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 71:

  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 72:

  The animal dungs are used as_____to improve the soil fertility

  Options:
  A) inorganic manure
  B) organic manure
  C) content
  D) mulch
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 73:

  Farm survey equipment include the following except

  Options:
  A) cross staff
  B) Abney level
  C) datun
  D) chain
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 74:

  Agricultural extension programme would succeed in disseminating new ideas to farmers except if the programme

  Options:
  A) is based on research tested on local conditions
  B) involves the people for which the programme is planned
  C) involved only the support to highly trained agricultural extension specialist
  D) is not kept flexible to contemporary technology
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 75:

  Selection based on the performance of ancestors is referred to as

  Options:
  A) family selection
  B) pedigree selection
  C) progeny selection
  D) line selection.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 76:

  Bulldozer is used for the following purpose except

  Options:
  A) bush clearing
  B) felling trees and stumps
  C) leveling the ground
  D) planting of trees
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 77:

  An example of grain legume is

  Options:
  A) pea
  B) maize
  C) sorghum
  D) millet
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 78:

  Agricultural uses of land include

  Options:
  A) silviculture
  B) mining
  C) housing
  D) transportation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 79:

  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 80:

  The hormone responsible for milk let down in female farm animals is

  Options:
  A) testosterone
  B) FSH
  C) Oxytosin
  D) androgen
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  The correct answer is C .