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 281:

  The following are post planting operations except

  Options:
  A) Thinning
  B) Supplying
  C) Mulching
  D) Ridging
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 282:

  An increase in supply of agricultural produce can be caused by the following factors except

  Options:
  A) reduced cost of production
  B) favourable weather conditions
  C) reduced taxation
  D) consumers buying less products
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 283:

  The most common grazing system in West Africa is

  Options:
  A) continuous grazing
  B) rotational grazing
  C) deferred grazing
  D) zero grazing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 284:

  Legumes are different from grasses, because

  Options:
  A) They have lesser protein content than grasses
  B) They form symbiotic relationship with bacteria, rhizobian, in the nodules of their roofs
  C) They are monocol plants
  D) They do not bear seeds
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 285:

  Which of the following nutrient is highly immobile in plants?

  Options:
  A) B
  B) Mg
  C) K
  D) P
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 286:

  Which of the following is not a source of farm credit

  Options:
  A) Mortgage banks
  B) Government agencies
  C) Agricultural banks
  D) Cooperative societies
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 287:

  Which of the following is a branch of agriculture that focuses on the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants?

  Options:
  A) Apiculture
  B) Aquaculture
  C) Sericulture
  D) Horticulture
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 288:

  Self-pollination takes place when grains are transferred from the

  Options:
  A) stigma to the anther of another plant
  B) stigma to the anther of same plant
  C) anther to the stigma of same plant
  D) anther to the stigma of another plant.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 289:

  The storage facility that is not suitable for grains is the

  Options:
  A) silos
  B) rumbus
  C) barns
  D) sacs.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 290: Farm labour is usually measured in terms of Options:
  A) amount of wages paid to labour
  B) hours or days of work by labour
  C) level of education of labour
  D) type of work done by labour.
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  The correct answer is B .