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 211:

  Which of the following is a primary function of the digestive system?

  Options:
  A) Regulation of body temperature
  B) Oxygen transport
  C) Production of hormones
  D) Absorption of nutrients
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 212:

  Some of the by-products of fish include the following except

  Options:
  A) Fish meal
  B) Leather
  C) Oil
  D) Fish silage
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 213:

  The following are examples of agricultural extension except

  Options:
  A) Agro-service centres
  B) Operation feed the nation
  C) Green revolution programme
  D) red revolution programme
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 214:

  Rain water is made available to crops through

  Options:
  A) evaporation
  B) transpiration
  C) surface drainage
  D) root absorbtion
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 215:

  Maize is a very important crop because apart from serving as a staple, it

  Options:
  A) is ploughed into the soil to increase fertility
  B) can be processes into corn flakes
  C) forms the base of most livestock feeds
  D) is used for producing germ oil
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 216:

  Which one of the following is not a target group of an agricultural Extension agent

  Options:
  A) Non-governmental organisation
  B) Commercial farmers
  C) Bee keepers
  D) Political parties
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 217:

  All but one are related to surface irrigation?

  Options:
  A) Mole drainage
  B) Natural flooding
  C) Sprinkler irrigation
  D) Check flooding
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 218:

  The most suitable source of power for stationary equipment on the farm is

  Options:
  A) machinery
  B) electricity
  C) animal
  D) man
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 219:

  Fertilizers are applied to fishponds to serve as

  Options:
  A) bait for fish
  B) food for fish
  C) nutrients for plankton
  D) water purifier
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 220:

  Pasture crops are best used in preparing hay

  Options:
  A) when they are two weeks old
  B) just before flowering
  C) just after seed maturation
  D) after they have started to dry up
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  The correct answer is C .