Year : 
1988
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

41 - 50 of 60 Questions

# Question Ans
41.

Crops grown primarily for feeding animals are known as

A. vegetables

B. cereal

C. forage

D. legumes

E. shrubs

C

42.

Which of the following feeding stuff should be increased in the diet of laying birds?

A. palm kernel meal

B. bone meal

C. groundnut cake

D. vitamin supplement

E. wheat offal

B

43.

The following livestock diseases are caused by viruses expect

A. anthrax

B. foot and mouth dieases

C. rinderpest

D. nhewcastle diseases

E. fowl pox

A

44.

Fingerlings refer to the young of

A. rabbit

B. guinea pig

C. fish

D. turkey

E. duck

C

45.

The practice of progeny selection involves selecting bread stock on the basis of the

A. performance of offspring

B. parental characteristics

C. sire-dam relationship

D. individual merits of each animal

E. characteristics of adult and young animals

A

46.

The most important symptom of brucellosis in cattle is

A. abortion

B. swollen testes

C. lamencess

D. swollen joints

E. retained placenta

A

47.

Which of the following is not a sign of heat in animals?

A. mounting of other animals

B. mucous discharge from the vulva

C. restlessness

D. grunting sound

E. mucous discharge from the rectum

E

48.

Which of the following practices would a farmer not likely adopt in pig management?

A. ear notching

B. deworming

C. castration

D. feeding iron supplement

E. dehorning

E

49.

Feeds with high amount of fibre are classified as

A. concentrates

B. roughages

C. hay

D. silage

E. soilage

B

50.

In birds, loss of appetite, respiratory difficulties and nervous paralysis are symptoms of

A. coccidiosis

B. fowl pox

C. newcastle diseases

D. fowl typhoid

E. fowl cholera

C

41.

Crops grown primarily for feeding animals are known as

A. vegetables

B. cereal

C. forage

D. legumes

E. shrubs

C

42.

Which of the following feeding stuff should be increased in the diet of laying birds?

A. palm kernel meal

B. bone meal

C. groundnut cake

D. vitamin supplement

E. wheat offal

B

43.

The following livestock diseases are caused by viruses expect

A. anthrax

B. foot and mouth dieases

C. rinderpest

D. nhewcastle diseases

E. fowl pox

A

44.

Fingerlings refer to the young of

A. rabbit

B. guinea pig

C. fish

D. turkey

E. duck

C

45.

The practice of progeny selection involves selecting bread stock on the basis of the

A. performance of offspring

B. parental characteristics

C. sire-dam relationship

D. individual merits of each animal

E. characteristics of adult and young animals

A

46.

The most important symptom of brucellosis in cattle is

A. abortion

B. swollen testes

C. lamencess

D. swollen joints

E. retained placenta

A

47.

Which of the following is not a sign of heat in animals?

A. mounting of other animals

B. mucous discharge from the vulva

C. restlessness

D. grunting sound

E. mucous discharge from the rectum

E

48.

Which of the following practices would a farmer not likely adopt in pig management?

A. ear notching

B. deworming

C. castration

D. feeding iron supplement

E. dehorning

E

49.

Feeds with high amount of fibre are classified as

A. concentrates

B. roughages

C. hay

D. silage

E. soilage

B

50.

In birds, loss of appetite, respiratory difficulties and nervous paralysis are symptoms of

A. coccidiosis

B. fowl pox

C. newcastle diseases

D. fowl typhoid

E. fowl cholera

C