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 31:

  In subsistence agriculture,

  Options:
  A) yields are usually high
  B) surplus produced is small
  C) savings are made
  D) farm sizes are large
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 32:

  Plant breeders aim at obtaining the following except

  Options:
  A) tolerance to climatic extremes
  B) resistance to pests
  C) adaptation of pollination
  D) uniformity in the time of maturity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 33:

  The following are extension methods except

  Options:
  A) mass media method
  B) group method
  C) individual method
  D) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 34:

  Which of the following surveying equipment is used for measuring angles during farm surveying?

  Options:
  A) Theodolite
  B) Measuring tape
  C) Gunter's chain
  D) Abney level
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 35: Under the commercial land tenure system, farmers find it difficult to secure loans because Options:
  A) land holdings are small and fragmented
  B) they are poor
  C) land holdings cannot be used as security
  D) they are mostly illiterates
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 36:

  The scientific name for guinea grass is

  Options:
  A) panicum maximum
  B) imperata cylindrica
  C) cynodon dactylon
  D) andropogon gayanus
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 37:

  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 38: The process of grafting in crop production involves Options:
  A) the fusion of gametes of two crops
  B) indicating rooting from stems
  C) the trandfer of a bud from one crop to another
  D) the joining of two parts from related crops
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 39: An example of igneous rock is Options:
  A) marble
  B) basalt
  C) slate
  D) dolomite.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 40:

  An increase in supply of agricultural produce can be caused by the following factors except

  Options:
  A) reduced cost of production
  B) favourable weather conditions
  C) reduced taxation
  D) consumers buying less products
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  The correct answer is D .