This question was not popular with the candidates and their performance in it was poor.
In question 2(a), majority of the candidates could neither name the five equipment illustrated nor state one use of each.
The expected answers include:
Equipment and their uses
Equipments |
Uses |
| Disbudding Iron |
Removal of horn buds |
| Hypodemic syringe and needle |
For injection of drugs/ extraction of body fluid from animal |
| Burdizzo |
For castration |
| Chisel |
Chopping/trimming of wood |
| Knapsack sprayer |
Spraying of agro-chemicals/disinfecting farm Structures |
Also, in question 2(b), many candidates could not describe, how the equipment illustrated by diagram V (Knapsack sprayer) is used.
The expected answers include:
How to use equipment V (Knapsack sprayer)
- Open the cover of the tank
- Place a sieve at the opening of tank
- Pour chemical into tank via a sieve-
- Add water to dilute
- Close tank lid firmly and shake
- Mount tank on the back of operator by means of shoulder straps
- Hold the long handle with one hand
- Pump chemical using the pumping lever with the other hand
- Direct nozzle on area to be sprayed
- Release trigger
Spray along wind direction