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Agriculture · Q50

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 50

Q50

Pest which occurs regularly and in serious manner is known as

A.
Epidemic
Answer
B.
Pandemic
C.
Endemic
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Pest which occurs regularly and in serious manner is known as Epidemic.
An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given population within a short period.
By the early 17th century, the terms endemic and epidemic referred to contrasting conditions of population-level disease, with the endemic condition at low rates of occurrence and the epidemic condition widespread.