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