Quiz  /  NEET MCQ on Vermiculture

  • 1. 
    For vermicomposting, this species of earthworm is not apt

  • Perionyx excavatus
  • Pheretima posthuma
  • Eudrilus eugeniae
  • Eisenia fetidae

  • 2. 
    The process in which earthworms are used to degrade organic wastes is

  • Compost bedding
  • Humus forming
  • Vermicomposting
  • None

  • 3. 
    Kitchen wastes and animal excreta can be minimized most profitably via

  • vermiculture
  • biogas production
  • direct usage as biofertilizers
  • storing in underground storage tanks

  • 4. 
    The process of covering spawned compost with a suitable material is known as

  • cropping
  • casing
  • spawning
  • composting

  • 5. 
    While burrowing, the anterior ends of earthworms become turgid serving as a hydraulic skeleton though they do not possess a skeleton This is as a result of

  • setae
  • gut peristalsis
  • coelomic fluid
  • none of the above

  • 6. 
    This is apt for vermicomposting

  • Algae
  • Nitrifying bacteria
  • Earthworms
  • Fungus

  • 7. 
    Vermicompost is a/an

  • toxic material
  • organic biofertilizer
  • inorganic fertilizer
  • synthetic fertilizer

  • 8. 
    This can be the best worm for composting

  • pink worms
  • red wigglers
  • maggots
  • does not matter

  • 9. 
    In earthworms, typhlosome is a

  • excretory structure
  • a circulatory system structure
  • fold of intestine
  • defence mechanism

  • 10. 
    Which of the following nutrients is abundantly found in worm castings?

  • Phosphorus
  • Nitrogen
  • Calcium and other minerals
  • All of these
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