Agricultural Science JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

1

A hypothesis can be described as

  • A. predictive statement relating to experimental variables
  • B. a postulate of general acceptance
  • C. a research reasoning based on an accurate statement about the population
  • D. a postulate based on experimental samples
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2

The desktop computer used for data
management in agri-business is

  • A. an analog computer
  • B. a super computer
  • C. a hybrid computer
  • D. a mainframe computer
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3

In biotechnology, propagation is mainly by

  • A. grafting
  • B. aerial layering
  • C. binary fission
  • D. cell culture.
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4

The storage facility that is not suitable for grains
is the

  • A. silos
  • B. rumbus
  • C. barns
  • D. sacs.
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5

The type of energy obtain from the sun is

  • A. hydro energy
  • B. solar energy
  • C. thermal energy
  • D. wind energy.
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6

Which of the following routine maintenance in a
tractor is necessary on daily basis?

  • A. Draining of the gear box oil.
  • B. Removing and cleaning of engines air filter
  • C. Replacing of the fuel filter element.
  • D. Checking of the oil level in the engine.
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7

The part labeled I is made of

  • A. lead.
  • B. aluminium
  • C. iron
  • D. wood
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8

Use the following diagram below to answer this question

During which of the following plant propagation
methods is the tool represented used?

  • A. Seed planting.
  • B. Seedling transplant
  • C. Budding.
  • D. Layering.
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9

In surveying, the instrument used to measure
horizontal, vertical angles and planes is the

  • A. gunters chain
  • B. prismatic compass
  • C. ranging poles
  • D. theodolite.
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10

The most effective method of disseminating
information among farmers is through

  • A. individual method
  • B. group method
  • C. mass method
  • D. cooperative method
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11

Retailers may create artificial scarcity of goods
by

  • A. price hiking
  • B. hoarding
  • C. under producing
  • D. processing.
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12

A piece of information contained in payroll
record of farms is

  • A. date of employment
  • B. equity
  • C. income generated
  • D. total credit.
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13

Farm labour is usually measured in terms of

  • A. amount of wages paid to labour
  • B. hours or days of work by labour
  • C. level of education of labour
  • D. type of work done by labour.
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14

Elastic demand is the type in which a change in
price

  • A. brings about greater change in quantity of goods demanded
  • B. of a commodity leads to little or no change in demand
  • C. leads to equal change in commodity demanded
  • D. may not change the demand of quantity of commodity.
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15

From the curve above, at what point is it
advisable for the farmer to stop further addition
of input?

  • A. I
  • B. II
  • C. III
  • D. IV
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16

The most important of all the factors of
production in crop farming is

  • A. labour
  • B. capital
  • C. land
  • D. management.
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17

Selection based on the performance of ancestors
is referred to as

  • A. family selection
  • B. pedigree selection
  • C. progeny selection
  • D. line selection.
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18

The introduction of proper planktons species
into the pond is referred to as

  • A. fertilization
  • B. innoculation
  • C. stocking
  • D. liming.
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19

The causative organism of Avian influenza is a

  • A. bacterium
  • B. virus
  • C. fungus
  • D. protozoan.
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20

The relative humidity in an incubator is usually
set at

  • A. 10% - 30%
  • B. 40% - 60%
  • C. 70% - 80%
  • D. 90% - 100%.
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21

The anti-sterility vitamin in livestocks nutrition is

  • A. vitamin K
  • B. vitamin E
  • C. vitamin C
  • D. vitamin B.
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