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 121:

  Which of the following is not normally a pasture crop?

  Options:
  A) mucuna
  B) centrosema
  C) stylosanthes
  D) giant star grass
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 122:

  Marketing processes do not include

  Options:
  A) production
  B) assembling
  C) distribution
  D) processing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 123:

  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 124:

  Which of the following is an example of an agricultural extension method used to disseminate information to farmers?

  Options:
  A) Crop rotation
  B) Irrigation systems
  C) Farmer field schools
  D) Soil testing
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 125: A regulatory control of diseases in crop production is Options:
  A) rouging
  B) quarantine
  C) crop rotation
  D) soil tillage
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 126:

  The factor of production whose reward is profit is

  Options:
  A) land
  B) labour
  C) capital
  D) entrepreneurship
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 127:

  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 128:

  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 129:

  Which of the following nutrient element is a macro-nutrient?

  Options:
  A) phosphorus
  B) zinc
  C) iron
  D) manganese
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 130:

  Given a normal situation, what effect will an increase in the supply of cowpea have on its market price? The price

  Options:
  A) increases
  B) decreases
  C) is unaffected
  D) is unpredictable
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  The correct answer is B .