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 291:

  The optimum temperature for storing yam tuber under cold storage is

  Options:
  A) 7°C
  B) 9°C
  C) 13°C
  D) 15°C
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 292:

  Which of the following is not the role of government in agricultural production?

  Options:
  A) provision of loans and credits
  B) building of storage facilities
  C) establishment of efficient marketing outlets
  D) provision of labour
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 293:

  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 294:

  The relative humidity in an incubator is usually set at

  Options:
  A) 10% - 30%
  B) 40% - 60%
  C) 70% - 80%
  D) 90% - 100%.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 295:

  The tree species commonly planted for pulp wood is

  Options:
  A) Gmelina
  B) Cassia
  C) Alibiza
  D) Tectona
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 296:

  Which of the following is not a type of harvester?

  Options:
  A) Plough
  B) Mower
  C) Forage Harvester
  D) Combine Harvester
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 297:

  The mating of unrelated individual animals within the same breed is called

  Options:
  A) Out breeding
  B) In - breeding
  C) Line breeding
  D) Cross breeding
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 298: Government plays important role in the development of agriculture through the following means except Options:
  A) provision of subsidies
  B) training of farmers children
  C) establishment of agricultural development programmes
  D) establishment of farm settglements
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 299:

  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 .
• Question 300:

  The following animals are polygastric animals except

  Options:
  A) Pigs
  B) Cattle
  C) Deer
  D) Sheep
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  The correct answer is A .