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