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 201: 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 202:

  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 .
• Question 203:

  Farm surveying equipment include the following except

  Options:
  A) Abney level
  B) Compass
  C) Spade
  D) Gunter's chain
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 204:

  A female cattle which has not had a calf or developed into the mature form of a cow is referred to as

  Options:
  A) stag
  B) vealers
  C) yealing
  D) heifer
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 205:

  The major factors affecting the application of science and technology to Nigeria agriculture include the following except

  Options:
  A) Unavailability of fund
  B) Unavailability of farmland
  C) Unwillingness of farmer to adopt scientific method
  D) Availability of fund
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 206:

  Which of the following is a friend of farmer

  Options:
  A) earthworm
  B) aphid
  C) grasshopper
  D) termite
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 207:

  Maize is a very important crop because apart from serving as a staple, it

  Options:
  A) is ploughed into the soil to increase fertility
  B) can be processes into corn flakes
  C) forms the base of most livestock feeds
  D) is used for producing germ oil
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 208:

  One of the followings is not an objective of agricultural extension

  Options:
  A) To educate farmers
  B) To help improve the standard of living of rural dwellers
  C) To abandon the development of rural area
  D) To help identify proper market channel
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 209:

  ________ are less quick to accepting innovations which might be largely due to some of the aforementioned factors

  Options:
  A) Never adopters
  B) Late adopters
  C) Early adopters
  D) Innovators
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 210: Which of the following diseases commonly occur during brooding? I. yolk sac infection II. coccidiosis III. fowlpox IV. pullorum Options:
  A) I,II and III only
  B) I,II and IV only
  C) I,III and IV only
  D) I,II,III and IV
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  The correct answer is B .