Crop which are primarily grown to provide food for farm animals are
- A. Legumes
- B. Weeds
- C. Forages
- D. Grasses
The following crops require shade trees at the seeding statge except
- A. Theobroma cacao
- B. Coffea spp
- C. Elaeis guineensis
- D. Oryza sativa
If the spacing of maize is 0.9m by 0.3m and one seed is sown per stand, what will be the popullation of maize plants on a hectare of farmland?
- A. 74,074
- B. 54,000
- C. 37,037
- D. 27,000
Maize is a popular crop in West Africa because it
- A. is a cereal
- B. Has multiple uses
- C. Is of high nutritional value
- D. Was introduced from Wurope
Tabacco belongs to the group of crops called
- A. Fibres
- B. Beverages
- C. Stimulants
- D. Cereals
Which of the following statements describe the impact of land degradation?
I. Increased availablity of fuel wood
II. Reduction in livestock production
III. Decrease in agricultural productivity
IV. Pollution of water bodies
- A. I,II and III only
- B. I,III and IV only
- C. II, III and IV only
- D. I, II, III and IV
Application of water to the subsoil through perforated pipes is known as
- A. Flooding irrigation
- B. Subsurface irrigation
- C. Spinkler irrigation
- D. Overhead irrigation
A farmer continuously applies sulphate of ammonia to his faemland for many years, the resulatant soil solution is most likely to
- A. Leave blue litmus paper unchanged
- B. Change blue litmus paper to re
- C. Change red litmus paper to blue
- D. Be rich in soil microbes
The propety of soil which cannot easily be change by a famer is the
- A. Porosity
- B. Structure
- C. Texture
- D. Acidity
A soil sample with a pHof 4.5 is said to be
- A. Acidic
- B. Alkaline
- C. Neutral
- D. Fertile
What is the percentage water content of soil sample which weighed 180g when fresh and 120g when oven-dried
- A. 20.14%
- B. 25.00%
- C. 33.33%
- D. 60.00%
Soil profile important in agriculture because it
- A. Determines the soil catena
- B. Determines the type of the landtenure system
- C. Gives indication of types of cropsto grow
- D. Promotes the weathering of rocks
Which of the following rocks is sedimantary?
- A. Limestone
- B. Gabbro
- C. Granite
- D. Marble
Organisms which may be benefical to crop include
- A. Nematodes
- B. Bacteria
- C. Viruses
- D. Protozoa
A socio-cultural factor affecting land availability for agriculture include use of land for
- A. Constructin road
- B. Building houses
- C. Building factormies
- D. Building religious houses
The sustem in which a farmer uses a piece of land for a period and abandons it for another land is called
- A. Crop rotation
- B. Mix cropping
- C. Shifting cultivation
- D. Ley farming
Farm surveying equipment include the following except
- A. Abney level
- B. Compass
- C. Gunter's chain
- D. Spade
Farm mechanization does not
- A. involve the use of motorized equipment
- B. Require much capital
- C. Promote employment
- D. Involve the use of heavy machinery
Which of the following sources of farm power is most verstile in West Africa?
- A. Biogas
- B. Animal
- C. Wind
- D. Water
Which of the following sources of farm power is most verstile in West Africa?
- A. Biogas
- B. Animal
- C. Wind
- D. Water
A peridic maintenance activity carried out on through farm tractor is
- A. Checking of radiator water
- B. Checking of lyre pressure
- C. Changing of engine oil
- D. Cleaning after use