(a) (i) What is incubation in poultry production? (2 marks) (ii) State two advantages and two disadvantages of natural incubation. (4 marks)

(b) List four factors that affect pasture establishment in West Africa. (4 marks)

(c) In a tabular form, state the causal organism and two symptoms of each of the following diseases of farm animals: (i) Brucellosis. (ii) Newscatle. (6 marks) .

From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

Musa won the debate because he articulated his arguments convincingly.

• A. pronounced
• B. presented
• C. arranged
• D. summarized

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

The wife insisted that she should also be a .....to the family's joint savings account

• A. signature
• B. withdrawal
• C. payee
• D. signatory

The separation of a mixture of calcium trioxocarbonate (lV) and sodium trioxocarbonate (IV) is most easily carried out by using the differences in their

• A. physical states
• B. melting points
• C. Rf. values
• D. solubility

Which of the following means restoring the issue to position he was just before the loss occurred

• A. Indemnity
• B. Subrogation
• C. Proximate cause
• D. Utmost good faith

A major duty of citizens is to

• A. vote at elections
• B. associate freely
• C. pay taxes
• D. join political parties

In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - D, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.

While we expected it to be gradual, the process of transition to civilian rule came to an ........end.

• A. abrupt
• B. anticipated
• C. unhappy
• D. unpleasant

A combine harvester is mainly used for harvesting

• A. tomato
• B. groundnut
• C. pepper
• D. rice

One of the boys who ___ to our house ____ died

• (A)comes/has
• (B) comes/have
• (C) come/have
• (D) come/has

The motion of smoke particles from a chimney is typical of?

• A) random motion
• B) circular motion
• C) rotational motion
• D) oscillatory motion