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 131:

  Which of the following fruit is a capsule?

  Options:
  A) Okra
  B) Apple
  C) Mango
  D) Coconut
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 132:

  __________ is a special place prepared for raising seedlings which are later taken to the field for proper planting.

  Options:
  A) Nursery
  B) Seed space
  C) Primary
  D) Secondary
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 133:

  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 134:

  An advantage of extensive system of rearing goats is

  Options:
  A) low labour requirement
  B) easy control of disease
  C) indiscriminate mating
  D) exposure to adverse weather conditions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 135:

  The main processes involved in the marketing of cotton include the following except

  Options:
  A) wedding
  B) processing
  C) grading
  D) packaging
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 136:

  Which of the following is not a type of harvester?

  Options:
  A) Plough
  B) Mower
  C) Forage Harvester
  D) Combine Harvester
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 137:

  One of the symptoms of vitamin deficiency diseases in livestock includes except

  Options:
  A) Improved fertility
  B) Loss of appetite
  C) Scurvy
  D) Rickets
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 138:

  Which of the following is a potential disadvantage of agricultural extension?

  Options:
  A) Lack of access to extension services in remote areas
  B) Increased farmer knowledge and skills
  C) Strengthened farmer-government relationships
  D) Enhanced adoption of improved farming practices
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 139:

  The following are the features of subsistence agriculture except

  Options:
  A) subsistence agriculture is mostly practised by peasant farms
  B) It requires the use of family labour
  C) Pests and diseases are not really controlled
  D) It requires the use of both skilled and unskilled labour
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 140:

  In surveying, the instrument used to measure horizontal, vertical angles and planes is the

  Options:
  A) gunters chain
  B) prismatic compass
  C) ranging poles
  D) theodolite.
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  The correct answer is D .