Seed Tag

Nucleus seed Buff colour

Breeder seed Golden yellow
Foundation seed White
Registered seed Purple or orange
Certified seed Azora Blue
Truthful labelled seed Opal green
176. Which type of silk is known for its golden-
yellow color and is produced by the silkworm
Antheraea assamensis?
A) Mulberry silk
B) Tussar silk
C) Muga silk
D) Eri silk
E) Spider silk
177. The disease in which honeybees are unable
to fly and void loose excreta on the combs,
frames and ground.
(a) Nosema disease
(b) American foul brood
(c) Thai sac brood disease
(d) Chalk brood disease
(e) Sac brood disease
178. In which disease in honey bees mostly
affect the hemolymph especially during
pupation?
(a) Nosema disease
(b) American
(b) American foul
foul brood
brood
(c) Thai sac brood disease
(d) Chalk brood disease
(e) Sac brood disease
Type of silkworms Spp. Colour of silk or cocoon Plant Botanical name

1. Mulberry silk / Bombyx mori . Yellow / green Mulberry Morus alba

chanise silk

2. Tasar silk or Kosa Anthernea Copper - brown Asan and Arjun Asan - Terminalia elliptica
silk mylitta Arjun - Terminalia arjuna

Chinese and Japanese

tasar Antherea pernyi Oak leaves Oak - Quercus Robur

3. Eri silk or Arandi Philosamia ricini Creamy white / Brick Castor Ricinus communis
silk –red (RRB-SO-2021)

4. Muga silk or Assam Antheraea Golden color (BOM- Som and Soalu Som- Persea
silk assamensis 2021) (IBPS –AFO Soalu - Litsaea monopetala
2021 -22)
179. Which type of silk is produced by a wild
silkworm, often found in the tropical and
subtropical regions of India?
A) Mulberry silk
• Mouth part chewing & biting
B) Tussar silk type is caterpillar .
C) Muga silk • Salivary glands are modified into
D) Eri silk silk glands in final stage of growth .

E) Tasar silk
180. What is the primary source of raw material
for the production of Eri silk?

A) Mulberry leaves
B)
B) Castor
Castor leaves
leaves
C) Oak leaves
D) Jute plants
E) Bamboo leaves
181. What is the primary source of food for
silkworms producing Muga silk?

A) Oak leaves
B) Castor leaves
C) Mulberry leaves
D) Bamboo leaves
E) Eri leaves
182. Which type of silk is known for its rich,
creamy color and is produced by silkworms that
feed on a diet of Arjun tree leaves?
A) Mulberry silk
B) Arandi silk
C) Muga silk
D) Eri silk
E) Tasar silk
Species Family Scientific name
1. Rock bee Apidae Apis dorsata
2. Indian hive bee Apidae Apis cerana Indica
3. little bee Apidae Apis florae
4. European or Italian bee Apidae Apis mellifera
(Highest royal jelly
producing bees)
5. Dammer bee Meliporidae Melipona irridipennis
(Stingless bee)
183. Which species of honeybee is the largest
and builds its nests in open areas, often on tree
branches or cliffs?
It is Biggest honey bee 16-18 mm
A) Apis mellifera
B) Apis cerana
C) Apis dorsata
D) Melipona beecheii
E) Xylocopa violacea
184. Which species of honeybee is commonly
found in the temperate regions and is widely
used in commercial beekeeping for honey
production?
A) Apis
A) Apis mellifera
mellifera
B) Apis cerana
C) Apis dorsata
D) Melipona beecheii
E) Xylocopa violacea
Apis mellifera ( European or Italian bee )
 It is exotic brought from Italy and united states in North
India in 1961 by prof. S.A. Atwal that’s why Prof.S.A
atwal known as father of Beeculture in India.
185. In which of the following disease black
pepper like spots cover the body and white
pustules appear on the silk gland of silkworm?
(a) Pebrine
(b) Flacherie
(c) Muscardine
(d) Grasserie
(e) Nosema
186. European foul brood disease in honeybees
is caused by?

(a)
A) Streptococcus Pluton
(b) Foul brood virus
(c) Nosema Apis
(d) Platybolium alvearium
(e) none of these
187. What is the primary symptom of the
disease known as "Nosema" in honeybee
colonies?
A) Wing deformities
B) Dark-colored honey
C) Paralysis of adult bees
D)
D) Dysentery
Dysentery in
in bees
bees
E) Excessive wax production
188. Which disease in honeybee colonies is
caused by the parasitic mite Varroa destructor?

A) Nosema
B) American Foulbrood
C) Chalkbrood
D) Deformed Wing Virus (DWV)
E) Sacbrood
189. The hunter wasp, black in color with
transverse yellow lines on the abdomen catches
bees on flight?
(a) Platybolium alvearium
(b) Phyllanthus ramakrishnae T.
(c) Vespa cincta F.
(d) Acheronita styx
(e) none of the above
190. What is the primary purpose of the
"waggle dance" performed by worker bees
inside the hive?
A) To signal the presence of predators
B) To
B) To communicate
communicatethe
thelocation
locationofofaafood
foodsource
source
C) To indicate the need for more nectar collectors
D) To prepare for swarming
E) To mark the territory of the hive
191. Which of the following state is not a
mulberry silk manufacturer in India?

