Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
Fruits should be harvested at the appropriate time in order to
- A. prevent them from brushing
- B. minimize their sugar content
- C. reap increased fruiting
- D. ensure good quality produce
(a) State: (i) four advantages and (ii) four disadvantages of the deep litter system in poultry management.
(b) Mention one disadvantage of using saw-dust as litter in a deep-litter house.
(c) The recommended floor space for fowls In a deep litter house is three (3) adult fowls per square metre. Calculate the number of adult fowls that can be kept in a deep-litter house of size 10 metre by 50 metre. (d) State three other methods of keeping poultry.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1996 THEORYThe primary product of ginger is the
- A. rhizome
- B. fruit
- C. seed
- D. flower
A piece of land is said to be on lease to a farmer when the land is
- A. inherited from the father
- B. given to him as a gift
- C. given as compensation
- D. given for a specific period on rental basis
If urea fertilizer contains 46% nitrogen. calculate the amount of nitrogen in 25 kg bag of fertilizer?
- A. 11.5 kg
- B. 13.5 kg
- C. 21.5 kg
- D. 36.5 kg
Foot and mouth disease is caused by a
- A. nematode
- B. virus
- C. bacterium
- D. fungus
The best way for a young animal to obtain colostrum is by
- A. giving it powdered milk
- B. providing it with warm milk
- C. injecting it with progesterone
- D. allowing it to suckle the dam
Mosaic disease affects
- A. cotton and cocoa
- B. groundnut and tomato
- C. cassava and tobacco
- D. mango and orange
If the seed rate for the cultivation of cowpea is 25 kg per hectare, determine the quantity of cowpea seeds required to cultivate a farmland measuring 100 m by 500 m.
- A. 125 kg
- B. 50 kg
- C. 250 kg
- D. 1,250 kg
Selection of breeding males based on the performance of their female relatives is known as
- A. sib-selection
- B. individual selection
- C. tandem-method
- D. progeny testing