Q1 MCQ Drill: 2025 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2025 NSC October/November National Examination)

Agricultural Sciences Past Paper Question 1 Drill Level 1: Knowledge & Recall

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9 multiple-choice questions taken verbatim from Section A of the official 2025 NSC October/November National Examination Agricultural Sciences Paper 2, auto-marked against the official marking guideline. Questions that rely on diagrams or graphs are excluded - see the full paper for those.

Question 1 of 9 2 Marks

The following statement does NOT apply to the marketing of agricultural products:

A. Marketing management is profit-orientated

B. Determines the needs of the consumers and supply accordingly

C. Focuses on the needs of the seller

D. Planning is long term, based on new products for future growth

Question 2 of 9 2 Marks

The type of a buyer who works for commission, buys cattle at a certain price and sells them at a higher price:

A. Retailer

B. Broker

C. Wholesaler

D. Processing company

Question 3 of 9 2 Marks

ONE of the following is NOT a reason for price fixing:

A. Elimination of competition

B. Increasing profit margins

C. Selling the same product, at the same price, by different producers

D. Improves accessibility of a product for consumers

Question 4 of 9 2 Marks

All the economic inputs that are required by farmers to produce goods and services are called …

A. factors of production.

B. demand.

C. capital of production.

D. supply.

Question 5 of 9 2 Marks

Expenses, such as electricity, that are NOT related to one particular enterprise are known as … costs.

A. overhead

B. fixed

C. variable

D. gross

Question 6 of 9 2 Marks

A plan of action by the farmer to recognise and deal with risks:

A. Risk anticipation

B. Strategic risk management

C. Contingency planning

D. Risk-taking

Question 7 of 9 2 Marks

The Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (Act 63 of 2001) regulates the following: (i) Employer and employee both contribute towards the fund (ii) Provision of security for workers should they become unemployed (iii) Protection of workers from unfair discrimination (iv) The effects of unemployment for the employee Choose the CORRECT combination:

A. (ii), (iii) and (iv)

B. (i), (iii) and (iv)

C. (i), (ii) and (iii)

D. (i), (ii) and (iv)

Question 8 of 9 2 Marks

The following statement about heritability is NOT CORRECT:

A. Genes influence heritability of a characteristic.

B. The environment influences the heritability of a characteristic.

C. A proportion of physical visible differences from parents are passed on to the offspring.

D. Compares similar characteristics among related individuals.

Question 9 of 9 2 Marks

ONE of the following is a possible gene combination that can be produced by an individual with the AaBb genotype during the formation of the gametes:

A. Aa, Bb, AA, ab

B. AA, aa, BB, bb

C. AB, Ab, aB, ab

D. AB, ab, BB, aa

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2025 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2025 NSC October/November National Examination)

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