Year : 
2009
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 60 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Which of the following equipment is not used in farm surveying?

A. Gunter's chain

B. measuring tape

C. ranging pole

D. pick axe

D

22.

Farm surveying is important because it determines

A. soil fertility

B. size of farmland

C. yield of crops

D. types of implement to use

B

23.

Bush fallowing is necessitated by

A. population increase

B. reduction in soil fertility

C. cost consideration

D. rural-urban migration

B

24.

A well fermented and dried coffee seed is said to be

A. parched

B. graded

C. winnowed

D. threshed

B

25.

A bag of fertilizer had a ratio of 0:10:0 written on it. This means that the fertilizer contains

A. 0 kg of nitrogen, 10 kg of potash and 0 kg of phosphate

B. 0 kg of phosphate, 10 kg of nitrogen and 0 kg of potash

C. 0 kg of nitrogen, 10 kg of phosphate and 0 kg of potash

D. 0 kg of potash, 10 kg of phosphate and 0 kg of nitrogen

C

26.

In crop rotation, deep-rooted crops should follow shallow-rooted crops because deep-rooted crops

A. are resistant to diseases

B. are early-maturing

C. feed from different soil layers

D. attract different kinds of pests

C

27.

If a crop is planted at a spacing of 100cm x 50cm. Calculate the plant population required for an hectare of farm land.

A. 200

B. 2,000

C. 5,000

D. 20,000

D

28.

The term hermetic storage of grains means keeping grains in

A. air-tight containers

B. jute bags

C. silos

D. rhumbus

A

29.

A disadvantage of vegetatively propagated crops is that they

A. do not mature on time

B. are less resistant to diseases

C. do not withstand harsh conditions

D. lodge very readily

C

30.

Which of the following statements about mulches is true? They

A. include paper and plolythene sheets

B. encourage weed growth

C. facilitates hardpan formation

D. decrease soil biotic population

A

21.

Which of the following equipment is not used in farm surveying?

A. Gunter's chain

B. measuring tape

C. ranging pole

D. pick axe

D

22.

Farm surveying is important because it determines

A. soil fertility

B. size of farmland

C. yield of crops

D. types of implement to use

B

23.

Bush fallowing is necessitated by

A. population increase

B. reduction in soil fertility

C. cost consideration

D. rural-urban migration

B

24.

A well fermented and dried coffee seed is said to be

A. parched

B. graded

C. winnowed

D. threshed

B

25.

A bag of fertilizer had a ratio of 0:10:0 written on it. This means that the fertilizer contains

A. 0 kg of nitrogen, 10 kg of potash and 0 kg of phosphate

B. 0 kg of phosphate, 10 kg of nitrogen and 0 kg of potash

C. 0 kg of nitrogen, 10 kg of phosphate and 0 kg of potash

D. 0 kg of potash, 10 kg of phosphate and 0 kg of nitrogen

C

26.

In crop rotation, deep-rooted crops should follow shallow-rooted crops because deep-rooted crops

A. are resistant to diseases

B. are early-maturing

C. feed from different soil layers

D. attract different kinds of pests

C

27.

If a crop is planted at a spacing of 100cm x 50cm. Calculate the plant population required for an hectare of farm land.

A. 200

B. 2,000

C. 5,000

D. 20,000

D

28.

The term hermetic storage of grains means keeping grains in

A. air-tight containers

B. jute bags

C. silos

D. rhumbus

A

29.

A disadvantage of vegetatively propagated crops is that they

A. do not mature on time

B. are less resistant to diseases

C. do not withstand harsh conditions

D. lodge very readily

C

30.

Which of the following statements about mulches is true? They

A. include paper and plolythene sheets

B. encourage weed growth

C. facilitates hardpan formation

D. decrease soil biotic population

A