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 431:

  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 432:

  The process of stopping a young animal from milk and placing it under hand feeding is

  Options:
  A) culling
  B) breeding
  C) weaning
  D) isolation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 433:

  Agricultural extension serves as ____ between research institute and farmers

  Options:
  A) command centers
  B) bridge
  C) extension
  D) gap
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 434:

  Which one of these is not part of a disc plough?

  Options:
  A) Planter
  B) Furrow wheel
  C) Coulter
  D) Disc scraper
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 435:

  ______ introduce new ideas of farming seen in other places to their dwelling.

  Options:
  A) Innovators
  B) Early adopters
  C) Late adopters
  D) Never adopters
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 436: The part labeled I is made of Options:
  A) lead.
  B) aluminium
  C) iron
  D) wood
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 437:

  Which of the following is not a sign of animal approaching parturition?

  Options:
  A) soft, pliable and swollen vulva
  B) relaxed cervix
  C) full mammary gland
  D) drop in milk productio
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 438:

  The desktop computer used for data management in agri-business is

  Options:
  A) an analog computer
  B) a super computer
  C) a hybrid computer
  D) a mainframe computer
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 439:

  The practice of mating closely related animals is called

  Options:
  A) pen mating
  B) cross breeding
  C) outbreeding
  D) inbreeding
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 440: The process of grafting in crop production involves Options:
  A) the fusion of gametes of two crops
  B) indicating rooting from stems
  C) the trandfer of a bud from one crop to another
  D) the joining of two parts from related crops
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  The correct answer is D .