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 81: Under the commercial land tenure system, farmers find it difficult to secure loans because Options:
  A) land holdings are small and fragmented
  B) they are poor
  C) land holdings cannot be used as security
  D) they are mostly illiterates
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 82:

  Which of the following groups of animals is usually kept in game reserves?

  Options:
  A) cattle, sheep and goats
  B) camels, donkeys and horses
  C) chicken, duck and turkeys
  D) lions, elephants and donkeys
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 83:

  An advantage of extensive system of rearing goats is

  Options:
  A) low labour requirement
  B) easy control of disease
  C) indiscriminate mating
  D) exposure to adverse weather conditions
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 84:

  Which of the following cereal crops most requires nursery practices?

  Options:
  A) Maize
  B) Rice
  C) Millet
  D) Guinea corn
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 85: The device which would help to stabilize heat in an incubator is the Options:
  A) thermometer
  B) hygrometer
  C) barometer
  D) thermostat
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 86:

  All are factors to consider when planning a farmstead except?

  Options:
  A) Accessibility
  B) Topography
  C) Soil type
  D) Irrigation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 87:

  Which of the following sources of farm power is most versatile in West Africa?

  Options:
  A) Biogas
  B) animal
  C) wind
  D) water
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 88:

  Which of the following is not a characteristic of metamorphic rock?

  Options:
  A) they are colourless
  B) some occur in layers
  C) they may contain fossils
  D) they may be hard and massive
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 89:

  The act of giving birth in farm animals is called

  Options:
  A) brooding
  B) cloning
  C) parturtion
  D) gestation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 90:

  Climatic factors which affects organisms include the following except

  Options:
  A) Air
  B) Sunlight
  C) Rain
  D) Rocks
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  The correct answer is D .