Cassava and sugarcane are mainly propagated by
- A. seeding
- B. layering
- C. budding
- D. cutting
- E. grafting
An effective control method of the citrus moth is
- A. hand-picking of the moth
- B. spraying with fungicide
- C. use of predators
- D. delayed planting
- E. timely harvesting of ripe fruits
Breeding in self-pollination crops can be regarded as
- A. line breeding
- B. cross-breeding
- C. inbreeding
- D. hybridization
- E. back-crossing
The symptoms of coffee leaf rust are
- A. leaf spots, loss of vigour and death of the leaves
- B. wilting and death of plant
- C. damping off and etiolation
- D. leaf spots and damping off
- E. etiolation and death of plant
To which of the following crops does the term ginning apply?
- A. oil palm
- B. cocoa
- C. groundnut
- D. cotton
- E. coconut
Which of the following crops does not require nursery preparation?
- A. rice
- B. tobacco
- C. tomato
- D. okra
- E. pepper
Cassava mosaic virus can be controlled by
- A. spraying of fungicides
- B. inoculation of the plant
- C. spraying with insecticides
- D. treatment of stem cuttings
- E. growing resistant varieties
The botanical name of giant star grass is
- A. andropogon tectorus
- B. pennisetum purpureum
- C. panicum maximum
- D. cynodon plectostachyum
- E. chloris gayana
Which of the following should be checked daily before using a tractor?
- A. engine oil
- B. spark plug
- C. distributor
- D. air cleaner
- E. battery
Which of the following is not an effect of badly arranged farm?
- A. efficient management
- B. time wastages
- C. expensive labour
- D. low output
- E. low profit
Which of the following is not a disadvantages of wind power?
- A. its supply is sporadic
- B. its source is the wind
- C. it is very expensive
- D. the supply is uncertain
- E. the amount of power produced is small
Which of the following farm operations cannot be mechanized?
- A. weed control
- B. fertilizer application
- C. transportation and handling
- D. seed-germination
- E. crop processing
One of the limitation of machanization of farms is
- A. reduction in the cost of production
- B. exposure of soil to the effects of climate
- C. increase in yield of crops
- D. reduction of farm labour
- E. cultivation of more area of land
Which of the following is the source of energy used by green plants for photosynthesis?
- A. electricity
- B. water
- C. wind
- D. sun
- E. machine
Which of the following problems will not be considered before installing irrigation equipment in a farm?
- A. high cost of equipment and maintenance
- B. concentrartion of salt
- C. source of power
- D. availability of water
- E. build-up of pest and diseases
The physical properties of soil include the following except
- A. bulk density
- B. colour
- C. moisture content
- D. porosity
- E. PH
Which of the following processes will not lead to the loss of nutrients from the soil?
- A. erosion
- B. mulching
- C. harvesting
- D. burning
- E. leaching
A soil which consists of a mixture of and, silt and clay in equal quantities is described as
- A. humus
- B. alluvial soil
- C. sandy clay
- D. loam
- E. clayey loam
Which of the following statement is not correct about micronutrients? They
- A. are required in small quantities by plants
- B. are harmful when present in large quantities in a soil
- C. are derived from the parent rocks
- D. are the most abundat elements in plant leaves
- E. act as catalysts and co-enzymes in growing plants
A soil with the PH range of 6.1 to 6.9 can be described as
- A. alkaline
- B. very acidic
- C. slightly alkaline
- D. slightly acidic
- E. neutral
Which of the following is not a way of maintaining soil fertility?
- A. cover cropping
- B. manuring
- C. mulching
- D. mixed farming
- E. monocropping