Year : 
1998
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 53 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Which of the following crops is propagated by suckers?

A. pineapple

B. citrus

C. tobacco

D. mango

E. carrot

A

22.

Which of the following is obtained from rubber tree?

A. fibre

B. latex

C. sisal

D. silk

E. gum

B

23.

If cassava is planted at a spacing of 1m x 1m, what will be the plant population on 1 hectare of land?

A. 10,000

B. 5,000

C. 1,000

D. 500

E. 100

A

24.

What is the main difference between forage and fodder crops? Forage crops are

A. fresh while fodder crops are dry

B. grasses and legumes while fodder crops are legumes only

C. preserved forms of grasses and legumes

D. more nutritious than fodder crops

E. grazed while the fodder crops are fed

C

25.

Which of the following pasture grasses can be propagated mainly by roots and seeds?

A. spear grass

B. gaint star grass

C. bahama grass

D. gamba grass

E. guinea grass

E

26.

A stoloniferous grass which spreads rapidly and forms a good ground cover is

A. andropogon gayanus

B. andropogon tectorum

C. cynodon plectostachyus

D. panicum maximum

E. pennisetum purpureum

C

27.

The act of clearing forests is termed

A. regeneration

B. afforestation

C. deforestation

D. silviculture

E. forest management

C

28.

A major raw material of the paper industry is

A. pulp

B. gum

C. latex

D. bark

E. dye

A

29.

The system of growing arable crops at the early stage of forest establishment is referred to as

A. selective exploitation

B. regeneration

C. afforestation

D. taungya system

E. forest regulation

D

30.

The physiological changes that show up during disease attack on crop plants are referred to as

A. signs

B. symptoms

C. necrosis

D. deformations

E. abnoemalities

B

21.

Which of the following crops is propagated by suckers?

A. pineapple

B. citrus

C. tobacco

D. mango

E. carrot

A

22.

Which of the following is obtained from rubber tree?

A. fibre

B. latex

C. sisal

D. silk

E. gum

B

23.

If cassava is planted at a spacing of 1m x 1m, what will be the plant population on 1 hectare of land?

A. 10,000

B. 5,000

C. 1,000

D. 500

E. 100

A

24.

What is the main difference between forage and fodder crops? Forage crops are

A. fresh while fodder crops are dry

B. grasses and legumes while fodder crops are legumes only

C. preserved forms of grasses and legumes

D. more nutritious than fodder crops

E. grazed while the fodder crops are fed

C

25.

Which of the following pasture grasses can be propagated mainly by roots and seeds?

A. spear grass

B. gaint star grass

C. bahama grass

D. gamba grass

E. guinea grass

E

26.

A stoloniferous grass which spreads rapidly and forms a good ground cover is

A. andropogon gayanus

B. andropogon tectorum

C. cynodon plectostachyus

D. panicum maximum

E. pennisetum purpureum

C

27.

The act of clearing forests is termed

A. regeneration

B. afforestation

C. deforestation

D. silviculture

E. forest management

C

28.

A major raw material of the paper industry is

A. pulp

B. gum

C. latex

D. bark

E. dye

A

29.

The system of growing arable crops at the early stage of forest establishment is referred to as

A. selective exploitation

B. regeneration

C. afforestation

D. taungya system

E. forest regulation

D

30.

The physiological changes that show up during disease attack on crop plants are referred to as

A. signs

B. symptoms

C. necrosis

D. deformations

E. abnoemalities

B