WAEC - Agricultural Science (2001)
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Which of the following occupations is not associated with agriculture?
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Which of the following factors most influence the standard of living of individuals in a community?
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Subsistence farming is not characterized by
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The factors hindering the development of agriculture in West Africa include the following except
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Government agricultural regulation are made to control the following except the
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The primary role of government in agricultural development is to
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formulate good agricultural polocies
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Which of the following statement about land is not correct?
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Poaching is prohibited in dame reserves in order to
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In crop plants, high temperatures may cause
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premature dropping of fruits
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The physical factor affecting crop production is
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The most active agent of physical weathering of rocks in arid regions is
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The chemical weathering that is responsible for changing haematite to limestone is
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Liming is used to correct soil's
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A vertical section through the soil is referred to as soil
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In the determination of soil texture, a soil sample was found to be smooth and powdery when dry and formed a cast when wet. That soil is
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Which of the following mineral elements is essential for chlorophyll formation?
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Replenishing soil nutrients involves the following except
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Which of the following is not a source of farm power?
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Which of the following sources of farm power will assist in the tillage of more land per unit time?
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A farm tool used for harvesting heads of rice is the
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Which of the following gives the correct order of usage of tillage implements on a virgin land?
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Farm surveying can be defined as the
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making measurements on land from which maps are drawn
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Farm surveying equipment include the following except
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The type of survey used in determining the flatness or steepness of a farmland is
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Which of the following cereal crops most requires nursery practices?
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The maturity period of groundnut in months is
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Oil palm trees do well in soils with pH level of
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The optimum temperature for storing yam tuber under cold storage is
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Which of the following is not an agricultural significance of stems to crops?
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useful for cross-breeding in crops
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During the production of palm oil, the oil palm fruits are boiled in order to
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ease separation of mesocarp from the endocrap
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If the recommended seed rate of maize is 20 kg per hectare, calculate the amount of seeds required for 1.8 hectares of farmland.
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The main vertebrate pests of rice are
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Which of the following statements is true about the effect of nematode on plants?
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Which of the following statement is not true about weeds?
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In a tannery, the raw material for the manufacture of leather are
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The part of the digestive tract of birds which secrets gastric juice is the
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The hormone which is secreted by the testes and its responsible for stimulating male sexual characteristics is known as
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Production of chicks on a large scale can be achieved using a/an
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A broiler starter feed should contain
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high protein but low carbohydrate content
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In animal nutrition, iodine is essential for the production of
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The natural ability of the body of farm animal to resist invasion of diseases is called
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In cattle, constant coughing with production of blood stained sputum are signs of
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An example of a viral disease of farm animals is
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The part of the body normally affected by fowl pox disease is the
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The eradication of tse-tse flies can prevent
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A tapeworm absorbs food from its host through the
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A herbivorous fish specie which breeds fast and is suitable for culture in a pond is
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Which of the following is not true about adding organic manure to a fish pond? it
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reduces the pH of water considerably
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The type of labour available to peasant farmers is
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The factor of production whose reward is profit is
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The demand for agricultural produce is generally
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Given a normal situation, what effect will an increase in the supply of cowpea have on its market price? The price
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Which of the following is an effect of stability of market price in agricultural production?
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profit of the producer would be constant with input cost
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Rural farmers mostly obtain loans from
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Marketing processes do not include
