2012 WAEC SSCE Agricultural Science Past Questions
2012
a)(i) ldentify specimens R. (1 mark)(ii) State two disadvantages of using specimen R in poultry house. (2 marks)(iii) State two precautions to be taken when using specimen R (2 marks)(iv) List two ways of maintaining spe…
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(a) ldentify each of specimens N, O, P and Q. (4 marks)(b) Determine the plant population per hectare, if one seed of specimens N is sown per hole at a spacing of 60cm x 25cm. (4 marks)(c) State two reasons for the inclu…
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2012
(a) identify specimens H, I, J, K, L and M. (3 marks)(b) State one major use of each of specimens H, I, J, K, L and M. (6 marks)(c) State three general maintenance practices for specimens H, J, and M. (5 marks)(d) Name o…
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a)(i) Give two examples of each of specimens A and B. (2 marks)(ii) State three advantages of the application of specimen Ain crop production. (3 marks)(iii) Mention two methods of applying specimen B in crop production.…
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(a) State the law of diminishing returns in agricultural production. (2 marks)(b) The table below shows the relationship between quantities of fertilizers used and the corresponding yields of sorghum.Quantity of fertiliz…
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(a) Distinguish between the terms loan and subsidy as used in agricultural financing. (2 marks)(b)(i) Define the term supply. (2 marks)
(ii) Use the information in the supply schedule below to draw a supply curve. (3 ma…
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(a)(i) Explain the term malnutrition as used in animal production (2 marks) (ii) State four effects of malnutrition on farm animals. (4 marks) (b) Write short notes on the following methods of rangeland improvement:…
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(a) (i) What is incubation in poultry production? (2 marks) (ii) State two advantages and two disadvantages of natural incubation. (4 marks) (b) List four factors that affect pasture establishment in West Africa. (4 mark…
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2012
(a) What is forest reserve? (2 marks) (b) State two advantages of taungya system of farming to each of the following: (i) farmers; (ii) foresters. (4 marks) (c) With the aid of a diagram, describe the life cycle of yam b…
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(a) What is natural pasture? (2 marks)
(ii) State four characteristics of natural pastures in West Africa. (4 marks) (b) Discuss the root knot disease of tomato under the following headings: (i) causal organism; (ii) mo…
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2012
(a) List four factors that affect the type of soil formed at a place (2 marks) (b) State: (i) two agricultural uses of land
(ii)a two non-agricultural uses of land. (4 marks) (c) Sate two functions and two deficiency sym…
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(a) State four characteristics of a fertile soil. (4 marks) (b) Discuss briefly three factors that affect land availability for agricultural production in West Africa. (6 marks) (c) State four benefits of draining farm…
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2012
(a) What is communal land tenure system? (2 marks) (b) State two objectives of each of the following agricultural development programmes: (i) farm settlement schemes; (ii) river basin authorities (iii) agricultural devel…
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2012
(a) Explain what is meant by subsistence agriculture. (2 marks) (b) Discuss briefly the interdependence of agriculture and industry under the following headings?(i) tools, implements and machinery industries; (ii) proc…
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The following are factors that affect agricultural development in West Africa except
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2012
Government finances agriculture through the following means except
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A limitation to the practice of shifting cultivation in modern day agriculture is
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Agricultural production in West Africa can be improved by the following practices except the
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Farmers practice mixed farming because they can
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The soil water that is readily available for absorption by plant roots is called