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