UPSC Prelims 2024 · Question 61 of 97
UPSC Prelims 2024 question on Cicada Froghopper Pond Skater
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2024
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectEnvironment and Ecology
- TopicSpecies
- DifficultyEasy
- TypeDirect
The organisms 'Cicada, Froghopper and Pond skater' are:
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Answer: C. Insects
Verdict
All three – Cicada, Froghopper and Pond skater – are insects → Option (c).
Analysis
Cicadas are members of the superfamily Cicadoidea and are physically distinguished by their stout bodies, broad heads, clear-membraned wings, and large compound eyes. They are insects.
The froghoppers, or the superfamily Cercopoidea, are a group of hemipteran insects in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha.
Pond skaters are predatory bugs/insects that mainly go around picking off dead and unfortunate animals that fall onto the water surface.
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