Agricultural-Science Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Agricultural science studies farming practices, including soil cultivation for growing crops and raising animals for food, wool, and other products.

• Question 1:

  The following are categories of farmers based on adoption of innovation except

  Options:
  A) Innovators
  B) Early adopters
  C) Late adopters
  D) Never innovators
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2:

  ___________ consists of living factors(plants and animals) interacting with the non-living factors in a farm environment

  Options:
  A) Ecosystem
  B) Ecology
  C) Surroundings
  D) Community
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  Which of the following are branches of agriculture?

  Options:
  A) Economics and Mathematics
  B) Agronomy and Horticulture
  C) Biology and Chemistry
  D) Botany and Zoology
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  An important farm machine used for coupling many implements is

  Options:
  A) disc harrow
  B) harvester
  C) tractor
  D) plough
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5:

  The botanical name of maize is

  Options:
  A) Corn seed
  B) Zea mays
  C) Rattus rattus
  D) Discorea spp
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: In farm animals, a sign of heat includes Options:
  A) profuse salivation
  B) secretions from the vulva
  C) difficulty in breathing
  D) continuous urination.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 7:

  

  During which of the following plant propagation methods is the tool represented used?

  Options:
  A) Seed planting
  B) Seedling transplant
  C) Budding
  D) Layering
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8:

  What is subsistence agriculture?

  Options:
  A) Export-oriented agricultural production
  B) Intensive farming using advanced technology
  C) Farming for self-sufficiency and survival
  D) Large-scale commercial farming
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9:

  All but one are qualities of a good extension worker

  Options:
  A) Organisational Ability
  B) Clear Judgement
  C) Initiative
  D) Involvement in local politics
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10:

  Improvement of yam through breeding is difficult because

  Options:
  A) it possesses no sexual reproductive system
  B) naturally growing types have to be used
  C) its rapid multiplication is very difficult
  D) its genes do not segregate
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  The correct answer is A .