Year : 
2014
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

The following plants are forage grasses except

A. Pennisetun purpureum

B. Panicum maximum

C. Axonopus compressus

D. Calopogonium mucunoides

D

22.

Which of the following statements about budding is not true? The resulting crops

A. can withstand adverse climatic conditions

B. flower and bear fruit early

C. develop broader leaves for photosynthesis

D. are more disease resistant

A

23.

A farm produce which does not require fermentation during processing is

A. cocoa beans

B. coffee beans

C. cassava tubers

D. rice grains

D

24.

The offspring which will result from a cross between heterozygous and homozygous dominant plants will be

A. 100% heterozygous

B. 70% heterozygous

C. 50%heterozygous

D. 20%heterozygous

C

25.

Calculate the amount of maize seeds required by a farmer to cultivate 5 hectares of farmland at the recommended seed rate of 25kg/hectare

A. 50kg

B. 75kg

C. 100kg

D. 125kg

D

26.

Causal organismss of diseases in crop production do not include

A. viruses

B. bacteria

C. fungi

D. protozoa

D

27.

An example of fungal disease of stored grain is

A. mould

B. streak

C. mosaic

D. damping off

A

28.

Cultural control of crop diseases involves the following practices except

A. practising crop rotation

B. planting disease resistant varieties

C. using insecticides

D. fallowing of farmland

C

29.

Weeds which produce large hollow seeds would most likely be dispersed by

A. wind

B. water

C. insect

D. explosion

A

30.

Control of maize stem borer is most effective when

A. affected crops are uprooted and burnt

B. rodenticides are applied

C. nematicides are applied

D. ferilizers are applied before planting

A

21.

The following plants are forage grasses except

A. Pennisetun purpureum

B. Panicum maximum

C. Axonopus compressus

D. Calopogonium mucunoides

D

22.

Which of the following statements about budding is not true? The resulting crops

A. can withstand adverse climatic conditions

B. flower and bear fruit early

C. develop broader leaves for photosynthesis

D. are more disease resistant

A

23.

A farm produce which does not require fermentation during processing is

A. cocoa beans

B. coffee beans

C. cassava tubers

D. rice grains

D

24.

The offspring which will result from a cross between heterozygous and homozygous dominant plants will be

A. 100% heterozygous

B. 70% heterozygous

C. 50%heterozygous

D. 20%heterozygous

C

25.

Calculate the amount of maize seeds required by a farmer to cultivate 5 hectares of farmland at the recommended seed rate of 25kg/hectare

A. 50kg

B. 75kg

C. 100kg

D. 125kg

D

26.

Causal organismss of diseases in crop production do not include

A. viruses

B. bacteria

C. fungi

D. protozoa

D

27.

An example of fungal disease of stored grain is

A. mould

B. streak

C. mosaic

D. damping off

A

28.

Cultural control of crop diseases involves the following practices except

A. practising crop rotation

B. planting disease resistant varieties

C. using insecticides

D. fallowing of farmland

C

29.

Weeds which produce large hollow seeds would most likely be dispersed by

A. wind

B. water

C. insect

D. explosion

A

30.

Control of maize stem borer is most effective when

A. affected crops are uprooted and burnt

B. rodenticides are applied

C. nematicides are applied

D. ferilizers are applied before planting

A