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We can prevent pest at home in natural way by using ........... leaves.

  1. Tulsi leaves

  2. Neem leaves

  3. Mango leaves

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Neem oil is mainly used to prevent the pests at home. Neem leaves help in stopping the growth of pests. It kills larvae and locusts at homes. Mosquitos die when neem extract is sprayed.

So, the corect option is 'Neem leaves'.

Preventive and control measures adopted for the storage of grains include

  1. Strict cleaning

  2. Proper disjoining

  3. Fumigation

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The grains are stored in huge stores and warehouses. These stores and warehouses should be regularly and strictly cleaned, disinfected and kept dry to avoid ants, insects, worms or rodents infestations and keep the grains safe and hygienic for consumption at any time. There should be proper space or be disjoining between the grain sacks for fumigation and regular inspection of the grains The grains are stored in mass scale in huge chambers called silos. the silos have a proper outlet to withdraw the desired quantity of grains.The silos have built-in arrangements for aeration, fumigation, protection from rodents, insects and bird etc. Thus all three options strict cleaning, proper disjoining and fumigation is equally important for the storage of grains.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Freshly harvested grains must be dried before storing because

  1. It contains moistures.

  2. It contains insects.

  3. It contains active enzymes.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

If the freshly harvested grains are not dried, it might contain moisture and moisture provide growth media for various organisms like molds. Drying will delay the spoilage of the grains.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Storage grains produce aflatoxin due to growth of

  1. yeast

  2. mould

  3. Aspergillus

  4. virus.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Aspergillus consists of several hundred mould species found in various climates worldwide. Aspergillus is highly aerobic and are found in almost all oxygen rich environments. The storage grain produces aflatoxin due to growth of Aspergillus which can cause acute liver damage and cancer.

World's most problematic aquatic weed is ________________.

  1. Azolla

  2. Wolffia

  3. Elchhornia

  4. Trapa


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) is the world's most problematic aquatic weed, also called "Terror of Bengal". Because of its very high rate of growth, it can cover the surface of whole water bodies, choke them and cause a threat to other aquatic life forms.

Why you never see cattle or goats browsing on weed Calotropis?

  1. The plant produces highly poisonous tannin

  2. The plant produces quinine which is bitter in taste

  3. The plant produces cardiac glycosides

  4. The plant bears prickles


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Prey species have evolved various defenses to lessen the impact depredation. For pant, herbivores are the predators plants have evolved an astonishing verity of morphological and chemical defense against herbivores. Calotropis produces highly see any cattle or goat browsing on this plant. A wide variety of chemical substance that we extract from plants on a commercial scale (nicotine, caffeine, quinine, strychnine, opium, etc.) are produced by them actually as defenses against grazers and browsers. So, the correct answer is 'The plant produces cardiac glycosides'.

The exotic species, which when introduced in India became notorious weed, is

  1. Lantana camara

  2. Eichhornia crassipes

  3. Parthenium hysterophorus

  4. all of these.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Native to South America, Lantana camara was brought to India by the British as ornamental plants, possibly as long as 200 years ago. Forest officials in different parts of the country have watched helplessly as the invasive plant has spread, and efforts to contain it have gone largely in vain.

Eichhornia crassipes, commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to the Amazon basin, and is often a highly problematic invasive species outside its native range. It was introduced in Bengal in India because of its beautiful flowers and shapes of leaves, but turned out to be an invasive weed draining oxygen from the water bodies and resulted in death of many fish. Fish is a supplement food in Bengal, and because of the fish scarcity in Bengal caused by Eichhornia, the water hyacinth is also called "Terror of Bengal".
Parthenium hysterophorus is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is native to the American tropics. Parthenium hysterophorus invades disturbed land, including roadsides. It infests pastures and farmland, causing often disastrous loss of yield, as reflected in common names such as famine weed. In some areas, heavy outbreaks have been ubiquitous, affecting livestock and crop production, and human health. As an invader it first appeared as a contaminant in imported wheat. Indian National Congress decided to import wheats from USA. The wheat was of inferior quality and was a controversial one. This weed is equally dangerous for all flora and fauna. It is highly dangerous for humans. It sucks the nutritious substances from soils, thus converting fertile ground into infertile ones.
So the correct option is 'all of these'.

Weeds tend to compete with the crops for _____

  1. Food

  2. Space

  3. Light

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

If pests and weeds are not controlled at proper time ______

  1. They can destruct the crops so much that most of the crop is lost

  2. They can destruct the crops so much that most of the crop is no effect

  3. They can destruct the crops so much that most of the crop is gain

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

In fact weeds _____

  1. Take up all the nutrients

  2. Reduce the growth of crop in various ways

  3. Above both options are correct

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C