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 141:

  The act of giving birth in farm animals is called

  Options:
  A) brooding
  B) cloning
  C) parturtion
  D) gestation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 142:

  Investments with long life span in agricultural economics are otherwise known as

  Options:
  A) capital
  B) entrepreneurship
  C) savings deposit
  D) profit
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 143:

  Which of the following is not an organic manure?

  Options:
  A) Green manure
  B) Farmyard manure
  C) Compost
  D) Fertilizer
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 144:

  Selection based on the performance of ancestors is referred to as

  Options:
  A) family selection
  B) pedigree selection
  C) progeny selection
  D) line selection.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 145:

  Which of the following groups of crops are mostly cultivated in the rainforest zone of Nigeria?

  Options:
  A) Millet, yam and coconut
  B) Maize, cocoyam and cassava
  C) Sorghum, sweet potato and date
  D) Wheat, Irish potato and groundnut
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 146: 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 147:

  ___________ is a process of spreading new ideas and information from research station to reach farm families

  Options:
  A) Osmosis
  B) Diffusion
  C) Turgidity
  D) Flaccidity
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 148:

  Which of the following is a friend of farmer

  Options:
  A) earthworm
  B) aphid
  C) grasshopper
  D) termite
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 149:

  Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor in an agricultural ecosystem?

  Options:
  A) Rainfall
  B) Soil pH
  C) Temperature
  D) Crop pests
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 150:

  The vertical section of the soil showing series of horizontal layers of different types of soil is called

  Options:
  A) Soil texture
  B) Soil layers
  C) Soil profile
  D) Soil type
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  The correct answer is C .