Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
What is the effect of stability of market price on a produce? The
- A. profit of the producer would be constant if there is no increase in cost inputs
- B. profit of the retailer will be decreased
- C. wholesaler will earn more from his sales
- D. consumers will willingly buy more of the produce
The destructive effects of variegated grasshoppers are conspicuously observed on
- A. cassava and yam crops
- B. cocoa and citrus crops
- C. cowpea and maize crops
- D. maize and cassava crops
Which of the following factors of agricultural production is abundant in rural areas?
- A. Enterprise
- B. Land
- C. Labour
- D. Capital
The disadvantages of land fragmentation include the following except
- A. difficulty in effecting soil conservation practices
- B. unsuitability of mechanising such land
- C. facilitating the use of simple and cheap tools
- D. enhancing wastage of labour
The following are examples of formulated pesticide product except
- A) dusts e.g. Actellic dust
- B) active ingredient
- C) Emulsifiable Concentrate e.g. Gammalin 20
- D) Soluble Concentrate e.g. Novacron 40
(a) Define the terms budding and grafting (b) List four materials required for budding (c) Give two reasons why the improvement of crops by selection may not produce the desired results (d) State four disadvantages of asexual reproduction and four advantages of sexual reproduction in crop plants.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2004 THEORYWhich of the following is not a sign of heat in farm animals?
- A. loss of appetite
- B. restlessness
- C. udder enlargement
- D. grunting
The quantity of food crop available for sale at the current market price over a period of time is known as
- A. demand
- B. joint supply
- C. supply
- D. competitive demand
Damping of disease of tomato could be controlled by
- A. staking
- B. supplying
- C. thinning
- D. pruning
The daily maintenance practice carried out on a disc harrow is
- A. changing the disc
- B. cleaning the soil off the disc
- C. smearing the disc with oil
- D. sharpening the edges of its scraper