Pest and Vector Control Measures
- Previous year questions on Pest and Vector Control Measures for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Community Medicine section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 19 live questions in Pest and Vector Control Measures.
- Community Medicine is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.Non deliberate cultural practice with anti mosquito effect is
- AUse of mosquito repellents
- BUse of bed nets
- CUse of alkaline detergent for washing clothes✓ Correct answer
- DUse of larvicides
Q2.Extremely hazardous insecticide according to WHO classification, are coded as:
- ARed✓ Correct answer
- BGreen
- CYellow
- DBlue
Q3.Highly toxic insecticide, according to WHO classification, are coded as:
- ARed
- BGreen
- CYellow✓ Correct answer
- DBlue
Q4.Not a contact poison:
- APyrethrum
- BParis green✓ Correct answer
- CRotenone
- DEucalyptus oil
Q5.Which of the following is an anti-adult mosquito insecticide?
- AParis green
- BMineral oil
- CFenthion
- DDDT✓ Correct answer
Q6.Most efficient antilarval measure to prevent urban malaria is
- AClean drainage and sewerage systems
- BCover overhead tanks properly✓ Correct answer
- CFilling cesspools and ditches
- DCover pits
Q7.Percentage of para–para isomer in it DDT is –
- A20–30%
- B40–50%
- C60–70%
- D70–80%✓ Correct answer
Q8.Under Insecticide Treated Bed Nets Programme, insecticide used is -
- ADeltamethrin✓ Correct answer
- BMalathion
- CLindone
- DFenitrothion
Q9.All of the following methods are antilarval measures except -
- AIntermittent irrigation
- BParis green
- CGambusia affinis
- DMalathion✓ Correct answer
Q10.All the following are fishes used in biological control of vectors except
- AGambusia
- BPoccilla
- CAplochelius
- DCoelomomyces✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: C. Use of alkaline detergent for washing clothes; Q2: A. Red; Q3: C. Yellow; Q4: B. Paris green; Q5: D. DDT; Q6: B. Cover overhead tanks properly; Q7: D. 70–80%; Q8: A. Deltamethrin; Q9: D. Malathion; Q10: D. Coelomomyces.
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