WAEC - Agricultural Science (2015)

  • 1
    Which of the animal product is used in the production of buttons?
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    (C)
    Bone
  • 2
    Subsistance farme rs mostly practice
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    (C)
    Mixed cropping
  • 3
    A piece of land is said to be on lease to a farmer when it is
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    (C)
    Rented for a period
  • 4
    Which of the following equipment is a fame implement?
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    (C)
    Mower
  • 5
    A peridic maintenance activity carried out on through farm tractor is
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    (C)
    Changing of engine oil
  • 6
    Which of the following sources of farm power is most verstile in West Africa?
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    (B)
    Animal
  • 7
    Which of the following sources of farm power is most verstile in West Africa?
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    (B)
    Animal
  • 8
    Farm mechanization does not
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    (C)
    Promote employment
  • 9
    Farm surveying equipment include the following except
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    (D)
    Spade
  • 10
    The sustem in which a farmer uses a piece of land for a period and abandons it for another land is called
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    (C)
    Shifting cultivation
  • 11
    A socio-cultural factor affecting land availability for agriculture include use of land for
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    (D)
    Building religious houses
  • 12
    Organisms which may be benefical to crop include
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    (B)
    Bacteria
  • 13
    Which of the following rocks is sedimantary?
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    (A)
    Limestone
  • 14
    Soil profile important in agriculture because it
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    (C)
    Gives indication of types of cropsto grow
  • 15
    What is the percentage water content of soil sample which weighed 180g when fresh and 120g when oven-dried
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    (C)
    33.33%
  • 16
    A soil sample with a pHof 4.5 is said to be
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    (A)
    Acidic
  • 17
    The propety of soil which cannot easily be change by a famer is the
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    (C)
    Texture
  • 18
    A farmer continuously applies sulphate of ammonia to his faemland for many years, the resulatant soil solution is most likely to
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    (B)
    Change blue litmus paper to re
  • 19
    Application of water to the subsoil through perforated pipes is known as
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    (D)
    Overhead irrigation
  • 20
    Which of the following statements describe the impact of land degradation?
    I. Increased availablity of fuel wood
    II. Reduction in livestock production
    III. Decrease in agricultural productivity
    IV. Pollution of water bodies
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    (A)
    I,II and III only
  • 21
    Tabacco belongs to the group of crops called
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    (C)
    Stimulants
  • 22
    Maize is a popular crop in West Africa because it
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    (B)
    Has multiple uses
  • 23
    If the spacing of maize is 0.9m by 0.3m and one seed is sown per stand, what will be the popullation of maize plants on a hectare of farmland?
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    (D)
    27,000
  • 24
    The following crops require shade trees at the seeding statge except
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    (D)
    Oryza sativa
  • 25
    Crop which are primarily grown to provide food for farm animals are
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    (C)
    Forages
  • 26
    Crop selection is adantageous because
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    (A)
    Seeds are collected from stands with desirable traits
  • 27
    A fungus known as phytophthora palmivora is responsible for
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    (C)
    Blackpd disease of cocoa
  • 28
    Viral disease of crops can best be controlled through
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    (B)
    Planting reistant varieties
  • 29
    Piercing and sucking insect pests possess
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    (D)
    Probosces
  • 30
    Callosobruchus maculatus is a common pest of
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    (D)
    Cowpea
  • 31
    The use of pathogens to control dodder weeds is a
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    (C)
    Biological method
  • 32
    The digestive function of the rumen in ruminant nutrition is enchanced by the
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    (B)
    Presence of micro -organisms
  • 33
    The duration of the oestrus cycle of sow is
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    (A)
    14 - 28 days
  • 34
    Natural immunity to diseases in calves is acquired through maccess to
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    (B)
    Colostrum
  • 35
    If a sow conceived on the 5th of june in particular year, it will probably farrow the same year on
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    (D)
    28th October
  • 36
    The act of parturtion in rabbit is known as
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    (D)
    Kindling
  • 37
    The act of parturtion in rabbit is known as
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    (D)
    Kindling
  • 38
    The act of parturtion in rabbit is known as
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    (D)
    Kindling
  • 39
    The act of parturtion in rabbit is known as
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    (D)
    Kindling
  • 40
    The act of parturtion in rabbit is known as
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    (D)
    Kindling
  • 41
    The extra oyster shell meal supplied to breedinghens\
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    (C)
    Aids in hardening egg shell
  • 42
    Iron is important in the diest of livestock for
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    (D)
    Blood production
  • 43
    Established pasture cannot be harvested by
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    (D)
    Cutting with sickle
  • 44
    The mating of a white fulani bull and an N'dama cow could be termed
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    (D)
    Cross breeding
  • 45
    Which of the following organisms is not an endoparasite?
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    (C)
    Tick
  • 46
    Which of the following compounds can be used to seal soil pores and prevent loss of water in a fish pond?
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    (C)
    Calcium carbonate
  • 47
    The demand for cassava is not affected by
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    (A)
    Cost of production
  • 48
    A farmer obtained a of #250,000 at a simple interest rate of 8% per annum to be paid in two years what would be the interest the farmer will pay on the loan?
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    (B)
    #40,000
  • 49
    Which of the following methods is inapropriate when introducing a new variety of rice farmers?
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    (B)
    Circular letters
  • 50
    The term fingerling refers to a young
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    (B)
    Fish
  • 51
    The term fingerling refers to a young
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    (B)
    Fish
  • 52
    The term fingerling refers to a young
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    (B)
    Fish
  • 53
    The effect of fertilizing a fish pond with compost manure on phytoplankton population and fish yield is such that
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    (D)
    Phytoplankton population increases as a fish yield increases
  • 54
    Which of the following developments could result from defoiratation?
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    (A)
    Increase in soil erosion
  • 55
    Sexual propagation involves the use of
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    (B)
    Seeds