Q1 MCQ Drill: 2020 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2020 NSC October/November National Examination)

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

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10 multiple-choice questions taken verbatim from Section A of the official 2020 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 10 2 Marks

A free marketing channel where goods are sold to the highest bidder is known as … marketing.

A. farm gate

B. direct sale

C. internet

D. stock sale

Question 2 of 10 2 Marks

Which ONE of the following elements of a SWOT analysis is a strength of a business?

A. Consumers cannot easily access the market

B. Production of high-quality products

C. High demand for a product

D. Many producers selling a product

Question 3 of 10 2 Marks

This process involves the production of the product and moving it to consumers:

A. Marketing

B. Processing

C. Standardisation

D. Grading

Question 4 of 10 2 Marks

Oversupply in a market can be avoided by the following: (i) Converting excess produce to other consumable products (ii) Entering into future contracts with wholesalers (iii) Increasing the price of the produce (iv) Having a storage facility Choose the CORRECT combination:

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

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

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

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

Question 5 of 10 2 Marks

The following represents a fixed capital item:

A. A tractor

B. A dam

C. Fuel

D. Seed

Question 6 of 10 2 Marks

A production factor that is also regarded as capital:

A. Land

B. Labour

C. Management

D. Money

Question 7 of 10 2 Marks

A number of different production enterprises on a farm is referred to as …

A. specialisation.

B. flexibility.

C. diversification.

D. hedging.

Question 8 of 10 2 Marks

The creation of capital by borrowing from financial institutions is called …

A. credit.

B. a grant.

C. capital.

D. debt.

Question 9 of 10 2 Marks

The following are the main types of gene mutation: (i) Insertion (ii) Duplication (iii) Inversion (iv) Deletion Choose the CORRECT combination:

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

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

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

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

Question 10 of 10 2 Marks

ONE of the following is NOT Mendel's law of inheritance:

A. Law of dominance

B. Law of diminishing returns

C. Law of segregation

D. Law of independent assortment

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2020 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2020 NSC October/November National Examination)

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