Agricultural science studies farming practices, including soil cultivation for growing crops and raising animals for food, wool, and other products.
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Question 231:
Which of the following processes is not used in rice processing
Options:
A) Threshing
B) Winnowing
C) Perboiling
D) Fermentation
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 232:
Management practices in a piggery include the following except
Options:
A) disinfecting pens
B) regular cleaning of feed and water troughs
C) isolating sick animals
D) weekly vaccination of pigs
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 233:
Artificial scarcity of agricultural produce is often caused by the following marketing agents except
Options:
A) farmers
B) wholesalers
C) middlemen
D) co-operatives
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 234:
What is commercial agriculture?
Options:
A) Large-scale farming for profit and market-oriented production
B) Farming for self-sufficiency and survival
C) Small-scale farming with limited use of modern technology
D) Intensive farming using advanced technology
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 235:
The hormone responsible for milk let down in female farm animals is
Options:
A) testosterone
B) FSH
C) Oxytosin
D) androgen
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 236:
A crop not requiring more than 750mm annual rainfall is most suitable for cultivation in
Options:
A) Rain forest
B) Sahel savanna
C) Sudan savanna
D) Guinea savanna
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 237:
The problems associated with land tenure through inheritance include the following except
Options:
A) small land holdings for family members
B) hatred among family members arising from land sharing
C) right of individuals to free use and control of inherited land
D) difficulty to sell part of inherited land
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 238:
Elastic demand is the type in which a change in price
Options:
A) brings about greater change in quantity of goods demanded
B) of a commodity leads to little or no change in demand
C) leads to equal change in commodity demanded
D) may not change the demand of quantity of commodity.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 239: 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 .
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Question 240:
All are factors to consider when planning a farmstead except?
Options:
A) Accessibility
B) Topography
C) Soil type
D) Irrigation
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The correct answer is D .