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Q18·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2024

Parasitoid Species

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Question

Consider the following: Parasitoid species are found in how many of the above kind of organisms?

  1. 1.

    Carabid beetles

  2. 2.

    Centipedes

  3. 3.

    Flies

  4. 4.

    Termites

  5. 5.

    Wasps

Options

a

Only two

b

Only three

Answer
c

Only four

d

All five

Explanation

Parasitoids (organisms that ultimately kill their host) are found in wasps, flies, and beetles (like some Carabid beetles). Termites are social detritivores and centipedes are direct predators; neither are parasitoids.

Parasitoidism is primarily an evolutionary trait of certain insect orders, most notably Hymenoptera (wasps), Diptera (flies), and Coleoptera (beetles).

Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2024

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q18

Subject

Environment

Sub-topic

Biodiversity & Conservation

Type

How-many counting

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT Biology Cl.12 / Parasitoid Hymenoptera Evolutionary Traits

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