- 1. Agriculture is best defined as the production of....... for man's use.
A) Vegetables
B) Crops and farm animals
C) Wild animals
D) Cash crops only
- 2. Benefits of agriculture include the following except....
A) Thuggery
B) Revenue
C) Employment
D) Foreign exchange
- 3. The raw material used in textile industry is............
A) Plantain
B) Cocoa
C) Tobacco
D) Cotton
- 4. A storage pest of maize is........
A) Beetle
B) Weevil
C) Grasshopper
D) Termite
- 5. Planting of crops and rearing of farm animals on the same pieces of land is known as......
A) Pastoral farming
B) Micro farming
C) Mixed farming
D) Inter cropping
- 6. All the following belong to the poultry.......
A) Guinea fowl
B) Tilapia
C) Turkey
D) Pigeons
- 7. The........ Manufacture food for the plant
A) Flowers
B) Root
C) Leaf
D) Stem
- 8. An example of a rodent is.....
A) Antelop
B) Elephant
C) Rat
D) Grasshopper
E) Cricket
- 9. ........ Can destroy maize or beans in storage
A) Housefly
B) Weevils
C) Cold
D) Sun
- 10. The following are agricultural practices in Nigeria except.....
A) Fishing
B) Animal rearing
C) Weed cultivation
D) Hunting
- 11. The first type of farming system practiced in Nigeria is......,
A) Monocropping
B) Mulching
C) Mixed farming
D) Crop rotation
- 12. Agriculture provides a variety of job opportunities to young school leavers in the following ways except......
A) Mosque
B) Banks
C) Research institutes
D) Ministry of agriculture
- 13. ............ are animals that give birth to their young ones alive and feed them with milk from the mammary glands
A) Fish
B) Reptiles
C) Bird
D) Mammals
- 14. Cowpea found growing in a rice farm will be regarded as a........
A) Bonus
B) Manure
C) Weed
D) Vegetable
- 15. Weeds can be used for the following except...........
A) Increase crop yield
B) Food
C) Controlling erosion
D) Drugs
- 16. The word agriculture is coined from two latin words........ and........
A) Land, ager
B) Ager, cultivation
C) Ager, cultural
D) Land, cultivation
- 17. Which of the following groups of crop can not thrive more than a year ?
A) Coffee
B) Tomato
C) Oil palm
D) Rubber
- 18. Examples of biting and chewing insect pests include all except......
A) Bird
B) Rat
C) Beetles
D) Bat
- 19. The use of machinery, skilled labour and large areas farmland are all characteristics of ......
A) Commercial farming
B) Subsistence farming
C) Mixed cropping
D) Monocropping
- 20. The following records must be kept by a farm manager except.....
A) Farm diary
B) Sales record
C) Labour record
D) Marriage record
- 21. Living organisms that destroy agricultural products when stored are known as.....
A) Pests
B) Farm animals
C) Pets
D) Wild animals
- 22. ........... Is a process by which green plants manufacture their food.
A) Transportation
B) Pollination
C) Photosynthesis
D) Fertilization
- 23. When a farmer produces for himself and his family needs, he is practicing........ Farming
A) Real farming
B) Subsistence farming
C) Family farming
D) Natural farming
- 24. The seasonal movement of livestock by the farmer from place to place in search of food and water is called.......
A) Ranching
B) Ley farming
C) Real farming
D) Normadic farming
- 25. The chemicals used in control of weeds are called......
A) Weedicides
B) Pesticides
C) Insecticides
D) Herbicides
- 26. A major source of milk for human consumption is obtained from....
A) Cow
B) Pig
C) Sheep
D) Goat
- 27. Science and technology have contributed to agriculture in the production of all these except...
A) Fertilizer
B) Crude tools
C) Machinery
D) Pesticides
- 28. A typical storage pest of crops is....
A) Weavil
B) Aphid
C) Locust
D) Grasshopper
- 29. Example of poultry animal is
A) Rat
B) Vulture
C) Duck
D) Donkey
- 30. Agriculture provides all these benefits except....
A) Cloth
B) Food
C) Shelter
D) Life
- 31. Problems facing subsistence farming include the following except......
A) Farmers are illiterates
B) Availability of loan
C) Pests and diseases are not controlled
D) Crude farm tools are used
- 32. Agriculture contributes to the economy of nigeria in the following ways except......
A) Foreign exchange
B) Employment opportunities
C) Supply of raw materials
D) Early marriage
- 33. The outer layer covering of the earth on which plants grow is called....
A) Minerals
B) Rock
C) Soil
D) Granites
A) Cultivation of crops and rearing of farm animals
B) Keeping of goat and chickens
C) Mixing two crops for planting
D) Mixing two types of soil before planting on it
- 35. The physical method of control of crop pests is
A) By hand pick
B) Burning
C) Using killer machine
D) By using chemicals
- 36. Heavy attack of crops by pests may result in
A) Total crop failure
B) Increase in quality
C) Quick germination
D) High yield
- 37. Non insect pests include all except
A) Weevils
B) Sheeps
C) Goats
D) Monkeys
- 38. Keeping imported seeds, plant products, plants and animals ,soil etc in isolation and under observation for a period of time is called.....
A) Quarantine
B) Observation method
C) Plant rotation
D) Personal decision
A) Uprooting the weeds
B) Using weeds as food
C) Mixing weeds with crops
D) Planting more weeds
- 40. .......... the type of soil is good for moulding
A) Loamy
B) Sandy
C) Clay
D) Humus
- 41. ........... are gotten from livestock industry except
A) Meat
B) Milk
C) Feather
D) Plastics
- 42. We use fertilizers to........... On the farmland
A) Destroy a particular plant on the farm
B) Poison the animals
C) Increase fertility of the soil
D) Reduce fertility of the soil
- 43. Local tools include all except
A) Cutlass
B) Hoe
C) Watering can
D) Tractor
- 44. The types of soil that is sticky when wet, holds water and excludes air is called.....
A) Clay
B) Granite
C) Loamy
D) Sandy
- 45. ............ Is often referred to as assests
A) Labour
B) Land
C) Water
D) Capital
- 46. The free gift of nature includes all except ........
A) Soil
B) Rainfall
C) Water
D) Capital
- 47. ........... Can be bought or rent
A) Labour
B) Capital
C) Land
D) Enterprenuer
- 48. ............ includes buildings, machines, roads, inputs and materials used
A) Mineral resources
B) Land
C) Capital
D) Labour
- 49. ........ refers to living environment of an organism
A) River
B) School
C) Abattoir
D) Habitat
- 50. Which of the following industries does not use agricultural raw materials?
A) textile industry
B) pharmaceutical industry
C) food processing industry
D) automobile industry
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