In farm animals, a sign of heat includes
- A. profuse salivation
- B. secretions from the vulva
- C. difficulty in breathing
- D. continuous urination.
The process of mating in poultry is referred to as
- A. servicing
- B. kidding
- C. tupping
- D. treading
Which of the following farm animals is
considered as monogastric?
- A. Goat.
- B. Pig.
- C. Cow.
- D. Sheep.
A female cattle which has not had a calf or
developed into the mature form of a cow is
referred to as
- A. stag
- B. vealers
- C. yealing
- D. heifer
The breed of sheep that can be found
throughout Nigeria is
- A. Yankasa
- B. Uda
- C. West Africa dwarf sheep
- D. Balami.
The Mendelian law of segregation states that
the characteristics which is hidden in an F1,
reappears in F2 generation in a ratio
- A. 1 : 2
- B. 2 : 2
- C. 1 : 3
- D. 3 : 2
The fertility of soils under forest is sustained
mainly by
- A. nutrient recycling
- B. rodent activities
- C. being protected from direct rays of the sun
- D. preventing raindrops from directly hitting the soil.
A serious pest of sweet potato whose larvae
destroy the foliage is
- A. leaf miners
- B. weevils mea
- C. mealy bugs
- D. aphids.
Cassava mosaic disease is transmitted by
- A. Heteroligus meles
- B. Maruca testulalis
- C. Sesamia spp
- D. Bemisia nigerensis
An advantage of weeds is that they are used to
- A. control insect pest
- B. check grazing by animals
- C. check erosion
- D. control diseases.
Floriculture deals with the study of
- A. flowers
- B. fossils
- C. weeds
- D. insects
Forages that are chopped green and fed directly
to livestock are referred to as
- A. hay
- B. silage
- C. fodder
- D. soilage.
Jute and kenaf thrive well in a soil that is
- A. clayey
- B. sandy loam
- C. clayey loam
- D. humus.
The most suitable planting pattern for a
mechanized farm which is mono cropped is
- A. band placement
- B. drilling
- C. top dressing
- D. side dressing
Which of the following parts of plants are
normally used for vegetative propagation?
- A. Fruit, leaf and root.
- B. Stem, root and leaf.
- C. Fruit, leaf and flower
- D. Leaf, flower and stem.
Self-pollination takes place when grains are
transferred from the
- A. stigma to the anther of another plant
- B. stigma to the anther of same plant
- C. anther to the stigma of same plant
- D. anther to the stigma of another plant.
Use the diagram below to this answer
This type of root is associated with
- A. nitrogen fixation
- B. photosynthesis
- C. storage of organic acids
- D. storage of minerals
Use the diagram below to this answer
The structure labeled I represents a
- A. root tuber
- B. groundnut
- C. root nodule
- D. root hair.
The kind of tillage method most suitable for
maize is
- A. zero tillage
- B. minimum tillage
- C. maximum tillage
- D. contour ridges
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
The most devastating agent of erosion is
- A. wild wind
- B. slope
- C. run-off water
- D. rodents.