2008 - WAEC Agriculture Past Questions and Answers - page 4
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Which of the following characteristics is not true of a good pasture crop?
A
high palatability
B
high nutritive value
C
resistance to trampling
D
poor digestibility
correct option: d
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The benefits of establishing forests do not include
A
derivation of medicine
B
provision of food
C
improvement of micro-climate
D
shading of crops
correct option: d
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Floriculture is a subdivision of horticulture which deals with the cultivation of
A
fruit crops
B
vegetables
C
ornamental plants
D
spices
correct option: c
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Which of the following insect pests causes defoliation in crops?
A
mirid
B
grasshopper
C
weevil
D
aphid
correct option: b
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Which of the following pesticides effectively control maize stem borers?
A
systematic insecticides
B
contact poisons
C
nematicides
D
fumigants
correct option: a
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Which of the following combinations of practices best controls groundnut rosette disease?
A
late planting and spraying of insecticide
B
early planting and spraying of nematicide
C
late planting and spraying of fungicide
D
early planting and spraying of insecticide
correct option: d
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Determine the number of bottles of a herbicide required to spray 25 hectares of farmland, if one bottle is needed to prepare 100 litres and the diluted product product is applied at a rate of 20 litres per hectare.
A
2 bottles
B
5 bottles
C
8 bottles
D
11 bottles
correct option: b
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The milk secreting organ in cattle is the
A
dewlap
B
udder
C
comb
D
muzzle
correct option: b
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A developing embryo derives its nutrition from the mother
A
through the blood vessels located in the placenta
B
by sucking the mammary glands
C
by direct diffusion through the blood vessels in the liver
D
through the blood vessels located in the intestine of the mother
correct option: a
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Birds store food in the
A
crop
B
gizzard
C
proventriculus
D
cloaca
correct option: a
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