Subsistence farming can be appropriately described as planting of crops and rearing of livestock
Answer
(D)
for the benefit of the farmer and his family
2
Which of the following is not the role of government in agricultural production?
Answer
(E)
provision of labour
3
In encouraging farmers to produce more of a particular crop, the Nigerian government has helped farmers in marketing that crop through the establishment of
Answer
(C)
marketing boards
4
Which of the following factors affecting land availability and use is a socio-economic factor?
Answer
(A)
population pressure
5
A crop not requiring more than 750 mm annual rainfall is most suitable for cultivation in
Answer
(B)
sahel savanna
6
The major factor influencing the physical or mechanical breakdown of rocks into finer particles include the following except
Answer
(E)
solution
7
Which of the following nutrient element is a macro-nutrient?
Answer
(A)
phosphorus
8
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using organic manure on the soil?
Answer
(A)
spreading of pests and diseases
9
Which of the following factors is not considered in 5the use of irrigation?
Answer
(E)
prevention of salt accumulation through adequate drainage
10
By which of the following ways is the agricultural production in Nigeria affected by topography
Answer
(E)
influencing the area of land, actually available for agriculture
11
Which of the following will not contribute to soil formation in Nigeria?
Answer
(E)
glaciation
12
The type of soil formed is affected by the following factors except
Answer
(A)
farming systems
13
Which of the following is the function of nitrosomonas in the nitrogen cycle?
Answer
(C)
nitrification
14
Which of the following farm practices does not have a very harmful effect on the soil?
Answer
(A)
crop rotation
15
Soil can be drained by the use of the following except
Answer
(A)
sprinklers
16
What are give and take lines often used in farm surveying?
Answer
(E)
measuring farms with irregular boundaries
17
Which of the following is not a limitation of farm mechanization?
Answer
(E)
labour
18
Incubators are used to supply heat to
Answer
(E)
fertilized egg for chick development
19
Root knot of tomato is caused by a
Answer
(E)
nematode
20
If the seed rate for guinea corn is 5.6 kg per hectare, what will be the amount of seeds required for planting 35 acre farm?
Answer
(B)
78.4
21
The most common weed of pastures in Nigeria is
Answer
(A)
spear grass
22
The following are forestry crops except
Answer
(C)
anarcadium
23
The pest designated as a national pest by the Nigeria Agricultural Advisory Council is
Answer
(A)
variegated grasshopper
24
Which of the following groups comprises only oil crops?
Answer
(C)
coconut, cotton and sunflower
25
The mosaic symptom commonly associated with viral diseases of crops can be best observed on
Answer
(C)
leaves
26
Pests of crops that feed by piercing and sucking plants include the following except
Answer
(A)
stem borers
27
Maize grows best on
Answer
(D)
loamy soil
28
Soil may be exposed to erosion when a pasture is
Answer
(B)
overgrazed
29
Taungya farm involves the combination of
Answer
(B)
crop husbandary and forestry
30
The destructive effects of variegated grasshoppers are conspicuously observed on
Answer
(D)
maize and cassava crops
31
A castrated male fowl is known as
Answer
(B)
capon
32
The type of feed which contains the essential nutrients in the right concentrations and proportions is known as
Answer
(E)
balance diet
33
Which of the following is not a reason why planting a mixture of grass and legume on a pasture is economical to the farmer? The
Answer
(A)
mixture can harbour pests
34
The parts of the body affected by Newcastle disease of poultry are the
Answer
(C)
nervous system and respiratory tract
35
A fish pond in an enclosed body of water is for
Answer
(A)
rearing fish for consumption
36
The breed of goat noted for its production of high quality morocco leather is the
Answer
(E)
sokoto red
37
Which of the following is not a source of minerals in animal nutrition?
Answer
(E)
palm oil
38
The following are all leguminous forage crops except
Answer
(D)
panicum maximum
39
Which of the following livestock diseases is transmitted by ticks?
Answer
(A)
red water
40
Dissolved oxygen in fish ponds is maintained at normal level in order to
Answer
(D)
keep fish activities normal
41
Which of the following is not a quality for selecting livestock?
Answer
(A)
feed consumption
42
Investments with long life span in agricultural economics are otherwise known as
Answer
(E)
capital
43
Under normal circumstances, the concept of consumer sovereignty in agriculture implies that
Answer
(A)
the consumer and not the farmer determines what to produce
44
Agricultural credits given to farmers in form of cash are used by the farmer to
