Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
Salt licks are provided for grazing animals to
- A. make the pasture palatable.
- B. supply nutrients in pastures
- C. supplement mineral intake
- D. provide laxatives
Water in a fish pond is made suitable for fish by
- A. fertilization
- B. liming
- C. manuring
- D. silting
Rain water is made available to crops through
- A. evaporation
- B. transpiration
- C. surface drainage
- D. root absorption
Cassava mosaic disease is transmitted by
- A. Heteroligus meles
- B. Maruca testulalis
- C. Sesamia spp
- D. Bemisia nigerensis
The assistance given to farmers by government in form of a reduction in price is generally referred to as
- A. input
- B. loan
- C. credit
- D. subsidy
Which of the following characteristics is not important in beef cattle production? l. Increased butter-far percentage ll. High feed conversion efficiency. III. High yield of lean meat
- A. l only
- B. l and ll only
- C. ll and lll only
- D. l, ll and lll
Which of the following farm practices does not have a very harmful effect on the soil?
- A. crop rotation
- B. land clearing
- C. overgrazing
- D. flooding
A mass of decayed plant and animal wastes processed in pits is referred to as
- A. green manure
- B. farmyard manure
- C. compost manure
- D. inorganic manure
(a) Statesix problems of agricultural development in West Africa.
(b) Explaineach of the following farm practices:
(i) crop rotation;
(ii) mixed farming.
(c) Statethree advantages ofeach of the following farm practices:
(i) crop rotation;
(ii) mixed farming.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2018 THEORYWhich of the following plant diseases is not caused by fungus
- A. Black arm
- B. Rice blast
- C. Rice smut
- D. cassava leaf-spot