Q1 MCQ Drill: 2021 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2021 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 2021 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

An event where buyers come together to bid for farm produce:

A. Agricultural show

B. Co-operative farming

C. Liquidity

D. Auction

Question 2 of 9 2 Marks

ONE of the following is NOT associated with the advantages of free marketing:

A. Stabilising the prices of agricultural products

B. Sales are for cash

C. Selling quality products

D. Entrepreneur shows initiative and drive

Question 3 of 9 2 Marks

In a situation where the dairy farmer produces less cheese than the amount demanded, the price of cheese is likely to …

A. decrease.

B. remain the same.

C. increase.

D. remain constant.

Question 4 of 9 2 Marks

The following applies to selling: (i) Management is profit-orientated (ii) Short-term objective is to sell the product (iii) Emphasis is on the product (iv) Customer needs are neglected Choose the CORRECT combination:

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

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

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

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

Question 5 of 9 2 Marks

The following is NOT a problem associated with labour as a production factor:

A. Lack of training

B. Competition from industries

C. Shortage of labourers

D. Better living and working conditions

Question 6 of 9 2 Marks

Money paid by the farmer over and above what was borrowed from the financial institution:

A. Loan

B. Interest

C. Debt

D. Capital

Question 7 of 9 2 Marks

The management principle whereby the farmer monitors production and compares the results with the expected output:

A. Control

B. Implementation

C. Planning

D. Manipulation

Question 8 of 9 2 Marks

The following statements refer to the law of diminishing returns: (i) The addition of one unit of a production factor will not ensure a proportional increase in yield with time. (ii) A continuous addition of inputs will initially increase the output drastically, but at a certain point the output increases at a decreasing rate. (iii) An increase in fertiliser will result in a continuous increase in production. (iv) With an increase in fertiliser, production will start to increase and then at a certain point it decreases with additional fertilisers. 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 9 of 9 2 Marks

A sheep has 27 pairs of chromosomes in the nucleus. The number of autosomes are …

A. 27.

B. 52.

C. 54.

D. 02.

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2021 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2021 NSC October/November National Examination)

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