The type of labour available to peasant farmers is
- A. family labour
- B. paid labour
- C. skilled labour
- D. migrant labour
Rural farmers mostly obtain loans from
- A. Government
- B. International Monetary Fund
- C. Merchant Banks
- D. Money Lenders
The demand for agricultural produce is generally
- A. elastic
- B. inelastic
- C. unitary
- D. static
Which of the following is not a branch of agriculture?
- A. Forestry
- B. Fishery
- C. Kidding
- D. Agricultural economics
Which of the following is a type of land tenure system?
- A. Freehold system
- B. Keyhold system
- C. International system
- D. Land tenure system by theft
The following are the features of subsistence agriculture except
- A. subsistence agriculture is mostly practised by peasant farms
- B. It requires the use of family labour
- C. Pests and diseases are not really controlled
- D. It requires the use of both skilled and unskilled labour
The following are importance of agriculture except
- A. Provision of food
- B. Provision of employment opportunities
- C. Lack of good food
- D. Provision of market for industrial goods
In order to eliminate food shortage, farm as should
- A. cultivate more varieties of crops
- B. practise land tenure by inheritance
- C. shift from crop to animal production
- D. construct farm buildings
Which of the following required daily checking in a tractor?
- A. spark plug
- B. Engine oil
- C. Air cleaner
- D. Battery
Farm survey equipment include the following except
- A. cross staff
- B. Abney level
- C. datun
- D. chain
Which of the following is not a source of farm power?
- A. wind
- B. Bull
- C. Tractor
- D. Plough
The farm machinery used to sow seeds and apply fertilizer at the same time is
- A. land clearing
- B. threshing
- C. ploughing
- D. harrowing
The most unreliable source of power on the farm is
- A. heat engine
- B. wind
- C. electricity
- D. animal
A good silage should be free of
- A. moulds
- B. nutrients
- C. moisture
- D. fibre
Which of the following is not a part of the reproduction system of a hen?
- A. Funnel
- B. isthmud
- C. ovary
- D. ureter
Which of the following is not a breed of rabbits?
- A. New zealand white
- B. Land race
- C. Chincilla
- D. Californian white
Fertilizers are applied to fishponds to serve as
- A. bait for fish
- B. food for fish
- C. nutrients for plankton
- D. water purifier
The process of mating in sheep is termed
- A. treading
- B. courting
- C. tupping
- D. servicing
In animal nutrition, iodine is essential for the production of
- A. oxygen
- B. thyrozine
- C. insulin
- D. progesterone
In poultry nutrition, the minerals that prevent the laying of thin-shelled eggs are
- A. calcium and phosphorus
- B. sodium and calcium
- C. phosphorus and sodium
- D. sulphur and phosphorus
The pox disease in livestock are caused by
- A. bacteria
- B. viruses
- C. protozoa
- D. fungi