Agricultural Science — 2003

Agriculture helps to solve all the following problems except

Wastage of perishable farm produce is likely due to the following problems except

Plant quarantine was introduced to

Which of the following is an advantage of communal land tenure system?

An advantage of individual system of land ownership is that

The role of government in promoting agricultural development includes the following except

Which of the following is not a function of forestry?

The factors involved in the formation of metamorphic rocks are

Which of the following is not a factor of soil formation?

The rate of soil erosion is not affected by

Which of the following soil properties cannot be easily altered?

A soil with low pH value can be improved by the addition of

What is the percentage water content of a soil sample which weighed 180g when fresh and 120g when oven dried?

Nitrogen may be lost from the soil through the following processes except

Nitrogen deficiency in plants can lead to the following except

Which of the following is not a principal of crop rotation?

The most efficient irrigation method on large scale farms involve the use of

The farm machinery that does not have the heat engine is

What is the main use of a gunter's cabin?

The main reason why the disc plough is preferred over the mouldboard plough for use in heavy soils is that

Which of the following parts is common to both the disc and mouldboard plough?

Which of the following farm implements is not hand operated?

Primary tillage equipment performs the following functions except

Which of the following is a method of conducting a simple farm layout survey?

Which of the following activities does not clearly describe the art of mechanization?

An example of grain legume is

Cassava is mainly propagated by

Which of the following groups of crops requires a nursery?

To which of the following crops does the term 'ginning' apply?

The scientific name for guinea grass is

The national terr-planting campaign is aimed at stimulating

The most common grazing system in West Africa is

Smut disease of cereals is caused by a

Moths,aphids and mealy bugs cause damage to crops by their

The variety if maize which is less susceptible to weevil attack is

Weevils can be controlled by

The most common weed of pasture in West Africa is

Improvement of yam through breeding is difficult because

Animal which chew the cud are

Birds temporarily store their food in the

Spermatozoa are produced in the

Which of the following is not a sign of heat in farm animals?

The cat of giving birth in farm animals is called

Which of the following factors usually affects the colour of egg yolk?

Sexing in animal production is the process of

Management practices in a piggery include the following except

The process of stopping a young animal from milk and placing it under hand feeding is

Artificial colostrum can be prepared from mixing all the following materials except

Which of the following classes of nutrients is used mainly for energy production in farm animals?

Newcastle disease attacks

Coccidiosis can be treated with

Fish products include the following except

The resulting calf from crossing white fulani with a muturu cow is a

The major advantage of inbreeding in animals is that it

Farm records are important for the following reasons except

The activities of middlemen may cause the following problems except

The best method of introducing a new pesticide to rural farmers is through