is (injection)

4. A chemical inducing parthenocarpy in fruits is (2,4,5-t)

5. A variety of mango used for pulp extraction is (thottapuri)

6. One not a triploid banana variety is (pisang lilin)

7. A fruit crop producing highest tonnage per area is (pineapple)

8. A fruit rich in fat content (avocado)

9. Origin of brinjal is (india)

10. The following helps in fruit set (naa)

11. The best planting material for pineapple is (suckers)

12. A distinguishable character of acuminata banana is (pseudostem colour)

13. Jam is prepared from fruit with (good pulp)

14. Export quality of mango due to (firmness)

15. Chemical controlling alternate bearing in mango (tiba)

16. Avocado belongs to the family (lauraceae)

17. Apis florea is (the dwarf honeybee)

18. Indian lac research institute is located at (namkum in bihar)

19. Cotton aphid is predated by (menochilus sexmaculatus)

20. Dead heart of sorghum is caused by (atherigona soceata)

21. Rice case worm is (nymphula depunctalis)

22. Rate of consumption of technical grade pesticide in india (288 g/ha)

23. Chelisoches moris is a natural enemy of (red palm weevil)

24. Ekalux is brand name of (quinalphos)

25. Heptachlor is a (cyclodiene insecticide)

26. Marigold used for sociological control of (nematodes)

27. Trade name of ‘zolone’ (phosalone)

28. Insecticide widely used in cashew (endosulfan)

29. Usefulness of silkworm known since (2697 bc)

30. ‘molemma’ is finely divided dust of (shellac)

31. Most potent insect parasites belong to order (hymenoptera)

32. Destructive insects and pests act passed during (1914)

33. Central directorate of plant protection & quarantine established (1946)

34. Insecticide act enforced on (2-9-1968)

35. Insecticide rules framed in (1971)

36. Trichogramma australicum used to control (chilo infuscatellus)

37. Cnaphalocrocis medinalis attacks (all stages)

38. Spodoptera mauritia pupates in (earthen chamber in soil)

39. Virus used to control gram pod borer (npv)

40. Oncocephela tuberculata of tuber crops is a (leaf miner)

41. Rice pest laying eggs along midrib (rice case worm)

42. Nematodes in citrus controlled by (nemagon)

43. Thrips belong to order (thysanoptera)

44. Scales & mealy bugs belong to order (hemiptera)

45. Dichlorvos is an (organophosphorus insecticide)

46. Lecanium viridae is a major pest of (coffee)

47. Scolid wasp parasites grubs of (leucopholis coneophora)

48. Plastron respiration occurs in (aquatic insects)

49. Grasshopper possesses (saltatorial legs)

50. Metasystox is a (systemic poison)

51. Insecticide found in fat tissue of milch animals (ddt)

52. Nematodes penetrate tissue with (buccal stylet)

53. Lac insect parasitised by (parecchio dryinus)

54. Larva of rice pest breathing from water (rice case worm)

55. Braconidae, chalcididae & ichneumonidae belong to (hymenoptera)

56. Rice pest with pink body & white wax (rice mealy bug)

57. Major lac producing state (bihar)

58. Insecticide with strong contact & fumigant action (diazinon)

59. Flacherie is a bacterial disease of (silkworm)

60. Noxious weed opuntia dilleni controlled by (dactylopus tomentosus)

61. Resistant varieties used in (bio-ecological/integrated control)

62. Warfarin is a rodenticide acting as (anticoagulant)

63. Commercial formulation of teradifon is (teedion)

64. Acaricide effective against red spider & bee mite (chlorobenzilate)

65. Liquified gas for fumigating soil (methyl bromide)

66. Dose of edb+ for cover fumigation per quintal grains (1 mt)

67. Insecticide consumption in india in 1999–2000 (31793 mt)

68. State consuming highest pesticide (uttar pradesh)

69. Tobacco stock solution diluted (6–7 times)

70. Safer organophosphate insecticide (mercaptothion)

71. Methyl demeton marketed as (metasystox)

72. Field rat with long tail & tuft (white rat – tatera indica)

73. Pot trap used for catching (rice field rats)

74. Biological control of african payal (cytobagus salviniae)

75. Kerosene emulsion useful against (sucking insects)

76. Dust carriers particle size (1–40 micron)

77. Insect controlled by male sterilization (dacus cucurbitae)

78. Visible light spectrum for insects (253–700 mm)

79. Third generation insecticides (hormonal insecticides)

80. Precocenes known as (fourth generation insecticides)

81. Liquid formulation with carrier (water dispersible powder)

82. Easy household insecticide technique (aerosol bomb)

83. Bordeaux mixture acts as (repellent)

84. Natural organic insecticide & carrier (oil of petroleum)

85. Anabasine alkaloid occurs in (tobacco)

86. Rotenone prepared from (derris and lonchocarpus)

87. Hydraulic sprayer works by (compressing liquid)

88. Pneumatic sprayer works by (compressing air layer)

89. Droplet size from mist blower (50–150 micron)

90. Ultra low volume sprays made with (hydraulic power sprayer)

91. Example of blast sprayer (hand atomizer/flit pump)

92. Insect parasiting another insect (parasitoid)

93. Parasite feeding on primary parasite (secondary)

94. Commonwealth institute of biological control established (1956)

95. Reduvid predator of rhinoceros beetle (platymerus)

96. Earwig predating on oryctes (cheisoches moris)

97. Tachinid parasite of opisina (spoggosia)

98. Trichogramma minutum is (egg parasite)

99. Curculionid biocontrol agent (neochetina eichhorniae)

100. Sac brood disease appeared in kerala (1991–92)