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