WAEC Agricultural Science Past Questions & Answers - Page 46

226.

Which of the following nutrient element is a micro-nutrient?

A.

Calcium

B.

Iron

C.

Manganese

D.

Boron

Correct answer is A

Calcium is a macro nutrient [nutrients required by plant in large quantity, while the rest are micro nutrients [nutrients required in small quantity].

227.

A crop not requiring more than 750mm annual rainfall is most suitable for cultivation in

A.

Rain forest

B.

Sahel savanna

C.

Sudan savanna

D.

Guinea savanna

Correct answer is B

Sahel savanna plants/crops requires between 600 - 900mm of rainfall.

228.

Some of the by-products of fish include the following except

A.

Fish meal

B.

Leather

C.

Oil

D.

Fish silage

Correct answer is B

Leather cannot be gotten from fish, rather from cow, cattle, goat.

229.

One of the symptoms of vitamin deficiency diseases in livestock includes except

A.

Improved fertility

B.

Loss of appetite

C.

Scurvy

D.

Rickets

Correct answer is A

Deficiency in vitamin cannot improve fertility rather it decreases it, leads to loss of appetite, scurvy and rickets.

 

230.

The part of the ruminant stomach from which digestive juices secreted is the

A.

Rumen

B.

Reticulum

C.

Abomasum

D.

Paunch

Correct answer is C

Abomasium is the fourth stomach of ruminant animals and it is a secretary stomach, which secrets digestive juices, and also acid hydrolysis of microbial.