Year : 
2016
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

Study the diagram above and answer the question.
The farm tool associated with the diagram above is

A. Knife

B. Secateurs

C. Shears

D. Cutlass

A

22.

Study the diagram above and answer the question
The crop associated with the diagram above is

A. Theobroma cacao

B. Zingiber officinale

C. Hevea brasiliensis

D. Gossypium hirsutum

C

23.

Which of the following crops requires shade at the early stage of is growth?

A. Plantain

B. Banana

C. Cocoa

D. Sugarcane

C

24.

Which of the following plants is not a leguminous forage?

A. Centrosema Pubescens

B. Panicum maximum

C. Stylosanthes gracilis

D. Calopogonium mucunoides

B

25.

The process of crossing two pure lines of plants of the same species is called

A. selection

B. genotype improvement

C. hybridization

D. inbreeding

D

26.

Pure line of crops are produced through continuous

A. selection

B. hybridization

C. cross breeding

D. inbreeding

D

27.

Which of the following insects transmits swollen shoot virus of Cocoa?

A. Stem borer

B. Mealybug

C. White fly

D. Capsid

B

28.

Quarantine regulations are established so as to

A. allow the importation of diseased plant and animal materials

B. prevent the introduction foreign diseases into country

C. assist farmers to grow foreign crops

D. facilitates the rapid spread of foreign diseases

B

29.

The most effective method of controlling viral diseases in crops is by

A. spraying with bordeaux mixture

B. renoving and burning affected crops

C. practicing crop rotation

D. planting at recommended spacing

B

30.

The use of parasites and predators to control weeds is referred to as

A. biological control

B. chemical control

C. cultural control

D. mechanical control

A

21.

Study the diagram above and answer the question.
The farm tool associated with the diagram above is

A. Knife

B. Secateurs

C. Shears

D. Cutlass

A

22.

Study the diagram above and answer the question
The crop associated with the diagram above is

A. Theobroma cacao

B. Zingiber officinale

C. Hevea brasiliensis

D. Gossypium hirsutum

C

23.

Which of the following crops requires shade at the early stage of is growth?

A. Plantain

B. Banana

C. Cocoa

D. Sugarcane

C

24.

Which of the following plants is not a leguminous forage?

A. Centrosema Pubescens

B. Panicum maximum

C. Stylosanthes gracilis

D. Calopogonium mucunoides

B

25.

The process of crossing two pure lines of plants of the same species is called

A. selection

B. genotype improvement

C. hybridization

D. inbreeding

D

26.

Pure line of crops are produced through continuous

A. selection

B. hybridization

C. cross breeding

D. inbreeding

D

27.

Which of the following insects transmits swollen shoot virus of Cocoa?

A. Stem borer

B. Mealybug

C. White fly

D. Capsid

B

28.

Quarantine regulations are established so as to

A. allow the importation of diseased plant and animal materials

B. prevent the introduction foreign diseases into country

C. assist farmers to grow foreign crops

D. facilitates the rapid spread of foreign diseases

B

29.

The most effective method of controlling viral diseases in crops is by

A. spraying with bordeaux mixture

B. renoving and burning affected crops

C. practicing crop rotation

D. planting at recommended spacing

B

30.

The use of parasites and predators to control weeds is referred to as

A. biological control

B. chemical control

C. cultural control

D. mechanical control

A