Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following crops can conveniently replace maize in the table?

- A. cassava
- B. cashew
- C. mango
- D. millet
Which of the following benefits of agriculture is of least importance to the peasant farmer?
- A. materials for shelter
- B. employment
- C. foreign exchange
- D. income
Which of the following surveying equipment is used for measuring angles during farm surveying?
- A. theodolite
- B. measuring tape
- C. gunter's chain
- D. abney level
Which of the following does not influence rock weathering?
- A. water
- B. carbonation
- C. roots
- D. ammonification
The causal organism of mastitis in cattle is
- A. fungus
- B. bacterium
- C. virus
- D. protozoan
The annual burning of forest areas encourages
- A. afforestation
- B. deforestation
- C. regeneration
- D. selective explotation
The urethra in the male animal is described as a urinogenital duct because it
- A. opens to the outside through the penis
- B. is attached to the accessory sex glands
- C. is a common pathway for urine and sperms
- D. is the site for the storage of sperms
Which of the following group of diseases mostly affect goats in Nigeria? Which of the following group of diseases mostly affect goats in Nigeria?
- A. Diarrhoea, kata and intestinal worm infestation
- B. Foot-rot, pneumonia and mange
- C. Anthrax, foot-rot and kata
- D. foot and mouth, mastitis and mange
(a) Enumerate three major organs in each of the thoracic and abdominal cavities of farm animals (b) State two functions of the nervous and one function of the reproductive systems (c) Explain the importance of the following systems in farm animals: (i) circulatory system (ii) respiratory system (iii) digestive system.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2004 THEORY(a) Mention three functions of a farm manager. [ 3 marks ]
(b) Use the information in the demand schedule below to answer the questions that follow.
| Price of Cowpea (Le) | Quantity demanded (kg) |
200 160 120 80 40 | 5 10 15 20 25 |
(i) Draw a demand curve from the schedule [ 4 marks ]
(ii) Use the demand schedule to explain the relationship betweenquantity demanded
andprice. [ 2 marks ]
(c) Statethreeadvantages of the wholesaler in marketing of agricultural produce.
[ 3 marks ]
(d) Discuss therinderpest disease under the following headings:
(i) two farm animals affected;
(ii) causative agent;
(iii) two symptoms;
(iv)one mode of transmission;
(v)one preventive measure. [ 6 marks ]
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2015 THEORY
