Agriculture Paper 3, WASSCE (PC), 2018

Question 4

 

The diagrams below illustrate a tool used for harvesting in aquafarming. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow.

  1. (i)  Identify the tool illustrated.                                                                    
  2. (ii) Name the parts labelled I, II, III and IV            (5 marks)

  3. (i) Name the agricultural produce obtained through the use of the tool illustrated.
  4. (ii)  List three by-products of the agricultural produce named in 4(b)(i).        (4 marks)

  5. Enumerate three ways of preserving the agricultural produce named in 4(b)(i).  (3 marks)
(d)  List three tools that could be used in place of the tool illustrated.                       (3 marks)

Observation

This question was most popular among candidates. They were able to identify and label the parts of hook and line and mention ways of preserving fish.    

The expected answers include:
4.(a) (i) Identification of the tool illustrated
-   Hook and line                                                                              

 

(ii) Names of the parts labelled I, II, III and IV
I  -  Rod/Stick /handle
II - Line or thread/string
III - Float
IV - Hook
        

(b) (i) Agricultural produce obtained through the use of the tool illustrated
-   Fish                                                                                    

(ii) By-products of agricultural produce named in 4(b)(i) (Fish)

  • Fish meal
  • Fish oil (Cod liver oil)
  • Fish skins
  • Fish manure
  • Fish scale

 
(c)  Ways of preserving the agricultural produce named in 4(b)(i) (Fish)

  • Smoking
  • Salting
  • Canning
  • Drying
  • Refrigeration/Freezing
  • Frying
  • Roasting
  • Steaming-cooking

                                                           
(d)   Tools that could be used in place of the tool illustrated (Hook and line)
-    Scoop net
-    Cast net
-    Gill net
-    Fishing spear/Harpoon
-    Fish guard
-    Fishing basket
-    Siene net