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: Piglet anaemia can be controlled by using Options:
  A) sulphur drugs
  B) iron drugs
  C) anthelmintics
  D) antibiotics
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 62:

  Which of the following farm animals is considered as monogastric?

  Options:
  A) Goat.
  B) Pig.
  C) Cow.
  D) Sheep.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 63: The most devastating agent of erosion is Options:
  A) wild wind
  B) slope
  C) run-off water
  D) rodents.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 64:

  The primary role of agriculture is the provision of

  Options:
  A) foreign exchange earnings
  B) raw materials for industries
  C) food for man and his animals
  D) employment and income for farmers
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 65:

  The optimum temperature for storing yam tuber under cold storage is

  Options:
  A) 7°C
  B) 9°C
  C) 13°C
  D) 15°C
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 66:

  Cultural practices can be classified into the following except

  Options:
  A) pre-planting operations
  B) planting operations
  C) post-planting operations
  D) in-planting operations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 67:

  _________ is the sowing of seed by drilling with stick or knife, followed by dropping seeds and covering them

  Options:
  A) Broadcasting
  B) Dibbling
  C) Dribbling
  D) Drilling
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 68:

  The most common grazing system in West Africa is

  Options:
  A) continuous grazing
  B) rotational grazing
  C) deferred grazing
  D) zero grazing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 69:

  Rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten rocks called magma ejected from beneath the earth's crust is

  Options:
  A) Igneous rock
  B) Metamorphic rock
  C) Caleima rock
  D) Sedimentary rock
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 70:

  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 .