Q1 MCQ Drill: 2022 Agricultural Sciences P1 (2022 NSC October/November National Examination)

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

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7 multiple-choice questions taken verbatim from Section A of the official 2022 NSC October/November National Examination Agricultural Sciences Paper 1, 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 7 2 Marks

The compartment of the fowl's stomach that corresponds with the true stomach of a ruminant farm animal:

A. Ventriculus

B. Caecum

C. Proventriculus

D. Crop

Question 2 of 7 2 Marks

ONE of the following statements applies to a ration that has 10 parts of maize meal and three parts of fishmeal:

A. Has a higher percentage of fish meal than maize meal

B. Has a higher percentage of maize meal than fish meal

C. Has equal percentages of maize meal and fish meal

D. Has 10% maize meal and 70% fish meal

Question 3 of 7 2 Marks

A facility used to restrain cattle during dehorning:

A. Handling pen

B. Holding shed

C. Crush

D. Weighbridge

Question 4 of 7 2 Marks

The following is a sign of stress in cattle:

A. Snout rubbing

B. Pawing

C. Belly nibbling

D. Cannibalism

Question 5 of 7 2 Marks

Diseases that are caused by mineral deficiencies:

A. Infectious

B. Contagious

C. Notifiable

D. Non-infectious

Question 6 of 7 2 Marks

Parasites, especially in sheep, that are responsible for the irritation of the sinuses, causing sneezing and a discharge of a yellowish mucus:

A. Nasal worms

B. Blowflies

C. Ticks

D. Roundworms

Question 7 of 7 2 Marks

The primary sex organ of a bull:

A. Scrotum

B. Testis

C. Penis

D. Urethra

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2022 Agricultural Sciences P1 (2022 NSC October/November National Examination)

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