Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
The graph best_____________
- A. shows an increase in the supply of rice
- B. describes a shift in the demand for rice
- C. describes the equilibrium price for rice
- D. shows that the demand for rice exceeds supply
The gestation period in days of a sow is
- A. 30
- B. 42
- C. 114
- D. 165
Most crop plants do not survive in water-logged soils because
- A. the dissolved nutrients are too diluted for crop plants
- B. the plants will not photosynthesize
- C. their leaves are turgid for respiration
- D. oxygen has been displaced to its deficiency for crops
Capillarity is highest in
- A. silt
- B. loam
- C. sand
- D. clay
Which of the following is a friend of farmer
- A. earthworm
- B. aphid
- C. grasshopper
- D. termite
Jute, cotton and sisal are
- A. oil crops
- B. parental crops
- C. fibre crops
- D. vegetable crops
The main reason for removing the barks of cassava tubers before processing the tuber is to
- A. reduce the water content
- B. improve the protein content of products
- C. improve the shelf life of products
- D. reduce the cyanide content of products
(a) Discuss the cultivation of Citrus spp under the following headings:
(i) Method of propagation
(ii) Spacing in the field
(iii) Nursery practices
(iv) Pests
(v) Diseases.
(b) Define the following terms:
(i) Surface irrigation
(ii) Surface drainage.
(c) Discuss three advantages of each of the following terms:
(i) Surface irrigation
(ii) Surface drainage.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2020 THEORY(a) Outline the life cycle of the bean beetle [6 marks] (b)(i) Describe briefly four damages done by cotton stainer to cotton plants on the field. [6 marks] (ii) Name four alternate hosts of cotton stainer [4 marks]
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2003 THEORYThe branch of crop science which deals with the study of insect pests is
- A. zoology
- B. agronomy
- C. entomology
- D. pathology