Plant Studies & Horticulture is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 Agricultural Sciences CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Which crop is South Africa's most important staple grain crop?
Maize
Wheat
Sunflower
Cotton
Answer: Maize — Maize is South Africa's most important staple grain crop, grown across large areas of the summer-rainfall interior and used both for human food and animal feed.
Easy
2. Name South Africa's most widely grown oil seed crop.
Answer: sunflower — Sunflower is South Africa's most widely grown oil seed crop, producing sunflower oil and oilcake, a valuable livestock feed by-product.
Medium
3. Which crop category includes cotton and sugarcane, grown to supply raw material for processing rather than direct food consumption?
Industrial crops
Grain crops
Oil seed crops
Fodder crops
Answer: Industrial crops — Industrial crops, such as cotton (for textile fibre) and sugarcane (for sugar), are grown to supply raw material for industrial processing rather than direct food consumption.
