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 231:

  The primary role of agriculture is the provision of

  Options:
  A) foreign exchange earnings
  B) raw materials for industries
  C) food for man and his animals
  D) employment and income for farmers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 232:

  Which of the following periods marked the beginning of agricultural practices by early human societies?

  Options:
  A) Paleolithic Age
  B) Information Age
  C) Renaissance Era
  D) Industrial Revolution
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 233: The forest management system which involves the planting of both food crops and forest trees on the same piece of land at the same time is known as Options:
  A) selective exploitation
  B) taungya
  C) regeneration
  D) afforestation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 234:

  The primary role of agriculture is the provision of

  Options:
  A) foreign exchange earnings
  B) raw materials for industries
  C) food for man and his animals
  D) employment and income for farmers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 235:

  An example of grain legume is

  Options:
  A) pea
  B) maize
  C) sorghum
  D) millet
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 236: Floriculture deals with the study of Options:
  A) flowers
  B) fossils
  C) weeds
  D) insects
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 237:

  Which of the following groups of crops requires a nursery?

  Options:
  A) cotton,sorghum and tomato
  B) oil palm, cocoa and tomato
  C) cocoa, maize and rice
  D) banana, coffee and tomato
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 238:

  The average weather condition of a place, measured over a long period of time is called

  Options:
  A) climate
  B) wind
  C) rainfall
  D) temperature
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 239:

  Artificial scarcity of agricultural produce is often caused by the following marketing agents except

  Options:
  A) farmers
  B) wholesalers
  C) middlemen
  D) co-operatives
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 240:

  Rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten rocks called magma ejected from beneath the earth's crust is

  Options:
  A) Igneous rock
  B) Metamorphic rock
  C) Caleima rock
  D) Sedimentary rock
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  The correct answer is A .