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 301: The instrument which enables a surveyor to find the direction of a base line is Options:
  A) abney level
  B) ranging pole
  C) plumb bob
  D) magnetic compass
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 302:

  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 .
• Question 303: If T represents the gene for tallness while t represents dwarfness. When a tall (TT) crop is crossed with a dwarf (tt) crop, the resultant crop will be Options:
  A) 100% dwarf
  B) 100% tall
  C) 50% tall and 50% dwarf
  D) 75% tall and 25% dwarf
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 304:

  The horizon of a soil profile which encourages the greatest level of microbial activity is

  Options:
  A) A - horizon
  B) B - horizon
  C) C - horizon
  D) D - horizon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 305:

  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 306:

  A variety of oil palm is

  Options:
  A) Amelonado
  B) Acuminata
  C) Tenera
  D) Trinitario
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 307:

  The physical properties of soil include the following except

  Options:
  A) PH
  B) colour
  C) moisture content
  D) porosity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 308:

  Farm survey equipment include the following except

  Options:
  A) cross staff
  B) Abney level
  C) datun
  D) chain
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 309:

  Ginning is a method of processing

  Options:
  A) cocoa
  B) cotton
  C) oil palm
  D) palm kernel oil
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 310:

  Which of the following parts of plants are normally used for vegetative propagation?

  Options:
  A) Fruit, leaf and root.
  B) Stem, root and leaf.
  C) Fruit, leaf and flower
  D) Leaf, flower and stem.
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  The correct answer is B .