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

Paper 1 | Objectives

51 - 60 of 60 Questions

# Question Ans
51.

Poultry showing difficulty in breathing and loss of appetite are under the attack of

A. coccidiosis

B. aspergillosis

C. foot and mouth disease

D. brucellosis

B

52.

The major cause of spoilage in fresh fish is

A. high humidity

B. gungal attack

C. low moisture content

D. bacterial attack

D

53.

Which of the following statement about a good fish pond is true?

A. it must have loa ph

B. the water must be turbid

C. it must have low concentration of dissolved salts

D. the level of dissolved oxygen must be low

C

54.

The mechanical introduction of semen into the vagina of a female animal is termed

A. back-crossing

B. pen mating

C. artificial insemination

D. inbreeding

C

55.

The most important input contributed by farm family is

A. money

B. implements

C. labour

D. fertilizer

C

56.

Demand is said to be elastic when a percentage change in price

A. results in an infinite change in demand

B. results in an increase in quantity demanded

C. results in an exact change in demand

D. is less than one

B

57.

The law of diminishing returns helps in

A. determining the proportion of production factors to combine

B. determining the qualities of fixed resources to use in production

C. indicating economic wages to pay farm workers

D. indicating the quantity of fixed factors to employ

B

58.

How would an individual proposing to start a farm obtain estimates of yield, prices and cost needed in preparing a budget?

A. from his past experience

B. by trial and error

C. from agricultural officers or local farmers

D. from books written about overseas farms

C

59.

Farm gate price is the price at which

A. produce are sold to the government

B. produce are sold in the market

C. producers sell to the middlemen

D. marketing boards sell to the consumers

C

60.

The method of disseminating new farming techniques to farmers include the following except

A. result demonstration

B. use of radio

C. use of television

D. organising symposia

A

51.

Poultry showing difficulty in breathing and loss of appetite are under the attack of

A. coccidiosis

B. aspergillosis

C. foot and mouth disease

D. brucellosis

B

52.

The major cause of spoilage in fresh fish is

A. high humidity

B. gungal attack

C. low moisture content

D. bacterial attack

D

53.

Which of the following statement about a good fish pond is true?

A. it must have loa ph

B. the water must be turbid

C. it must have low concentration of dissolved salts

D. the level of dissolved oxygen must be low

C

54.

The mechanical introduction of semen into the vagina of a female animal is termed

A. back-crossing

B. pen mating

C. artificial insemination

D. inbreeding

C

55.

The most important input contributed by farm family is

A. money

B. implements

C. labour

D. fertilizer

C

56.

Demand is said to be elastic when a percentage change in price

A. results in an infinite change in demand

B. results in an increase in quantity demanded

C. results in an exact change in demand

D. is less than one

B

57.

The law of diminishing returns helps in

A. determining the proportion of production factors to combine

B. determining the qualities of fixed resources to use in production

C. indicating economic wages to pay farm workers

D. indicating the quantity of fixed factors to employ

B

58.

How would an individual proposing to start a farm obtain estimates of yield, prices and cost needed in preparing a budget?

A. from his past experience

B. by trial and error

C. from agricultural officers or local farmers

D. from books written about overseas farms

C

59.

Farm gate price is the price at which

A. produce are sold to the government

B. produce are sold in the market

C. producers sell to the middlemen

D. marketing boards sell to the consumers

C

60.

The method of disseminating new farming techniques to farmers include the following except

A. result demonstration

B. use of radio

C. use of television

D. organising symposia

A