Agricultural Science Past Questions and Answers

(a)(i) State six uses of lime in Agriculture (ii) List four common liming materials
(b) State (i) Three examples of nitrogenous fertilizer: (ii) three examples of a phosphorous fertilizer

Write short notes on four of the following: (a) deforestation (b) regeneration (c) afforestation (d) selective exploitation (e) Taungya system.

(a) Define the term hybridization (b) State five aims of crop improvement. (c) Describe a monohybrid cross as explained by Mendel's Law of segregation. Illustrate your answers with clearly labelled diagrams.

Differentiate between the digestive systems of the sheep and poultry. Illustrate your answers with clearly labelled diagrams.

Explain briefly four of the following terms in animal production (a) oestrus cycle (b) heat period (c) gestation period (d) parturition (e) colostrum.