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 221:

  The most common factor affecting land use is

  Options:
  A) population pressure
  B) solar radiation
  C) climatic influence
  D) type of soil
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 222:

  The degree of responsiveness of demand to change in the price of goods or produce is referred to as

  Options:
  A) Relative Elasticity of demand
  B) Unit Elasticity of demand
  C) Price Elasticity of demand
  D) Perfect Elastic demand
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 223:

  ___________ consists of living factors(plants and animals) interacting with the non-living factors in a farm environment

  Options:
  A) Ecosystem
  B) Ecology
  C) Surroundings
  D) Community
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 224:

  The young plants that emerge during germination are called

  Options:
  A) Emmergent plants
  B) Surface plants
  C) Seedlings
  D) Leaves
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 225:

  In order to eliminate food shortage, farm as should

  Options:
  A) cultivate more varieties of crops
  B) practise land tenure by inheritance
  C) shift from crop to animal production
  D) construct farm buildings
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 226:

  A female cattle which has not had a calf or developed into the mature form of a cow is referred to as

  Options:
  A) stag
  B) vealers
  C) yealing
  D) heifer
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 227:

  The national tree-planting campaign is aimed at stimulating

  Options:
  A) wildlife conservation
  B) afforestation
  C) taungya farming
  D) forest reservation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 228: Which of the following insects transmits swollen shoot disease of cocoa? Options:
  A) stem borer
  B) mealybug
  C) whitefly
  D) scale insect
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 229:

  Andropogon gayanus is commonly called

  Options:
  A) guinea grass
  B) elephant grass
  C) gamba grass
  D) spear grass
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 230:

  _________ is concerned with the study of the inter-relationships between groups of organisms living together in an area

  Options:
  A) Autecology
  B) Synecology
  C) Ecosystem
  D) Ecology
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  The correct answer is B .