Agricultural Science — 2001

Which of the following occupations is not associated with agriculture?

Which of the following factors most influence the standard of living of individuals in a community?

Subsistence farming is not characterized by

The factors hindering the development of agriculture in West Africa include the following except

Government agricultural regulation are made to control the following except the

The primary role of government in agricultural development is to

Which of the following statement about land is not correct?

Poaching is prohibited in dame reserves in order to

In crop plants, high temperatures may cause

The physical factor affecting crop production is

The most active agent of physical weathering of rocks in arid regions is

The chemical weathering that is responsible for changing haematite to limestone is

Liming is used to correct soil's

A vertical section through the soil is referred to as soil

In the determination of soil texture, a soil sample was found to be smooth and powdery when dry and formed a cast when wet. That soil is

Which of the following mineral elements is essential for chlorophyll formation?

Replenishing soil nutrients involves the following except

Which of the following is not a source of farm power?

Which of the following sources of farm power will assist in the tillage of more land per unit time?

A farm tool used for harvesting heads of rice is the

Which of the following gives the correct order of usage of tillage implements on a virgin land?

Farm surveying can be defined as the

Farm surveying equipment include the following except

The type of survey used in determining the flatness or steepness of a farmland is

Which of the following cereal crops most requires nursery practices?

The maturity period of groundnut in months is

Oil palm trees do well in soils with pH level of

The optimum temperature for storing yam tuber under cold storage is

Which of the following is not an agricultural significance of stems to crops?

During the production of palm oil, the oil palm fruits are boiled in order to

If the recommended seed rate of maize is 20 kg per hectare, calculate the amount of seeds required for 1.8 hectares of farmland.

The main vertebrate pests of rice are

Which of the following statements is true about the effect of nematode on plants?

Which of the following statement is not true about weeds?

In a tannery, the raw material for the manufacture of leather are

The part of the digestive tract of birds which secrets gastric juice is the

The hormone which is secreted by the testes and its responsible for stimulating male sexual characteristics is known as

Production of chicks on a large scale can be achieved using a/an

A broiler starter feed should contain

In animal nutrition, iodine is essential for the production of

The natural ability of the body of farm animal to resist invasion of diseases is called

In cattle, constant coughing with production of blood stained sputum are signs of

An example of a viral disease of farm animals is

The part of the body normally affected by fowl pox disease is the

The eradication of tse-tse flies can prevent

A tapeworm absorbs food from its host through the

A herbivorous fish specie which breeds fast and is suitable for culture in a pond is

Which of the following is not true about adding organic manure to a fish pond? it

The type of labour available to peasant farmers is

The factor of production whose reward is profit is

The demand for agricultural produce is generally

Given a normal situation, what effect will an increase in the supply of cowpea have on its market price? The price

Which of the following is an effect of stability of market price in agricultural production?

Rural farmers mostly obtain loans from

Marketing processes do not include

Artificial scarcity of agricultural produce is often caused by the following marketing agents except