2014 - WAEC Agriculture Past Questions and Answers - page 3
21
The following plants are forage grasses except
A
Pennisetun purpureum
B
Panicum maximum
C
Axonopus compressus
D
Calopogonium mucunoides
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22
Which of the following statements about budding is not true? The resulting crops
A
can withstand adverse climatic conditions
B
flower and bear fruit early
C
develop broader leaves for photosynthesis
D
are more disease resistant
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23
A farm produce which does not require fermentation during processing is
A
cocoa beans
B
coffee beans
C
cassava tubers
D
rice grains
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24
The offspring which will result from a cross between heterozygous and homozygous dominant plants will be
A
100% heterozygous
B
70% heterozygous
C
50%heterozygous
D
20%heterozygous
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25
Calculate the amount of maize seeds required by a farmer to cultivate 5 hectares of farmland at the recommended seed rate of 25kg/hectare
A
50kg
B
75kg
C
100kg
D
125kg
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26
Causal organismss of diseases in crop production do not include
A
viruses
B
bacteria
C
fungi
D
protozoa
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27
An example of fungal disease of stored grain is
A
mould
B
streak
C
mosaic
D
damping off
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28
Cultural control of crop diseases involves the following practices except
A
practising crop rotation
B
planting disease resistant varieties
C
using insecticides
D
fallowing of farmland
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29
Weeds which produce large hollow seeds would most likely be dispersed by
A
wind
B
water
C
insect
D
explosion
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30
Control of maize stem borer is most effective when
A
affected crops are uprooted and burnt
B
rodenticides are applied
C
nematicides are applied
D
ferilizers are applied before planting
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