Year : 
2008
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 58 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

Which of the following benefits of agriculture is of least importance to the peasant farmer?

A. materials for shelter

B. employment

C. foreign exchange

D. income

C

2.

Farmers who plant improved maize would harvest

A. pest-infested maize grains

B. a high yield of maize

C. plants with long stalks

D. maize cobs with scattered grains

B

3.

Which of the following land tenure system allows the owner greatest freedom to dispose of the land as he wishes?

A. communal

B. free-hold

C. lease-hold

D. share-cropping

B

4.

Which of the following is not a government agricultural programme?

A. Operation Feed the Nation

B. Agricultural Development Projects

C. Farm Settliment Schemes

D. West Africa Rice Development

D

5.

The practice of planting one type of annual crop each season is referred to as

A. monoculture

B. continuous cropping

C. mono-cropping

D. horticulture

C

6.

The most important use of land for agriculture production is

A. grazing paddocks

B. botanical gardens

C. game reserves

D. farmstead construction

A

7.

Which of the following biotic factors are usually used to control cassava mealbugs?

A. parasites

B. predators

C. pests

D. pathogens

B

8.

The following are types of sedimentary rocks except

A. granites

B. loimestone

C. sandstone

D. dolomite

C

9.

A reddish coloured soil indicates the presence of

A. copper

B. sodium

C. iron

D. manganese

A

10.

The three most important physical factors that influence rock weathering are

A. colour,particle size and hardness of rock

B. particle size,hardness and degree of cementation

C. hardness,degrss of cementation and colour

D. particle size, temperature and colour

B

1.

Which of the following benefits of agriculture is of least importance to the peasant farmer?

A. materials for shelter

B. employment

C. foreign exchange

D. income

C

2.

Farmers who plant improved maize would harvest

A. pest-infested maize grains

B. a high yield of maize

C. plants with long stalks

D. maize cobs with scattered grains

B

3.

Which of the following land tenure system allows the owner greatest freedom to dispose of the land as he wishes?

A. communal

B. free-hold

C. lease-hold

D. share-cropping

B

4.

Which of the following is not a government agricultural programme?

A. Operation Feed the Nation

B. Agricultural Development Projects

C. Farm Settliment Schemes

D. West Africa Rice Development

D

5.

The practice of planting one type of annual crop each season is referred to as

A. monoculture

B. continuous cropping

C. mono-cropping

D. horticulture

C

6.

The most important use of land for agriculture production is

A. grazing paddocks

B. botanical gardens

C. game reserves

D. farmstead construction

A

7.

Which of the following biotic factors are usually used to control cassava mealbugs?

A. parasites

B. predators

C. pests

D. pathogens

B

8.

The following are types of sedimentary rocks except

A. granites

B. loimestone

C. sandstone

D. dolomite

C

9.

A reddish coloured soil indicates the presence of

A. copper

B. sodium

C. iron

D. manganese

A

10.

The three most important physical factors that influence rock weathering are

A. colour,particle size and hardness of rock

B. particle size,hardness and degree of cementation

C. hardness,degrss of cementation and colour

D. particle size, temperature and colour

B