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