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Cochineal insect has been used in checking the wild growth of________________.

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  1. Opuntia

  2. Eichhornia

  3. Aphids

  4. Screw worm

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following weed should be eradicated quickly?

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  1. Opuntia

  2. Eichhornia

  3. Parthenium

  4. Vallisneria

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following pesticides is an acetyl cholinestrase inhibitor?

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  1. DDT

  2. Deltamethrin

  3. Malathion

  4. Permethrin

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Malathion is an organophosphate and an acetyl cholinestrase inhibitor that is strictly used as a topical pediculicide.

Correct answer-C

American water plant that has become a troublesome water weed in India is

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  1. Cyperus rotundus

  2. Eichhornia crassipes

  3. Trapa latifolia

  4. Trapa bispinosa

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Eichhornia crassipes , commonly known as water hyacinth , is an aquatic plant native to Amazon basin, known for it's highly problematic invasion outside it's native range. It forms dense mats in the water bodies, which causes the reduction in the oxygen for other organisms in the water body .

So the correct answer is 'Eichhornia crassipes'

Given below are statements about the harmful effects of weeds on crop plants.
(i) They interfere while harvesting.
(ii) They help crop plants grow healthily.
(iii) They compete with crop plants for water, nutrients, space, and light.
(iv) They affect plant growth.
Choose the correct statements from above.

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  1. (i), (iii) and (iv)

  2. (iii) only

  3. (iii) and (iv)

  4. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Harmful effects of weeds on crop of plant are as follows:
  • They interfere in harvesting.
  • They compete with crop plants for water, nutrients, space and light.
  • They affect plant growth.
  • Presence of weeds increases the cost of agriculture and hinders the progress of work.
  • It increases the irrigation requirement.
  • They reduce the value of produce or otherwise adds the cost of cleaning.
  • Some weeds when eaten (Cleome viscosa) by milch animals will produce an undesirable odour in the milk. At times death/disorder/deformity may occur.  For example, Datura stramonium.
  • The fruits and seeds of Xanthium strumarium and Achyranthes aspera entangle with wool which fetch lower prices.
  • They harbour insect pests, pathogens and parasites.
  • They reduce the value of the land.
  • Presence of weeds will impair the purity of varieties by chance of cross pollination.
  • Weeds cause health hazards to man and animals.
  • Weeds cause allelopathic effect.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Which of the following is a weed?

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  1. Oryza sativa

  2. Cyperinus rotundus

  3. Arachis hypogea

  4. Triticum vulgare

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Weeds can be defined as the unwanted plants that are grown in the field and harm the desired crops. Cyperinus is the most invasive weed found throughout the world. It is the weed of rice field. This is the weed which is commonly found in the temperate regions. 

The prodigious spread of prickly pear (Opuntia) in South India was controlled by

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  1. cochineal insect

  2. colchicine

  3. DDT

  4. 2, 4-D

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When the invasive species prickly pear was introduced it possessed a threat to the native species. The growth Opuntia is then controlled by the introduction of the species of the cochineal insect.

This was the biological methods of the plant management.
So, the correct option is 'cochineal insect'

'Aquatic' weeds can be utilized and converted into

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  1. Ethanol

  2. Fertilizers

  3. Leather

  4. Solid waste

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following groups of herbicides is derived from urea, and is used for controlling weeds in tea, tobacco and cotton?

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  1. Carbamates

  2. Triazines

  3. Pyrethroids

  4. Organophosphate

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A carbamate is an organic compound which is derived from carbamic acid (NH$ _{2}$COOH). 

A pyrethroid is an organic compound similar to the natural pyrethrins produced by the flowers of pyrethrums (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium and C. coccineum). Pyrethroids now constitute the majority of commercial household insecticides. 
An organophosphate or phosphate ester is the general name for esters of phosphoric acid. 
Triazines show antimalarial, antibacterial, and antimicrobial activities. They are derived from urea and used in tea, cotton and tobacco plantation and some orchid plantation. Thus, option B is correct.

Weeds affect the crop plants by

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  1. Killing the crop plants before they grow

  2. Secreting poisons which cause diseases in crop plants

  3. Competing for various resources of crop plants causing low availability of nutrients

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Weeds are unwanted plants in the cultivated field. They compete with the crop plants for food, space and light. They take up the nutrients and reduce the growth of the  crop.