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 51:

  The followings are functions of a sprayer except

  Options:
  A) It can be used to control the growth of weeds
  B) It can be used to control the effects of pest.
  C) It can be used to plant seeds
  D) It can be used to spray disinfectant.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 52:

  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 53:

  Daily management routines in poultry include the following except

  Options:
  A) egg collection
  B) debeaking
  C) water and feed provision
  D) health care
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 54:

  A piece of information contained in payroll record of farms is

  Options:
  A) date of employment
  B) equity
  C) income generated
  D) total credit.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 55:

  Cassava is mainly propagated by

  Options:
  A) seedlings
  B) layering
  C) budding
  D) cuttings
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 56:

  The most effective method of controlling or preventing viral diseases in plants is by

  Options:
  A) practising crop rotation
  B) spraying crops regularly
  C) planting resistant varieties
  D) burning affected crops
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 57:

  Self-pollination takes place when grains are transferred from the

  Options:
  A) stigma to the anther of another plant
  B) stigma to the anther of same plant
  C) anther to the stigma of same plant
  D) anther to the stigma of another plant.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 58: 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 59:

  Farm surveying can be defined as the

  Options:
  A) leveling of land during road construction
  B) sighting of structures through a theodolite
  C) making measurements on land from which maps are drawn
  D) estimation of the type and properties of soil on a farm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 60:

  Which of these operations comes first in cultural practice?

  Options:
  A) Tillage
  B) Ridges
  C) Stumping
  D) Harvesting
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  The correct answer is C .