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WAEC - Agricultural Science (2003)

1
Agriculture helps to solve all the following problems except
Answer
(C)
high population growth rate
2
Wastage of perishable farm produce is likely due to the following problems except
Answer
(D)
inadequate water supply in rural areas
3
Plant quarantine was introduced to
Answer
(A)
control incoming diseases and pests
4
Which of the following is an advantage of communal land tenure system?
Answer
(B)
each member of the community can own land
5
An advantage of individual system of land ownership is that
Answer
(C)
it encourages long term planning
6
The role of government in promoting agricultural development includes the following except
Answer
(D)
breeding of plant and animals
7
Which of the following is not a function of forestry?
Answer
(B)
establishment of pasture
8
The factors involved in the formation of metamorphic rocks are
Answer
(A)
heat and pressure
9
Which of the following is not a factor of soil formation?
Answer
(B)
land conservation
10
The rate of soil erosion is not affected by
Answer
(B)
leaching
11
Which of the following soil properties cannot be easily altered?
Answer
(B)
consistency
12
A soil with low pH value can be improved by the addition of
Answer
(B)
calcium carbonate
13
What is the percentage water content of a soil sample which weighed 180g when fresh and 120g when oven dried?
Answer
(D)
33.3%
14
Nitrogen may be lost from the soil through the following processes except
Answer
(D)
irrigation
15
Nitrogen deficiency in plants can lead to the following except
Answer
(B)
excessive growth
16
Which of the following is not a principal of crop rotation?
Answer
(B)
a period of fallow must be provided in the cours of the rotation
17
The most efficient irrigation method on large scale farms involve the use of
Answer
(A)
overhead irrigation facilities
18
The farm machinery that does not have the heat engine is
Answer
(D)
combin drill
19
What is the main use of a gunter's cabin?
Answer
(A)
taking measurement of distance
20
The main reason why the disc plough is preferred over the mouldboard plough for use in heavy soils is that
Answer
(A)
the scraper removes any adhering mud
21
Which of the following parts is common to both the disc and mouldboard plough?
Answer
(D)
beam
22
Which of the following farm implements is not hand operated?
Answer
(B)
ridgers
23
Primary tillage equipment performs the following functions except
Answer
(C)
preparing ridges for planting
24
Which of the following is a method of conducting a simple farm layout survey?
Answer
(C)
3:4:5
25
Which of the following activities does not clearly describe the art of mechanization?
Answer
(B)
clearing land with a cutlass
26
An example of grain legume is
Answer
(A)
pigeon
27
Cassava is mainly propagated by
Answer
(D)
cuttings
28
Which of the following groups of crops requires a nursery?
Answer
(B)
oil palm,cocoa and tomato
29
To which of the following crops does the term 'ginning' apply?
Answer
(D)
cotton
30
The scientific name for guinea grass is
Answer
(A)
panicum maximum
31
The national terr-planting campaign is aimed at stimulating
Answer
(A)
wildlife conservation
32
The most common grazing system in West Africa is
Answer
(B)
rotational grazing
33
Smut disease of cereals is caused by a
Answer
(B)
fungus
34
Moths,aphids and mealy bugs cause damage to crops by their
Answer
(A)
piercing and sucking activities
35
The variety if maize which is less susceptible to weevil attack is
Answer
(B)
flint maize
36
Weevils can be controlled by
Answer
(B)
storing dry grain in air-tight containers
37
The most common weed of pasture in West Africa is
Answer
(B)
tridax procumbens
38
Improvement of yam through breeding is difficult because
Answer
(A)
it possesses no sexual reproductive system
39
Animal which chew the cud are
Answer
(C)
ruminants
40
Birds temporarily store their food in the
Answer
(A)
crop
41
Spermatozoa are produced in the
Answer
(B)
testicles
42
Which of the following is not a sign of heat in farm animals?
Answer
(C)
udder enlargement
43
The cat of giving birth in farm animals is called
Answer
(C)
parturtion
44
Which of the following factors usually affects the colour of egg yolk?
Answer
(C)
type of feed
45
Sexing in animal production is the process of
Answer
(D)
separating the male from the female
46
Management practices in a piggery include the following except
Answer
(D)
weekly vaccination of pigs
47
The process of stopping a young animal from milk and placing it under hand feeding is
Answer
(C)
weaning
48
Artificial colostrum can be prepared from mixing all the following materials except
Answer
(A)
groundnut oil
49
Which of the following classes of nutrients is used mainly for energy production in farm animals?
Answer
(A)
carbohydrates
50
Newcastle disease attacks
Answer
(C)
poultry
51
Coccidiosis can be treated with
Answer
(A)
sulphamethazine
52
Fish products include the following except
Answer
(B)
fish silage
53
The resulting calf from crossing white fulani with a muturu cow is a
Answer
(B)
keteku
54
The major advantage of inbreeding in animals is that it
Answer
(C)
eliminates undesirable traits
55
Farm records are important for the following reasons except
Answer
(C)
assessing the quality of farm produce