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 201:

  The study of insect pests of crops is called

  Options:
  A) entomology
  B) pathology
  C) agronomy
  D) synecology
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 202:

  One of the followings is not a basic consideration in planting operations

  Options:
  A) Planting space
  B) Planting time
  C) Planting depth
  D) Planting weed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 203: The correct sequence for the use of coupled implements for land preparation is Options:
  A) plough,horrow and ridger
  B) harrow,ridger and plough
  C) plough,ridger and harrow
  D) harrow,plough and ridger
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 204:

  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 205:

  Water yam is also known as

  Options:
  A) Dioscorea alata
  B) Dioscorea cayenesis
  C) Dioscorea rotundata
  D) Dioscorea bulbifera
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 206:

  Crops grown primarily for feeding animals are known as

  Options:
  A) vegetables
  B) forage
  C) cereal
  D) shrubs
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 207:

  Ginger is propagated by

  Options:
  A) suckers
  B) rhizomes
  C) seeds
  D) tuber
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 208:

  The most effective method of disseminating information among farmers is through

  Options:
  A) individual method
  B) group method
  C) mass method
  D) cooperative method
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 209:

  What is crop rotation?

  Options:
  A) Growing of crops one after the other in a particular sequence
  B) Growing more than one crop at a time
  C) Growing of an associate crop in between the rows of the main crop
  D) Growing of crops together in strips
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 210:

  Which of the following is NOT a component of agronomy?

  Options:
  A) Pest management
  B) Crop production
  C) Soil management
  D) Animal husbandry
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  The correct answer is D .