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:

  The following steps are necessary when establishing a fish pond except

  Options:
  A) Moisture
  B) Site selection
  C) General survey
  D) Clearing and stumping of site
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 32:

  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 .
• Question 33:

  Legumes that produce edible seeds are known as

  Options:
  A) pulses
  B) grains
  C) cereals
  D) beverages
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 34:

  Which of the following may cause disease in a fish pond?

  Options:
  A) mixed stocking
  B) liming
  C) poor management practices
  D) harvesting
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 35:

  Dura, Tenera and Pisifera are all cultivated varieties of

  Options:
  A) coconut
  B) oil palm
  C) rubber
  D) banana
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 36:

  What is the percentage water content of soil sample which weighed 180g when fresh and 120g when oven-dried?

  Options:
  A) 20.14%
  B) 25.00%
  C) 33.33%
  D) 60.00%
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 37:

  

  During which of the following plant propagation methods is the tool represented used?

  Options:
  A) Seed planting
  B) Seedling transplant
  C) Budding
  D) Layering
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 38:

  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 39:

  Which branch of ecology deals with the study of an individual organism and its interaction with the environment is

  Options:
  A) embryology
  B) symbiosis
  C) entomology
  D) autecology
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 40: Jute and kenaf thrive well in a soil that is Options:
  A) clayey
  B) sandy loam
  C) clayey loam
  D) humus.
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  The correct answer is B .