Agricultural Science Mock 2024

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Keeping farm records mainly helps a farmer to

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Before starting a commercial farm, a market survey helps the farmer to

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The burning of bush before planting contributes to global warming by

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In grafting, the part of the plant that provides the roots is the

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Keeping bees for honey and other products is called

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Which soil is usually best for most crops?

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Natural rubber is obtained by

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Putting young fish (fingerlings) into a pond is called

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Ghana's Planting for Food and Jobs programme, launched in 2017, mainly

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Agriculture supports industry mainly by supplying

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A major problem of agriculture in Ghana is

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The system in which farmers leave land fallow and move to new land is

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Keeping crops and livestock on the same farm is

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Which soil holds the most water?

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Building banks across a slope in steps to control erosion is

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The mixture of weathered rock, organic matter, water and air that supports plants is

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A plant that completes its life cycle in one season is

Question 18 of 50

Cocoa, oil palm and citrus are

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Animals that chew the cud are

Question 20 of 50

Using GPS, sensors and data to apply exactly the right inputs to each part of a field is

Question 21 of 50

A farmer sells maize for GH¢12,000. The variable costs were GH¢7,500. What is the gross margin?

Question 22 of 50

Which gas from livestock and rice fields is a powerful greenhouse gas?

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Citrus is commonly propagated by

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A main advantage of grafted mango seedlings is that they

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Smoke is used when opening a beehive mainly to

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A hive with removable bars from which combs hang is the

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Lime is added to soil mainly to

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The relative proportions of sand, silt and clay in a soil are its

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Black pod disease of cocoa is caused by

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The cocoa swollen shoot virus is spread by

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Fish ponds are fertilised with manure mainly to

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The 2015 international agreement to keep global warming well below 2 °C is the

Question 33 of 50

Water held so tightly around soil particles that plants cannot use it is

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Seed dormancy is

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Germination of a seed requires water, oxygen and

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A soil with high organic matter generally has

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A cow with a calving interval of 13 months produces about how many calves in 6.5 years?

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A 2 °C rise in temperature is expected to reduce maize yields in Ghana mainly by

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Nitrous oxide from farms comes mainly from

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Carbon credits reward farmers for

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A soil with pH 5.0 can be corrected by applying

Question 42 of 50

The soil texture with the highest water-holding capacity is

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Leaching is the

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Dissolved oxygen in fish ponds is lowest

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A farmer needs 60 kg/ha of P₂O₅ using single superphosphate (18% P₂O₅). The fertiliser needed per hectare is about

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Vernalisation is the induction of flowering by

Question 47 of 50

Gibberellins promote

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The maximum sustainable yield in fisheries is

Question 49 of 50

Blossom-end rot in tomatoes is caused by

Question 50 of 50

A broiler enterprise sells 500 birds at GH¢80 each. Costs are GH¢28,000. The profit margin on sales is