A farm surveying equipment made of steel and used for measuring short distance is called

A. prismatic compass

B. measuring tape

C. gunter's chain

D. theodolite

Which of the following statement about farmstead planning is false?

A. administartive blocks should not be located close to the entrance of the farmstead

B. waste disposal unit should be located far away from the main farm area

C. all buildings should be well ventilated with good lightings

D. animal pens should not be located too close to the worker's house

The term supplying in crop production means

A. pruning excess branches of crops

B. spacing out crops during planting

C. replacing ungerminated seeds on seedbeds

D. adding enough fertilizer to the crop

During photosynthesis, green plants convert carbon dioxide to

A. chlorophyll

B. carbohydrate

C. protein

D. carbonic acid

Perboiling in the processing of rice

A. improves its digestibility

B. increaese grain mass

C. reduces the percentage of breakage

D. facilitates the polishing of rice

The main reason for removing the barks of cassava tubers before processing the tuber is to

A. reduce the water content

B. improve the protein content of products

C. improve the shelf life of products

D. reduce the cyanide content of products

Tomato plants are staked for the following reasons except to

A. produce clean fruits

B. reduce pest damage to fruits

C. increase the yield

D. improve the taste

A vegetatively propagated citrus plant will produce fruits earlier than the one established from seeds because

A. it would not suffer from gummosis disease

B. insect pests do not attack it

C. it is more advanced at the time of establishment

D. the flowers are wind pollinated

Swollen shoot disease of cocoa is caused by

A. virus

B. fungus

C. bacteria

D. nematode

Groundnut grows best on a

A. well-drained,light sandy-loam soil

B. well-drained,clayey friable soil

C. swampy,sandy-clay soil

D. well-drained,clayey-loam soil