Which of the following statements is not true of agricultural production?
- A. land is an immobile asset
- B. a fishing ground is a factor of production
- C. human resources constitute a factor of production
- D. availability of land is more important than its quality
The following factors are necessary for siting fish pond except
- A. reliable source of water supply
- B. type of soil
- C. topography
- D. climatic conditions
The following are practical measures of controlling trypanosomiasis except
- A. spraying against the vector
- B. modification of vector's habitat
- C. uswe od drug on diseased livestock
- D. vaccinating against trpanosomes
A viral disease of ruminants in which the affected animal shows symptoms of high fever and blood stained diarrhoea is likely to be
- A. pleuropneumonia
- B. rinderpest
- C. gastroenteritis
- D. babesiosis
Newcastle disease is caused by
- A. virus
- B. bacterium
- C. protozoan
- D. fungus
Which of the following is the main reason foe not keeping birds meant for commercial egg production under the extensive system of management? Birds
- A. are exposed to attack by predators
- B. waste a lot of productive energy roaming about
- C. are exposed to sufficient green forage
- D. are exposed to theft
Which of the following management practices is specific to dairy farming?
- A. milking
- B. deticking
- C. castration
- D. deworming
The pregnancy hormone in female animals is
- A. oestrogen
- B. oxytocin
- C. progesterone
- D. relaxin
The act of parturition in ewe is known as
- A. farrowing
- B. hatching
- C. lambing
- D. calving
The interval from the beginning of one heat period to the beginning of another is known as
- A. gestation period
- B. incubation period
- C. reproductive cycle
- D. oestrus cycle
Which of the followings are breeds of cattle?
- A. muturu and sahel
- B. ouda and white fulani
- C. ndama and keteku
- D. gudali and red sokoto
Plant breeders aim at obtaining the following except
- A. tolerance to climatic extremes
- B. resistance to pests
- C. adaptation of pollination
- D. uniformity in the time of maturity
The side effects of chemical control of diseases and pests include the following except
- A. environmental pollution
- B. poisoning of livestock and man
- C. destruction of some plant species
- D. increased cost of production
Black pod disease of cocoa is controlled by
- A. fumigation of soil
- B. farm sanitation
- C. application of herbicides
- D. application of fungicide
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good pasture?
- A. high quality grass
- B. provision of balance nutrients
- C. ability to withstand trampling
- D. high stem to leaf ratio
Pasture crops are best used in preparing hay
- A. when they are two weeks old
- B. just before flowering
- C. just after seed maturation
- D. after they have started to dry up
Andropogon gayanus is commonly called
- A. guinea grass
- B. elephant grass
- C. gamba grass
- D. spear grass
A variety of oil palm is
- A. trinitario
- B. tenera
- C. criollo
- D. amelonado
Maize is a very important crop because apart from serving as a staple, it
- A. is ploughed into the soil to increase fertility
- B. can be processes into corn flakes
- C. forms the base of most livestock feeds
- D. is used for producing germ oil
Parboiling is a term associated with the processing of
- A. cowpea
- B. melon
- C. sorghum
- D. rice