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 61:

  ____________ is said to occur when a ration does not provide all the food nutrients in adequate quantities needed by animal.

  Options:
  A) Malnutrient
  B) Malnutritional
  C) Malnourish
  D) Malnutrition
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 62:

  Artificial scarcity of agricultural produce is often caused by the following marketing agents except

  Options:
  A) farmers
  B) wholesalers
  C) middlemen
  D) co-operatives
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 63: The following are advantages of sub-surface irrigation except that Options:
  A) it is suitable for soils with low water holding capacity
  B) it can be used only for specific types of crops
  C) the rate of evaporation is greatly reduced
  D) it reduces the incidence of pests
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 64:

  The practice of bee farming is called

  Options:
  A) Apiculture
  B) Heliculture
  C) Forestry
  D) Agronomy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 65:

  What is the primary focus of animal husbandry in agriculture?

  Options:
  A) Veterinary care for domestic pets
  B) Protection of wildlife habitats
  C) Breeding and management of farm animals
  D) Crop cultivation for livestock feed
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 66:

  

  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 67:

  The easiest method of determining soil texture in the field is by

  Options:
  A) moulding
  B) sieving
  C) sedimenting
  D) feeling
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 68: Which of the following statement is a disadvantage of human power? it Options:
  A) controls other sources of farm power
  B) brings about least damage
  C) is easily available and controlled
  D) has low output
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 69:

  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 70:

  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 .