(a) Assam
(a) Assam
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Maharashtra
192. In which of the following disease a white
encrustation deposits on the larvae body and it
dies within 24 hours?
(a) Grasserie
(b) Flacherie
(c) Muscardine
(c) Muscardine
(d) Pebrine
(e) Nosema
193. Central silk board is located at?

(a) Bhopal
(b)
(b) Bangalore
Bangalore The Central Silk Board (CSB) is a
Statutory Body, established during
(c) Kanpur
1948,
(d) Nagpur
(e) Mumbai
194. Which of the following is the rank of silk
products of India?

(a) First rank

(b)
(b) Second
Second rank
rank
(c) Third rank
(d) Fourth rank
(e) Fifth rank
195. What is a species that produces two
generation in one year called?

(a) Multivoltine
(b)
(b) Bivoltine
Bivoltine
(c) Univoltine
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
196. Major pest of silkworm?

(a) Uzi
(a) Uzi fly
fly (Exorista
(Exorista sorbillans)
sorbillans)
(b) Varroa destructor mite.
(c) Grass hopper
(d) Corcyra cephalonica
(e) None of the above
197. Flacherie is a disease of silkworms when
silkworms eating infected or contaminated
mulberry leaves, it is caused by?
(a)Virus
(b)
(b)Bacteria
Bacteria
(c) Fungus
(d) Protozoa
(e) Nematode
198. When was the Central Bee Research and
Training Institute established in Pune?

(a) 1960  Royal Jelly secrete

(b) 1962 Hypopharyngeal gland in
honey bee.
(c) 1965
 Sting is a modified form
(d) 1990
of Ovipositor .
(e) 1970
199. Nuclear polyhydrosis viruses (NPV ) are
used un management of

(a) Ants
(b) Wasps
(c)
(c) Wax
Wax months
months
(d) Termite
(e) Birds
200. Which of the following is the major viral
disease of muga silkworm?

(a) Muscardine
(b) Flacherie
(c) Grasserie
(d) Pebrine
(e) Nosema
 The technology uses nuclear polyhedrosis viruses (NPVs)
which are highly host-specific obligate pathogens
of destructive insect pests .

 Such as the tomato fruitworm (Helicoverpa armigera) and

the common cutworm (Spodoptera litura) attacking several
high value vegetable crops.
201. Paralysis is a disease of honey bee caused
by

(a)Varroa
(a) Varroamites
mites
(b) Aphid
(c) White fly
(d) Thrips
(e) All of these
202. Bee venom is used in the treatment of

(a) Malaria •A drug prepared from bodies of

(b) Cholera honey bees is used in the treatment
Diphtheria .
(c)Arthritis
(c) Arthritis
• Venom of honey bees has been
(d) Myopia used in the treatment of arthritis
(e) All of these and snake bite.
203. What is the life span of the queen bee?

(a) 2 years  42 days of total life cycle

(b)
(b) 55 years
years of worker bee in a colony .
(c) 10 years (M.Sc. UP 2021)

(d) 7 years
(e) 3 years
204. What is the percentage of pollination by
bees in Apple?

(a) 20 %
(b) 89%
(c)
(c) 45%
45%
(d) 70%
(e) 100%
205. Disease caused by bacteria accompanied
with high humidity and poor quality leaves?

(a) Muscardine
(b) Flacherie
(c) Grasserie
(d) Pebrine
(e) Nosema
206. What kind of nesting behavior is seen in
apis cerana indica?

(a) Single unit

(b) Depend on the environment
(c) Parallel comb
(d) Octagonal
(e) Hexagonal
207. What is the ratio of sugar and water for
preparation of sugar syrup?

(a) 3:1
(b) 1:3
(c) 1:1
(d) 1:2
(e) 2:1
208. How many pairs of glands develop a
cocoon?

(a) One
(b) Two
(b) Two
(c) Five
(d) Six
(e) Seven
209. The process of unwinding of silk filament
from cocoon is called?

A) Rearing
B) Reeling
C) Culling
D) Sheering
E) Ginning
210. The disease in which silkworm larvae
infected are usually covered in brown dots and
are unable to spin silkworm thread.
A) Pebrine
B) White muscardine
C) Tree top disease
D) Cytoplasmic polyhedrosis
E) None
211. Freshly harvested cocoons with live pupa
inside is called

A) Brown cocoon
B) Green cocoon
C) Yellow cocoon
D) White cocoon
E) None
212. Which type of silk is produced by
silkworms that feed on oak tree leaves and is
characterized by its glossy texture and natural
golden color?
A) Mulberry silk
B) Tasar silk
C) Eri silk
D)
D) Muga
Muga silk
silk
E) Tussar silk
213. In silk production, what is the name of the
process where multiple silk threads are twisted
together to form a thicker, stronger thread?
A) Reeling
B) Dyeing
C) Spinning
D) Weaving
E) Plying
E) Plying
214. Which factor is crucial for successful
sericulture and determines the quality of silk
produced?
A) Temperature
B) Humidity
B) Humidity

C) Wind speed
D) Soil pH
E) Sunlight exposure
215. Royal jelly is richest source of which
Vitamin?
(a) B1

(b) B2

(c) B3

(d)
(d) B5
B5

(e) C
216. Which of the following causative agent
cause Pebrine diseases in silkworms?

(a) Nosema bombycis

(b) Allophylaria orientalis

(c) Bacillus thuringiensis

(d) Metarhizium anisopliae

(e) none of the above

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