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 21:

  The non-oil crop among the following is

  Options:
  A) coconut
  B) beniseed
  C) melon
  D) cowpea
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 22:

  The botanical name of maize is

  Options:
  A) Corn seed
  B) Zea mays
  C) Rattus rattus
  D) Discorea spp
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 23: The main objectives of establishing forest in the arid regions is to Options:
  A) check desert enroachment
  B) provide firewood for cooking
  C) provide bush meat
  D) improve the beauty of the environment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 24:

  Which of the following is a type of land tenure system?

  Options:
  A) Freehold system
  B) Keyhold system
  C) International system
  D) Land tenure system by theft
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 25:

  Which of the following is a method of plant propagation that involves the use of plant parts?

  Options:
  A) Seed propagation
  B) Tissue culture
  C) Layering
  D) Grafting
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 26:

  A piece of information contained in payroll record of farms is

  Options:
  A) date of employment
  B) equity
  C) income generated
  D) total credit.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 27:

  In encouraging farmers to produce more of a particular crop, the Nigerian government has helped farmers in marketing that crop through the establishment of

  Options:
  A) rural schools of agriculture
  B) markets for the sale of crops
  C) marketing boards
  D) rural extension offices
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 28:

  Reduction of ten seedlings of maize to two per stand is referred to as

  Options:
  A) Thinning
  B) Spacing
  C) Weeding
  D) Pruning
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 29:

  ___________ consists of living factors(plants and animals) interacting with the non-living factors in a farm environment

  Options:
  A) Ecosystem
  B) Ecology
  C) Surroundings
  D) Community
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 30:

  Under normal circumstances, the concept of consumer sovereignty in agriculture implies that

  Options:
  A) the consumer and not the farmer determines what to produce
  B) both the farmer and the consumer determine what to produce
  C) the consumer and not the farmer owns the means of production
  D) the environmental factors determine what to produce
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  The correct answer is A .