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:

  If urea fertilizer contains 46% nitrogen, calculate the amount of nitrogen in 25kg bag of fertilizer?

  Options:
  A) 11.5kg
  B) 13.5kg
  C) 21.5kg
  D) 26.5kg
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 142:

  The mating of a white fulani bull and an N'dama cow could be termed?

  Options:
  A) Inbreeding
  B) Line breeding
  C) Outbreeding
  D) Cross breeding
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 143:

  A castrated cockerel is called?

  Options:
  A) Boiler
  B) Pullet
  C) Capon
  D) Hen
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 144:

  Reduction of ten seedlings of maize to two per stand is referred to as

  Options:
  A) Thinning
  B) Spacing
  C) Weeding
  D) Pruning
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 145:

  How are farm animals classified based on their feeding habits?

  Options:
  A) By their reproductive strategies
  B) By their feeding preferences
  C) By their geographical distribution
  D) By their size and weight
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 146:

  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 147:

  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 148:

  

  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 149:

  Which one of these is not an advantage of newspaper as agricultural extension teaching methods?

  Options:
  A) It is restricted to only few literate farmer
  B) The pictures they often carry serves as useful teaching aids
  C) They are less expensive
  D) They can also be used in areas where there is no electricity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 150:

  What is the primary focus of animal husbandry in agriculture?

  Options:
  A) Veterinary care for domestic pets
  B) Protection of wildlife habitats
  C) Breeding and management of farm animals
  D) Crop cultivation for livestock feed
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  The correct answer is C .