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 11:

  

  Study the diagram above and answer the question.

  The crop associated with the diagram above is?

  Options:
  A) Theobroma cacao
  B) Zingiber officinale
  C) Hevea brasiliensis
  D) Gossypium hirsutum
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 12: In crop production, ginger is propagated by Options:
  A) seed
  B) bulb
  C) rhizome
  D) corm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 13:

  Climatic factors which affects organisms include the following except

  Options:
  A) Air
  B) Sunlight
  C) Rain
  D) Rocks
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 14:

  In surveying, the instrument used to measure horizontal, vertical angles and planes is the

  Options:
  A) gunters chain
  B) prismatic compass
  C) ranging poles
  D) theodolite.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 15:

  The desktop computer used for data management in agri-business is

  Options:
  A) an analog computer
  B) a super computer
  C) a hybrid computer
  D) a mainframe computer
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 16:

  Which of the following is not a sign of heat in animals?

  Options:
  A) Mucous discharge from the rectum
  B) Mucous discharge from the vulva
  C) Mounting of other animals
  D) Restlessness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 17:

  Which of the following is not a sign of heat in farm animals?

  Options:
  A) loss of appetite
  B) restlessness
  C) udder enlargement
  D) grunting
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18:

  The horizon of a soil profile which encourages the greatest level of microbial activity is

  Options:
  A) A - horizon
  B) B - horizon
  C) C - horizon
  D) D - horizon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 19:

  Which of the following characteristics is not correct of pigs?

  Options:
  A) prolific animals
  B) efficient feed converters
  C) source of meat
  D) source of land
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 20:

  Bulldozer is used for the following purpose except

  Options:
  A) bush clearing
  B) felling trees and stumps
  C) leveling the ground
  D) planting of trees
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  The correct answer is D .