- 1. All are agents of weed dispersal except
A) Food
B) Wind
C) Animal
D) Man
- 2. Weeds serves the following purposes except
A) Cloth
B) Food
C) Drugs
D) Livestock feeds
- 3. Weeds compete with crops for all except
A) Sunlight
B) Space
C) Food
D) Shape
- 4. The unwanted plants on the farm are refferred to as
A) Weeds
B) Food
C) Crops
D) Yeast
- 5. ______ is removing stumps right from the base of their roots
A) Stumping
B) Bush Clearing
C) Planting
D) Tilling
- 6. . ______ is the process of covering the soil surface with non-living materials such as crop residue, grass and saw dust
A) Spacing
B) Thinning
C) Stumping
D) Mulching
- 7. _____ is the removal of extra seedlings from a stand when the seedlings per stands germinate more than the required
A) Harrowing
B) Thinning
C) Mulching
D) Spacing
- 8. . _____ is the replacing of seeds that failed to germinate
A) Thinning
B) Supplying
C) Replacing
D) Mulching
- 9. _____ is the cutting of dead and dropping branches to give the tree a suitable shape
A) Trimming
B) Shaping
C) Cutting
D) Thinning
- 10. ____ reduces the market value of crops
A) Weeds
B) Sunlight
C) Water
D) Space
- 11. . _____ can serve as food to man and soil organisms
A) Animal droppings
B) Weeds
C) Saw dust
D) Dead plants
- 12. _____ are structures designed to accommodate processing machines
A) Living houses
B) Production houses
C) Storage structures
D) Processing shed
- 13. . _____ is a building where the farmer and his managerial staff stay away to plan and coordinate all the strategies of the farm business
A) Storage houses
B) Farm office
C) Production houses
D) Living houses
- 14. To avoid offensive odours in living houses, _____ should not be sited close to them
A) Livestock pens
B) Production room
C) Offices
D) Storage houses
- 15. The methods of planting are all except
A) Drilling
B) Broadcasting
C) Planting of stake
D) Rolling
- 16. A ____ is responsible for planning, decision making, budgeting and maintenance of the farm
A) Home maker
B) Designer
C) Farm manager
D) Receptionist
- 17. One of the following is a problem faced by farm manager
A) Low cost of agricultural materials
B) Adequate record
C) Good government policy
D) Pest and disease
- 18. The type of rock that forms as a result of cooling and solidification of molten magma is called _____
A) Parent rock
B) Metamorphic rock
C) Sedimentary rock
D) Igneous rock
- 19. One of these is not a reason for mulching
A) It checks weed growth
B) It prevents air penetration into the soil
C) Materials decay to form organic manure
D) It conserves moisture
- 20. The process in which rock has to disintegrate into tiny particles to form soil is called
A) Magma
B) Weathering
C) Disintegration
D) Metamorphic
- 21. The rocks originated from pockets of hot molten mass is called
A) Meta
B) Weathering
C) Magma
D) Change
- 22. Great pressure has turned Limestone a sedimentary rock into ………..
A) Clay
B) Granite
C) marble
D) slate
- 23. The replacement of seeds that fail to germinate is
A) Staking
B) Supplying
C) Mulching
D) Thinning
- 24. The percentage composition of water in the soil is
A) 25%
B) 30%
C) 45%
D) 5%
- 25. One of the following soil types is the best for agriculture
A) Loamy
B) Sandy
C) None
D) Clayey
- 26. The general farming activities carried out on the farm during crop production from land preparation to harvesting are called
A) Production
B) Bush clearing
C) Cultural practices
D) Harvesting
- 27. Which of the following is included in pre-planting operation
A) Clearing, stumping, ploughing
B) Manuring, planting, weeding
C) Weeding, staking, stumping
D) Clearing, planting, weeding
- 28. The farming activities carried out before planting is done is called
A) Planting operation
B) Pre-planting operation
C) Practical operation
D) Post-planting operation
- 29. Livestock pens should not be sited close to living houses to avoid
A) Offensive odour
B) Ventilation
C) Drainage
D) None
- 30. Farm tools made with iron or steel can be maintained by
A) Lubricating
B) Applying chemicals
C) Exposing to dew
D) Applying water
- 31. A person who is responsible for obtaining better yield by deciding on the crops, livestock management etc on the farm is a
A) Scientist
B) Foreigner
C) Farm Manager
D) Gardener
- 32. Harvesting involves the removal of ………crops
A) Smooth
B) Big
C) Small
D) Matured
- 33. One of these is a problem of a farm manager
A) Financial stability
B) Adequate farm input
C) Inadequate information
D) Adequate personnel
- 34. Particles in silt ranges from _____ to _____ in diameter
A) 0.02 - 0.002mm
B) 0.2 - 2.0mm
C) Less than 0.002mm
D) 0.2 - 0.002mm
- 35. What is the percentage of mineral matters in soil
A) 25%
B) 45%
C) 15%
D) 5%
- 36. One of the following methods can be used to separate soil particles
A) Ridging
B) Sieving
C) Thinning
D) Boiling
- 37. All are characteristics of sandy soil except
A) Well drained
B) Sticky when wet
C) Easy to work on
D) Large air spaces
- 38. ________ consist of the mixture of the plant and animals residue in their various stages of decomposition
A) Soil organic matter
B) Soil water
C) Soil air
D) Weed
- 39. A soil must contain ____ percentage of sand before it can be referred to as sandy soil
A) 70%
B) 100%
C) 20%
D) 50%
- 40. Which type of soil can be moulded to any shape
A) Sandy
B) Clay
C) Loam
D) Silt
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