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 471:

  

  Study the diagram above and answer the question.

  The crop associated with the diagram above is?

  Options:
  A) Theobroma cacao
  B) Zingiber officinale
  C) Hevea brasiliensis
  D) Gossypium hirsutum
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 472:

  Which of the following farm practices is not mechanized?

  Options:
  A) planting
  B) fertilizer application
  C) bush clearing
  D) transplanting
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 473:

  The national tree-planting campaign is aimed at stimulating

  Options:
  A) wildlife conservation
  B) afforestation
  C) taungya farming
  D) forest reservation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 474:

  Roles of an extension agent includes the following except

  Options:
  A) He does not liaises with other agencies
  B) He plans and executes farming educational programmes
  C) He supervises the utilization of agricultural loans
  D) He conducts or organizes training for farmers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 475: Pineapple is widely propagated using Options:
  A) seeds
  B) suckers
  C) slips
  D) cuttings
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 476:

  __________ is the distance of the sown seed in the soil from the soil surface

  Options:
  A) Planting height
  B) Planting depth
  C) Planting width
  D) Plant deep
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 477:

  __________is used to create awareness and interest in the new ideas and techniques among the majority of the people

  Options:
  A) mass media method
  B) Individual method
  C) Group method
  D) Many method
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 478: In farm animals, a sign of heat includes Options:
  A) profuse salivation
  B) secretions from the vulva
  C) difficulty in breathing
  D) continuous urination.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 479:

  What are biotic factors in an agricultural ecosystem?

  Options:
  A) Factors related to the climate and weather
  B) Factors related to the living organisms
  C) Factors related to the physical environment
  D) Factors related to the availability of nutrients
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 480:

  Which of the following is an example of igneous rock?

  Options:
  A) gneiss
  B) limestone
  C) standstone
  D) granite
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  The correct answer is D .