SS 3 AGRIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) HomeWAEC/NECO Exam Past QuestionsSS 3 AGRIC SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) 0% 0 votes, 0 avg 39 SSCE/NECO/GCE (AGRIC. SCIENCE) AGRIC. SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS SSCE (APP) These are Agric Science Past Questions. 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cassava leaf-spot rice blast maize streak maize rust 9 / 50 An accessory sex gland in a bull is pancreatic gland thyroid gland prostate gland pituitary gland 10 / 50 The major advantage of inbreed in animals is that it increases hybrid vigour eliminates undesirable traits reduces the numbers of mates needed in a hard increases multiple births 11 / 50 When a change in price brings no change in demand, the situation is described as fairly elastic fairly inelastic perfectly inelastic perfectly elastic 12 / 50 Leguminous cover crops do not reduce the soil microbial population aid in improving the soil organic matter content increase the nitrogen content of soils bind the soil particles together through their roots 13 / 50 The most in appropriate means of disseminating new ideas and techniques to the peasant farmer is by use of television cinema radio internet 14 / 50 Which of the following soil characteristics is constant? texture moisture content mineral matter content structure 15 / 50 Which of the following statements is not true about weeds all weeds are grasses some weeds are parasitic on crop plants weeds may harbor crop diseases weeds reduce the nutritional value of a pasture 16 / 50 The rate of soil erosion is not affected by leaching rainfall vegetation cover topographys 17 / 50 Pennisetum purpurem is the botanical name for elephanat grass bahama grass carpet grass gamba grass 18 / 50 Government laws and reforms are aimed at encouraging importation of agricultural produces. discouraging investment in agriculture increasing agricultural production controlling farm profits 19 / 50 Smut diseases of cereals is caused by nematode fungus bacterium protozoon 20 / 50 The primary purpose of establishing wild life reserve is to provide constant supply of meat for export conserve animals for hunting prevent extinction of wild animals prevent wild animals from predating 21 / 50 Which of the following is not a principle of crop rotation? a period of fallow must be provided in the course of the rotation deep-rooted crops should be followed by shallow rooted crops crops that can be attacked by the same pest should not follow each other a leguminous crop should be included in the system 22 / 50 Which of the following sources of farm power will assist in the tillage of more land per unit time? machine man animal wind 23 / 50 The practice of cutting only matured forest trees and allowing other young ones to grow is known as afforestation regeneration selective exploitation deforestation 24 / 50 Rabbits are kept in cages called crushes pens hutches paddocks 25 / 50 The process of removing a young animal from its mother is referred to as breeding isolation wearing culling 26 / 50 Subsistence agriculture mainly involves mechanization of all farm operations food production on large scale farm food production using family labour high capital input on the farm enterprise 27 / 50 Smut diseases are often found on grapes cowpea maize cassava 28 / 50 The maturity period of groundnut in months is 1 – 2 6 – 7 4 – 5 2 – 3 29 / 50 An adult female goat is a/an ewe gilt heifer doe 30 / 50 Which of the following parts is common to both the disc and mould board plough? land slide beam coulter plough share 31 / 50 Pasture crops are best used in preparing hay when they are two weeks old just before flowing just after seed maturation after they have started to dry up 32 / 50 A variety of oil palm is criollo trinitario tenera amelonado 33 / 50 The primary role of agriculture is the provision of employment and income for farmers. food for man and his animals raw materials for industries foreign exchange earnings 34 / 50 Mastitis is a disease which affects the udder dewlap scrotum hump 35 / 50 The recommended agricultural practice in farm settlement scheme is cash crop production continuous cropping mixed farming poultry farming 36 / 50 Artificial scarcity of agricultural produce is often caused by the following marketing agents except middlemen wholesalers farmers co-operatives 37 / 50 Detailed survey for the site of a fish pond is necessary for the site of a fish pond is necessary for the following except determination of the depth of the pond location and depth of the spillway site inspection height of the dam 38 / 50 Parturition in the deo (rabbit) is referred to as lambing kinding kidding farrowing 39 / 50 The functions of a farm manager include the following except financing agricultural projects supervision of farm labourers coordination of farm activities decision making 40 / 50 The best method of introducing a new pesticide to rural farmers is through circular letters demonstration field trips farmer’s co-operatives 41 / 50 When soils are poorly drained they dry up easily they form hardpans the rate of decomposition is accelerated the air content of the soil is reduced 42 / 50 Which of the following occupation is not associated with agriculture? saw-milling fertilizer production production of polythens production of honey 43 / 50 Liming is used to correct soil’s neutrality porosity acidity caution exchange capacity 44 / 50 Which of the following is a function of the hopper of a gain sheller? drying shelled maize grains separating chaff from the grains rubbing cobs against one another receiving maize cobs to be shelled 45 / 50 Energy in fossil materials maybe harnessed as water energy electricity energy fuel energy wind energy 46 / 50 Which of the following soil water is tightly held to the surface of soil particles? hygroscopic water superfluous water capillary gravitational water 47 / 50 The part of the digestive tract of birds which secrete gastric juice is the proventriculus oesophagus crop gizzard 48 / 50 Newcastle disease attacks pigs ruminant horses poultry 49 / 50 Irrigation water is passed underneath the soil through sprinklers pipes canals drips 50 / 50 Given a normal situation, what effect will an increase in the supply of cowpea have on its market price? 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