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:

  Which of the following is not a pre-planting operations?

  Options:
  A) land clearing
  B) Stumping
  C) Thinning
  D) Farm layout
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 12:

  The following are the features of subsistence agriculture except

  Options:
  A) subsistence agriculture is mostly practised by peasant farms
  B) It requires the use of family labour
  C) Pests and diseases are not really controlled
  D) It requires the use of both skilled and unskilled labour
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 13:

  Which of the following is a hand tool commonly used in agriculture for cutting grass or crops?

  Options:
  A) Harrow
  B) Plow
  C) Scythe
  D) Seeder
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 14:

  The following problems are usually associated with subsistence agriculture except

  Options:
  A) Family labour supply is unreliable
  B) Simple tools are used
  C) It requires a large area of land
  D) No surplus for sale
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 15:

  Which of the following is a common method of disseminating information to farmers?

  Options:
  A) All of the above
  B) Social media campaigns
  C) Radio broadcasts
  D) Field demonstrations
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 16:

  The causative organism of maize rust is?

  Options:
  A) Nematoda
  B) Insect
  C) Bacterium
  D) Fungus
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 17:

  Which of the following is not a part of the reproduction system of a hen?

  Options:
  A) Funnel
  B) isthmud
  C) ovary
  D) ureter
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 18:

  Elastic demand is the type in which a change in price

  Options:
  A) brings about greater change in quantity of goods demanded
  B) of a commodity leads to little or no change in demand
  C) leads to equal change in commodity demanded
  D) may not change the demand of quantity of commodity.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 19:

  There are________ Steps or stages of Diffusion process

  Options:
  A) Two
  B) Three
  C) Four
  D) Five
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 20:

  What is the term used to describe the deliberate modification of an organism's genetic material using biotechnology techniques?

  Options:
  A) Mutation
  B) Cloning
  C) Genetic engineering
  D) Hybridization
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  The correct answer is C .