Waec Agricultural Science 2009 Past Questions and Answers

Question 56:

• WAEC 2009

The most important input contributed by farm family is

A. Money
B. Implements
C. Labour
D. Fertilizer

Question 57:

• WAEC 2009

Demand is said to be elastic when a percentage change in price

A. Results in an infinite change in demand
B. Results in an increase in quantity demanded
C. Results in an exact change in demand
D. Is less than one

Question 58:

• WAEC 2009

The law of diminishing returns helps in

A. Determining the proportion of production factors to combine
B. Determining the qualities of fixed resources to use in production
C. Indicating economic wages to pay farm workers
D. Indicating the quantity of fixed factors to employ

Question 59:

• WAEC 2009

How would an individual proposing to start a farm obtain estimates of yield, prices and cost needed in preparing a budget?

A. From his past experience
B. By trial and error
C. From agricultural officers or local farmers
D. From books written about overseas farms

Question 60:

• WAEC 2009

Farm gate price is the price at which

A. Produce are sold to the government
B. Produce are sold in the market
C. Producers sell to the middlemen
D. Marketing boards sell to the consumers