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 11:

  A piece of information contained in payroll record of farms is

  Options:
  A) date of employment
  B) equity
  C) income generated
  D) total credit.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 12: Which of the following factors does not influence the distribution of cattle in West Africa? Options:
  A) pastures
  B) light
  C) diseases
  D) rainfall
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 13:

  The process whereby rocks are broken down into small particles through both physical and chemical factors is known as

  Options:
  A) Rock degradation
  B) Weathering
  C) Erosion
  D) Oxidation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 14:

  _________ is the artificial watering of farmland

  Options:
  A) Application
  B) Supplying
  C) Manuring
  D) Irrigation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 15:

  Rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten rocks called magma ejected from beneath the earth's crust is

  Options:
  A) Igneous rock
  B) Metamorphic rock
  C) Caleima rock
  D) Sedimentary rock
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 16:

  The most unreliable source of power on the farm is

  Options:
  A) heat engine
  B) wind
  C) electricity
  D) animal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 17:

  In poultry nutrition, the minerals that prevent the laying of thin-shelled eggs are

  Options:
  A) calcium and phosphorus
  B) sodium and calcium
  C) phosphorus and sodium
  D) sulphur and phosphorus
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 18:

  Which of the following rocks is formed from shale?

  Options:
  A) marble
  B) slate
  C) quartzite
  D) limestone
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 19:

  Farm animals can be classified into three main categories based on their primary purpose. Which of the following is NOT one of those categories?

  Options:
  A) Poultry
  B) Aquatic animals
  C) Companion animals
  D) Livestock animals
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 20:

  The causative organism of maize rust is?

  Options:
  A) Nematoda
  B) Insect
  C) Bacterium
  D) Fungus
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  The correct answer is D .