Waec Agricultural Science 2008 Past Questions and Answers

Question 61:

• WAEC 2008

(a)(i) Explain the term farm surveying. [2 marks] (ii) State four reasons why farm surveying is important [4 marks]
(b) Enumerate six problems facing agricultural development in West Africa.
(c) List four factors that may affect the efficiency of draught animals. [4 marks]

Question 62:

• WAEC 2008

(a) Define the term soil. [2 marks]
(b)(i) List the four components of soil. [2 marks] (ii) State the percentage of each component by volume. [2 marks]
(c) Describe the process involved in making compost using the pit method under the following headings: (i) materials; [2 marks](i ) preparation; [6 marks] (iii) storage [2 marks]

Question 63:

• WAEC 2008

(a) Define soil erosion. [2 marks]
(b) List four factors that influence nutrient availability in the soil. [4 marks]
(c) Explain two roles of each of the following factors in soil formation: (i) climate; (ii) living organisms; (iii) topography. [6 marks]
(d) State four problems associated with overhead irrigation [4 marks]

Question 64:

• WAEC 2008

(a)(i) Define crop rotation. [2 marks] (ii) Design a four-year crop rotation system using yam, cassava, maize and groundnut. [8 marks]
(b) State four reasons why weeds are difficult to control. [4 marks]
(c) Mention 'two effects of diseases on crop production [2 marks]

Question 65:

• WAEC 2008

(a) Define crop improvement. [2 marks]
(b) Copy and complet the table below based on Mendel's Law of Indepen-dent Assortment of Genes (Dihybrid inheritance).

	TC	Tc	tC	tc
TC	TTCC
Tc		Ttcc
tC				ttCc
tc			ttcC

Use the following information: T = Tall; C = Coloured; t = Dwarf; c = White. (Where T and C are dominant character; while t and c are recessive TC TTCC characters) [6 marks]
(c) Calculate the percentage of plants in (b) above that are: (i) Tall coloured; (ii) Tall white; (iii) Dwarf coloured; (iv) Dwarf Tc Ttcc white [8 marks]