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 291:

  

  Use the following diagram below to answer this question.

  During which of the following plant propagation methods is the tool represented used?

  Options:
  A) Seed planting
  B) Seedling transplant
  C) Budding
  D) Layering
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 292:

  Which of the following rocks is formed from shale?

  Options:
  A) marble
  B) slate
  C) quartzite
  D) limestone
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 293:

  The following are importance of agriculture except

  Options:
  A) Provision of food
  B) Provision of employment opportunities
  C) Lack of good food
  D) Provision of market for industrial goods
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 294:

  Agricultural uses of land include

  Options:
  A) silviculture
  B) mining
  C) housing
  D) transportation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 295:

  Which of the following may cause disease in a fish pond?

  Options:
  A) mixed stocking
  B) liming
  C) poor management practices
  D) harvesting
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 296:

  When farmers engages in both plant and animal husbandry, he is practising

  Options:
  A) lay farming
  B) mixed framing
  C) mixed cropping
  D) crop rotation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 297:

  The part of the ruminant stomach from which digestive juices secreted is the

  Options:
  A) Rumen
  B) Reticulum
  C) Abomasum
  D) Paunch
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 298:

  The most suitable source of power for stationary equipment on the farm is

  Options:
  A) machinery
  B) electricity
  C) animal
  D) man
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 299:

  The system in which a farmer uses a piece of land for a period and abandons it for another land is called

  Options:
  A) crop rotation
  B) mix cropping
  C) shifting cultivation
  D) leg farming
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 300:

  Which of the followings is not an advantage of Introduction

  Options:
  A) It enhances greater productivity
  B) It leads to the absence of pests and diseases
  C) It may not perform maximally
  D) Breeds may perform better in terms of quality and quantity
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  The correct answer is C .