Year : 
1991
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 52 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

The objective of crops improvement programmes is to produce the following except

A. crop types with improved taste and processing

B. disease-resistance crops

C. high-yielding crops

D. crops adapted to adverse enviromental conditions

E. crops resistant to all pests

E

22.

The bacterial blight of cotton is also known as

A. black arm

B. leaf spot

C. damping off

D. twister

E. leaf rust

A

23.

Staking is very essential in the cultivation of

A. tomato and pepper

B. cassava and cowpea

C. cowpea and spinach

D. tomato and yam

E. spinach and pepper

D

24.

Vetok 85 is used to control

A. rodents

B. birds

C. stem borers

D. reptiles

E. nematodes

C

25.

What symptom can be used to identify maize rust?

A. yellow colouration of the leaves

B. raised brown spots on the leaves

C. infected leaves showing stripes of yellow and green

D. drying up to the leaves

E. shedding of leaves

B

26.

I.Pale leaves
II. Shrunken new leaves
III. Water-soaked bark which peels off
IV. Gum-like exudation from the cracks on the bark.
Which of the following diseases of citrus has the symptoms listed above?

A. die-bark

B. gum-mosis

C. blight

D. tristeza

E. citrus scab

B

27.

Which of the following is not a breed of cattle?

A. ndama

B. sokoto gudali

C. white fulani

D. sokoto red

E. muturu

D

28.

Which of the following may cause disease in a fish pond?

A. mixed stocking

B. liming

C. poor management practices

D. harvesting

E. fertilization

C

29.

Which of the following may cause disease in a fish pond?

A. mixed stocking

B. liming

C. poor management practices

D. harvesting

E. fertilization

C

30.

The act of parturition in rabbits is called

A. kindling

B. kidding

C. farrowing

D. lambing

E. calving

A

21.

The objective of crops improvement programmes is to produce the following except

A. crop types with improved taste and processing

B. disease-resistance crops

C. high-yielding crops

D. crops adapted to adverse enviromental conditions

E. crops resistant to all pests

E

22.

The bacterial blight of cotton is also known as

A. black arm

B. leaf spot

C. damping off

D. twister

E. leaf rust

A

23.

Staking is very essential in the cultivation of

A. tomato and pepper

B. cassava and cowpea

C. cowpea and spinach

D. tomato and yam

E. spinach and pepper

D

24.

Vetok 85 is used to control

A. rodents

B. birds

C. stem borers

D. reptiles

E. nematodes

C

25.

What symptom can be used to identify maize rust?

A. yellow colouration of the leaves

B. raised brown spots on the leaves

C. infected leaves showing stripes of yellow and green

D. drying up to the leaves

E. shedding of leaves

B

26.

I.Pale leaves
II. Shrunken new leaves
III. Water-soaked bark which peels off
IV. Gum-like exudation from the cracks on the bark.
Which of the following diseases of citrus has the symptoms listed above?

A. die-bark

B. gum-mosis

C. blight

D. tristeza

E. citrus scab

B

27.

Which of the following is not a breed of cattle?

A. ndama

B. sokoto gudali

C. white fulani

D. sokoto red

E. muturu

D

28.

Which of the following may cause disease in a fish pond?

A. mixed stocking

B. liming

C. poor management practices

D. harvesting

E. fertilization

C

29.

Which of the following may cause disease in a fish pond?

A. mixed stocking

B. liming

C. poor management practices

D. harvesting

E. fertilization

C

30.

The act of parturition in rabbits is called

A. kindling

B. kidding

C. farrowing

D. lambing

E. calving

A