Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
Heat treatment of oil palm seeds before sowing helps to
- A. mobilize nutrients for the embryo
- B. harden the mesocarp
- C. break embryo dormancy
- D. improve disease resistance
When a gene is expressed in the phenotype in a homoxygous or heterogous form, that gene is said to be?
- A. segregating
- B. recessive
- C. regeneration
- D. exploitation
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.What disease is the bull suffering from?
- A. foot and mouth
- B. brucellosis
- C. tuberculosis
- D. rinderpest
A plant not normally used as green manure is
- A. mucuna utilis
- B. sida acuta
- C. centrosema pubescens
- D. pueraria phaseoloides
A farmer purchased a sprayer for ?15,000 in 2004, at the end of fifth year, he sold it for ?5,000. What is the salvage value?
- A) N10,000
- B) N5,000
- C) N15,000
- D) N3,000
A reddish coloured soil indicates the presence of
- A. copper
- B. sodium
- C. iron
- D. manganese
(a) Explain the meaning of each of the following terms in relation to agricultural practices: (i) appreciation; (ii) depreciation: (iii) salvage value.
(b) A fiat tractor was purchased by a farmer in 1978 for N12,000.00. In 1987, the tractor was sold off for N3.000.00 when it was no longer economical to maintain it. Calculate the: (i) salvage value of the tractor; (ii) total depreciation; (iii) annual depreciation; (iv) appreciation.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1993 THEORYPotassium deficiency in cereal crops Is indicated by
- A. browning of leaves Trom the tips and margins
- B. yellowing of younger leaves
- C. purpling of leaves
- D. white and irregular spots on leaves
Artificial scarcity of agricultural produce is often caused by the following marketing agents except
- A. farmers
- B. wholesalers
- C. middlemen
- D. co-operatives
In poultry nutrition, the minerals that prevent the laying of thin-shelled eggs are
- A. calcium and phosphorus
- B. sodium and calcium
- C. phosphorus and sodium
- D. sulphur and phosphorus