Year : 
2013
Title : 
Agric Science
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 49 Questions

# Question Ans
1.

The major reason which necessitates the
expansion of agriculture is the increase in

A. rainfalls

B. population

C. manpower

D. animal power

B

2.

Which of the following groups of crops are
mostly cultivated in the rainforest zone of
Nigeria?

A. Millet, yam and coconut

B. Maize, cocoyam and cassava

C. Sorghum, sweet potato and date

D. Wheat, Irish potato and groundnut

B

3.

In farm animals, gonads are organs associated
with

A. circulation

B. excretion

C. respiration

D. reproduction.

D

4.

Which of the following combinations of farm
inputs enhances the healthy growth of crop?

A. Tractor and cash

B. Irrigation and fertilizer

C. Work bull and implement

D. Cutlass and sacks

B

5.

When farmers engages in both plant and animal
husbandry, he is practising

A. lay farming

B. mixed framing

C. mixed cropping

D. crop rotation

B

6.

The classification of soils into sand, loam and
clay is largely determine by the percentage of

A. mineral matter

B. organic matter

C. soil water

D. soil air

A

7.

An example of igneous rock is

A. marble

B. basalt

C. slate

D. dolomite.

B

8.

The most devastating agent of erosion is

A. wild wind

B. slope

C. run-off water

D. rodents.

C

9.

A farming practice that encourages the depletion of soil fertility is

A. planting of cover crops

B. crop rotation

C. manual weeding

D. continuous cropping

D

10.

The kind of tillage method most suitable for
maize is

A. zero tillage

B. minimum tillage

C. maximum tillage

D. contour ridges

B

1.

The major reason which necessitates the
expansion of agriculture is the increase in

A. rainfalls

B. population

C. manpower

D. animal power

B

2.

Which of the following groups of crops are
mostly cultivated in the rainforest zone of
Nigeria?

A. Millet, yam and coconut

B. Maize, cocoyam and cassava

C. Sorghum, sweet potato and date

D. Wheat, Irish potato and groundnut

B

3.

In farm animals, gonads are organs associated
with

A. circulation

B. excretion

C. respiration

D. reproduction.

D

4.

Which of the following combinations of farm
inputs enhances the healthy growth of crop?

A. Tractor and cash

B. Irrigation and fertilizer

C. Work bull and implement

D. Cutlass and sacks

B

5.

When farmers engages in both plant and animal
husbandry, he is practising

A. lay farming

B. mixed framing

C. mixed cropping

D. crop rotation

B

6.

The classification of soils into sand, loam and
clay is largely determine by the percentage of

A. mineral matter

B. organic matter

C. soil water

D. soil air

A

7.

An example of igneous rock is

A. marble

B. basalt

C. slate

D. dolomite.

B

8.

The most devastating agent of erosion is

A. wild wind

B. slope

C. run-off water

D. rodents.

C

9.

A farming practice that encourages the depletion of soil fertility is

A. planting of cover crops

B. crop rotation

C. manual weeding

D. continuous cropping

D

10.

The kind of tillage method most suitable for
maize is

A. zero tillage

B. minimum tillage

C. maximum tillage

D. contour ridges

B