Year : 
2000
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

41 - 50 of 57 Questions

# Question Ans
41.

Methods of rangeland improvement which ensure continuous herbage growth during the dry season are

A. re-seeding and pest control

B. controlled stocking and disease control

C. rotational grazing and weed control

D. fertilizer application and irrigation

D

42.

Which of the following is not an objective of pasture management? To obtain

A. the lowest possible dry matter yield of pasture

B. the most palatable mixture of pasture crops

C. high leaf-stem ratio

D. the best possible nutritive value of pasture

A

43.

The intermediate host of liverfluke is

A. fish

B. snail

C. tick

D. man

B

44.

Which of the following parasites of livestock is an hermaphrodite?

A. tse-tse fly

B. flea

C. tick

D. liverfluke

D

45.

A disease that causes abortion in cattle at the later stage of pregnancy is

A. milk fever

B. pneumonia

C. brucallosis

D. foot and mouth disease

C

46.

The deficiency symptom peculiar to vitamin B in livestock is

A. night blindness

B. sterility

C. loss of appetite and weight

D. delay in blood clotting

C

47.

Detailed survey for the site of a fish pond is necessary for the following except

A. location and depth of the spillway

B. determination of the depth of the pond

C. site inspection

D. height of the dam

D

48.

Which of the following materials is not allowed in the harvesting of fish?

A. nets

B. baskets

C. traps

D. chemicals

D

49.

The types of ponds in a fresh water fish should include the following except

A. nursery pond

B. breeding pond

C. production pond

D. storage pond

D

50.

Which of the following are the cheapest methods of preserving fish?

A. salting and sun drying

B. freezing and chilling

C. salting and canning

D. smoking and canning

A

41.

Methods of rangeland improvement which ensure continuous herbage growth during the dry season are

A. re-seeding and pest control

B. controlled stocking and disease control

C. rotational grazing and weed control

D. fertilizer application and irrigation

D

42.

Which of the following is not an objective of pasture management? To obtain

A. the lowest possible dry matter yield of pasture

B. the most palatable mixture of pasture crops

C. high leaf-stem ratio

D. the best possible nutritive value of pasture

A

43.

The intermediate host of liverfluke is

A. fish

B. snail

C. tick

D. man

B

44.

Which of the following parasites of livestock is an hermaphrodite?

A. tse-tse fly

B. flea

C. tick

D. liverfluke

D

45.

A disease that causes abortion in cattle at the later stage of pregnancy is

A. milk fever

B. pneumonia

C. brucallosis

D. foot and mouth disease

C

46.

The deficiency symptom peculiar to vitamin B in livestock is

A. night blindness

B. sterility

C. loss of appetite and weight

D. delay in blood clotting

C

47.

Detailed survey for the site of a fish pond is necessary for the following except

A. location and depth of the spillway

B. determination of the depth of the pond

C. site inspection

D. height of the dam

D

48.

Which of the following materials is not allowed in the harvesting of fish?

A. nets

B. baskets

C. traps

D. chemicals

D

49.

The types of ponds in a fresh water fish should include the following except

A. nursery pond

B. breeding pond

C. production pond

D. storage pond

D

50.

Which of the following are the cheapest methods of preserving fish?

A. salting and sun drying

B. freezing and chilling

C. salting and canning

D. smoking and canning

A