SS 3 AGRIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) HomeWAEC/NECO Exam Past QuestionsSS 3 AGRIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) 0% 0 votes, 0 avg 6 SSCE/NECO/GCE (AGRIC. SCIENCE) AGRIC. SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS SSCE (APP) These are Agric Science Past Questions. Questions will be picked at random from the question bank. You can use the NEXT button to move to the next question, use the PREV button to move to the previous question, the CLEAR button to clear any answer of your choice and you have the FINISH button to end the exam if you choose to. Any question not answered before the end of the exam time, will be marked as wrong and the exam will end by itself. so try to attempt all questions on time. Goodluck! 1 / 50 Artificial scarcity of agricultural produce is often caused by the following marketing agents except wholesalers co-operatives middlemen farmers 2 / 50 Irrigation water is passed underneath the soil through canals pipes sprinklers drips 3 / 50 Which of the following sources of farm power will assist in the tillage of more land per unit time? man animal machine wind 4 / 50 Which of the following is not a principle of crop rotation? a period of fallow must be provided in the course of the rotation a leguminous crop should be included in the system deep-rooted crops should be followed by shallow rooted crops crops that can be attacked by the same pest should not follow each other 5 / 50 When soils are poorly drained the rate of decomposition is accelerated they form hardpans they dry up easily the air content of the soil is reduced 6 / 50 An example of grain legume is millet pigeon pea sorghum maize 7 / 50 A physical factor affecting crop production is temperature vegetation man microorganism 8 / 50 Smut diseases are often found on cassava maize cowpea grapes 9 / 50 Subsistence agriculture mainly involves food production on large scale farm high capital input on the farm enterprise mechanization of all farm operations food production using family labour 10 / 50 Liming is used to correct soil’s caution exchange capacity acidity neutrality porosity 11 / 50 The most in appropriate means of disseminating new ideas and techniques to the peasant farmer is by use of internet cinema television radio 12 / 50 An adult female goat is a/an gilt heifer ewe doe 13 / 50 Leguminous cover crops do not increase the nitrogen content of soils aid in improving the soil organic matter content reduce the soil microbial population bind the soil particles together through their roots 14 / 50 Energy in fossil materials maybe harnessed as electricity energy water energy wind energy fuel energy 15 / 50 The functions of a farm manager include the following except supervision of farm labourers financing agricultural projects decision making coordination of farm activities 16 / 50 Smut diseases of cereals is caused by nematode protozoon bacterium fungus 17 / 50 The process of removing a young animal from its mother is referred to as wearing breeding isolation culling 18 / 50 Pasture crops are best used in preparing hay after they have started to dry up just after seed maturation when they are two weeks old just before flowing 19 / 50 The best method of introducing a new pesticide to rural farmers is through circular letters demonstration farmer’s co-operatives field trips 20 / 50 Which of the following parts is common to both the disc and mould board plough? beam coulter plough share land slide 21 / 50 When a change in price brings no change in demand, the situation is described as perfectly elastic fairly elastic perfectly inelastic fairly inelastic 22 / 50 Pennisetum purpurem is the botanical name for carpet grass elephanat grass gamba grass bahama grass 23 / 50 One factor which differentiates a subsistence from a commercial farmer is that the former produces for the benefit of his community for the benefit of his family only one type of crop raw materials for agro-based industries 24 / 50 The primary purpose of establishing wild life reserve is to prevent extinction of wild animals conserve animals for hunting provide constant supply of meat for export prevent wild animals from predating 25 / 50 Which of the following soil water is tightly held to the surface of soil particles? capillary superfluous water hygroscopic water gravitational water 26 / 50 Parturition in the deo (rabbit) is referred to as lambing kidding farrowing kinding 27 / 50 An accessory sex gland in a bull is pituitary gland thyroid gland prostate gland pancreatic gland 28 / 50 Which of the following occupation is not associated with agriculture? saw-milling production of honey fertilizer production production of polythens 29 / 50 Which of the following statements is not true about weeds weeds may harbor crop diseases weeds reduce the nutritional value of a pasture all weeds are grasses some weeds are parasitic on crop plants 30 / 50 The rate of soil erosion is not affected by leaching vegetation cover topographys rainfall 31 / 50 The primary role of agriculture is the provision of employment and income for farmers. food for man and his animals raw materials for industries foreign exchange earnings 32 / 50 Which of the following plant diseases is not caused by fungi? maize streak rice blast maize rust cassava leaf-spot 33 / 50 Which of the following soil characteristics is constant? moisture content texture structure mineral matter content 34 / 50 Agriculture helps to solve all the following problems except inadequate shelter materials unemployment high population growth rate malnutrition 35 / 50 The part of the digestive tract of birds which secrete gastric juice is the crop gizzard oesophagus proventriculus 36 / 50 Newcastle disease attacks pigs horses ruminant poultry 37 / 50 Government laws and reforms are aimed at increasing agricultural production encouraging importation of agricultural produces. discouraging investment in agriculture controlling farm profits 38 / 50 The major advantage of inbreed in animals is that it eliminates undesirable traits increases multiple births reduces the numbers of mates needed in a hard increases hybrid vigour 39 / 50 Given a normal situation, what effect will an increase in the supply of cowpea have on its market price? The price increase is unaffected decreases is unpredictable 40 / 50 The major advantage of human power over all other sources of power is man’s ability to work on any climatic condition intelligence to control work normal power output of 75 waits per day strength when at work 41 / 50 The most versatile source of farm power in West Africa is water wind animal biogas 42 / 50 The maturity period of groundnut in months is 1 – 2 4 – 5 6 – 7 2 – 3 43 / 50 Rabbits are kept in cages called hutches crushes pens paddocks 44 / 50 The recommended agricultural practice in farm settlement scheme is continuous cropping poultry farming cash crop production mixed farming 45 / 50 The practice of cutting only matured forest trees and allowing other young ones to grow is known as selective exploitation afforestation deforestation regeneration 46 / 50 Detailed survey for the site of a fish pond is necessary for the site of a fish pond is necessary for the following except height of the dam location and depth of the spillway site inspection determination of the depth of the pond 47 / 50 On a curve for the law of diminishing returns, maximum output is obtained at the apex of the curve beginning of the curve middle of the curve end of the curve 48 / 50 A variety of oil palm is amelonado tenera trinitario criollo 49 / 50 Which of the following is a function of the hopper of a gain sheller? drying shelled maize grains rubbing cobs against one another separating chaff from the grains receiving maize cobs to be shelled 50 / 50 Mastitis is a disease which affects the hump scrotum udder dewlap Your score is LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Practice also: SS 3 DATA PROCESSING PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 COMPUTER STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 COMMERCE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 CIVIC EDUCATION PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO)