1. Silkworm undergo _____________ times moulting.
(a) two (b) three (c) four (d) five
2. Where a univoltine race is reared in India?
(a) Bihar (b) Kashmir state (c) Karnataka (d) West Bengal
3. Where a univoltine race is reared in India?
(a) Bihar (b) Kashmir state (c) Karnataka (d) West Bengal
4. The causative agent of Pebrine disease is :
(a) Berrelina virus (b) Nosema bombysis (c) Polyhedrosis (d) Puccinia recondite
5. The most economic method of silkworm rearing is :
(a) tray rearing (b) shoot rearing (c) chawki rearing (d) by any means
6. The mode of transmission of disease from the infected mother moth is called :
(a) transfer of disease from the ovary (b) transovarial (c) inherited disease (d) transgenesis
7. Very high temperature during egg laying results to :
(a) reduced eggs (b) dead eggs (c) diapause eggs (d) unfertilized eggs
8. Uzi flies are pest of :
(a) Mullberry (b) Non-Mulberry (c) All variety of silkworms (d) Eri
9. A common size of Mulberry nursery bed is :
(a) 2 m x 0.45mm (b) 2.5 m x 0.45 m (c) 2 m x 1 m (d) 2.5 m x 2 m
10. Space for raw system of planting mulbery is :
(a) 50cm × 10cm (b) 45cm × 10cm (c) 50cm × 15cm (d) 40cm × 10cm
11. Philosamia ricini is the scientific name of :
(a) Eri silk worm (b) Muga silkworm (c) Oak Tasar silkworm (d) Mulberry silkworm
12. The scientific name of Mulberry silkworm is :
(a) Bombyx mori (b) Bombyx mandarina (c) Bombyx rotundapex (d) Bombyx incomposita
13. What is ants well?
(a) It is the seat of rearing rack (b) Alluminium bowl (c) It is a device to prevent ants from entry into
the rearing racks containing rearing tray. (d) Plastic mug
14. More than _____________ % of the raw silk production in India is mulberry silk.
(a) 80 % (b) 87 % (c) 89 % (d) 77 %
15. _____________ symptoms are intersegmental membranes of the body which becomes swollen
and the skin becomes shiny.
(a) Flacherie (b) Muscardine (c) Grasserie (d) Pebrine
16. What is Voltinism?
(a) Voltinism is the number of generation in a year (b) One generation in a year (c) Two generation in
a year (d) Number of moulting in a year
17. What is fecundity?
(a) Number of eggs laid by muga moth (b) The number of eggs laid by a single moth (c) Number of
eggs laid by eri (d) Number of mulberry eggs
18. Explain Chawki rearing.
(a) Rotational rearing (b) Rearing of young age silkworm (preferably upto 2nd moult out) under
optimum climatic conditions. (c) Rearing of late worms (d) Rearing of first stage worms
19. Explain Why Chawki rearing is necessary?
(a) To protect early age worms (b) Chawki rearing is necessary to minimize the loss and mortality of
young age worms and to increase cocoon yield (c) To increase filament length (d) To increase cocoon
yield
20. Muga worms came down to the bottom after consuming the leaves, this phenomenon is called :
(a) geotropism (b) descending worms (c) falling worms (d) bharpok
21. Muga silkworm has the minimum number of chromosome than all other silkworms. The
chromosome of Muga silkworm is :
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 15 (d) 40
22. Anthereae pernyi feeds on _____________ leaves.
(a) Oak (b) Castor (c) Som (d) Soalu
23. Under major classification of insects, Mulberry silkworm comes under the family of :
(a) Bombycidae (b) Saturniideae (c) Lepidoptera (d) Monoclamydae
24. The mode of transmission of disease from the infected mother moth is called :
(a) transfer of disease from the ovary (b) transovarial (c) inherited disease (d) transgenesis
25. Which protein is the main constituent of silk?
(a) Fibroin
(b) Sericin
(c) Casein
(d) Collagen
