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

Paper 1 | Objectives

41 - 50 of 58 Questions

# Question Ans
41.

The following are examples of natural mating methods except

A. pen mating

B. flock mating

C. hand mating

D. block mating

D

42.

The milk collection vessel of the mammary gland is the

A. alveolus

B. gland cistern

C. teat

D. streak canal

B

43.

Fertile eggs will be produced by breeders if the

A. laying units are illuminated

B. cocks are always kept with the hens

C. hens are not allowed to brood

D. eggs collected are kept at the correct temperature

B

44.

The rabbit is able to utilize forage because

A. it has an enlarged caecum that digests fibre

B. the small intestine is rich in microbes

C. the mouth has large molars for grinding

D. the length of the gut is relatively short

A

45.

If feed efficiency for egg production is defined as feed consumed per 10 eggs, what will be the feed efficiency for a layer that laid 230 eggs and consumed 26kg feed?

A. 0.88

B. 1.13

C. 1.76

D. 2.23

B

46.

When birds are fed on a ratio deficient in riboflavin,which of the following symptoms will they show?

A. night blindness

B. cataract

C. curled-toe paralysis

D. scurvy

C

47.

Livestock are said to feed on the range when they eat

A. fresh herbage at the milking parlour

B. fresh herbage directly from the pasture

C. harvested herbage in a stall

D. preserved herbage in the form of silage

B

48.

Which of the following practices is not a method of improving rangeland?

A. rotational grazing

B. reseeding of depleted forage species

C. removal of weeds

D. use of inorganic fertilizers

C

49.

Liverfluke infestation causes disturbance in lipid digestion because it

A. blocks the passage of fat to intestine

B. blocks the bile duct and reduces secretion of bile

C. destroys the lipase enzyme

D. prevents fat excretion

B

50.

A farmer noticed that one of his cows has high fever, blood-stained diarrhoea and often grinds its teeth. This shows that the cow is infected by

A. rinderpest

B. anthrax

C. brucellosis

D. aspergilosis

A

41.

The following are examples of natural mating methods except

A. pen mating

B. flock mating

C. hand mating

D. block mating

D

42.

The milk collection vessel of the mammary gland is the

A. alveolus

B. gland cistern

C. teat

D. streak canal

B

43.

Fertile eggs will be produced by breeders if the

A. laying units are illuminated

B. cocks are always kept with the hens

C. hens are not allowed to brood

D. eggs collected are kept at the correct temperature

B

44.

The rabbit is able to utilize forage because

A. it has an enlarged caecum that digests fibre

B. the small intestine is rich in microbes

C. the mouth has large molars for grinding

D. the length of the gut is relatively short

A

45.

If feed efficiency for egg production is defined as feed consumed per 10 eggs, what will be the feed efficiency for a layer that laid 230 eggs and consumed 26kg feed?

A. 0.88

B. 1.13

C. 1.76

D. 2.23

B

46.

When birds are fed on a ratio deficient in riboflavin,which of the following symptoms will they show?

A. night blindness

B. cataract

C. curled-toe paralysis

D. scurvy

C

47.

Livestock are said to feed on the range when they eat

A. fresh herbage at the milking parlour

B. fresh herbage directly from the pasture

C. harvested herbage in a stall

D. preserved herbage in the form of silage

B

48.

Which of the following practices is not a method of improving rangeland?

A. rotational grazing

B. reseeding of depleted forage species

C. removal of weeds

D. use of inorganic fertilizers

C

49.

Liverfluke infestation causes disturbance in lipid digestion because it

A. blocks the passage of fat to intestine

B. blocks the bile duct and reduces secretion of bile

C. destroys the lipase enzyme

D. prevents fat excretion

B

50.

A farmer noticed that one of his cows has high fever, blood-stained diarrhoea and often grinds its teeth. This shows that the cow is infected by

A. rinderpest

B. anthrax

C. brucellosis

D. aspergilosis

A