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

Paper 1 | Objectives

31 - 40 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
31.

The average gestation period in rabbits is

A. 21 days

B. 26 days

C. 31 days

D. 36 days

C

32.

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. fertilizers are applied before planting

A

33.

The correct sequence of the passage of feed through the digestive system of a ruminant is

A. reticulum → omasum → abomasum → rumen

B. rumen → omasum → abomasum → reticulum

C. omasum → abomasum → rumen → reticulum

D. rumen → reticulum → omasum → abomasum

D

34.

Control average gestation period in rabbits is

A. 21 days

B. 26 days

C. 31 days

D. 36 day

C

35.

The main objective of flushing in animal production is to

A. promote muscle development

B. make parturition easier

C. promote multiple births

D. make the animal lose weight

C

36.

Pigs wallow in muddy pools of water primarily to

A. ensure adequate exercise

B. obtain forage materials

C. dislodge ectoparasite from their body

D. lower their body temperature

D

37.

Fowls is are debeaked in order to

A. reduce feed intake

B. make them grow faster

C. reduce cannibatlism

D. vitamin A

C

38.

The common name for Andropogon gayanus is

A. Elephant grass

B. Northern gamba grass

C. Guinea grass

D. Giant star gass

B

39.

A footbath on a poultry farm contains

A. herbicides

B. antiseptics

C. antibiotics

D. disinfectants

B

The following symptoms were observed in a bull:
l. watery discharged from eyes and nostrils:
II Sore in the mouth and nostrils;
III excessive saliva with offensive odour;
IV sever diarrhoea with blood stand farces.

40.

What disease is the bull suffering from?

A. foot and mouth

B. brucellosis

C. tuberculosis

D. rinderpest

A

31.

The average gestation period in rabbits is

A. 21 days

B. 26 days

C. 31 days

D. 36 days

C

32.

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. fertilizers are applied before planting

A

33.

The correct sequence of the passage of feed through the digestive system of a ruminant is

A. reticulum → omasum → abomasum → rumen

B. rumen → omasum → abomasum → reticulum

C. omasum → abomasum → rumen → reticulum

D. rumen → reticulum → omasum → abomasum

D

34.

Control average gestation period in rabbits is

A. 21 days

B. 26 days

C. 31 days

D. 36 day

C

35.

The main objective of flushing in animal production is to

A. promote muscle development

B. make parturition easier

C. promote multiple births

D. make the animal lose weight

C

36.

Pigs wallow in muddy pools of water primarily to

A. ensure adequate exercise

B. obtain forage materials

C. dislodge ectoparasite from their body

D. lower their body temperature

D

37.

Fowls is are debeaked in order to

A. reduce feed intake

B. make them grow faster

C. reduce cannibatlism

D. vitamin A

C

38.

The common name for Andropogon gayanus is

A. Elephant grass

B. Northern gamba grass

C. Guinea grass

D. Giant star gass

B

39.

A footbath on a poultry farm contains

A. herbicides

B. antiseptics

C. antibiotics

D. disinfectants

B

The following symptoms were observed in a bull:
l. watery discharged from eyes and nostrils:
II Sore in the mouth and nostrils;
III excessive saliva with offensive odour;
IV sever diarrhoea with blood stand farces.

40.

What disease is the bull suffering from?

A. foot and mouth

B. brucellosis

C. tuberculosis

D. rinderpest

A