The best method(s) of regulating fish capture is/are
- A. gill netting and electro-fishing
- B. quota and mesh-size control
- C. beach seine method
- D. active netting
- E. passive netting
A protozoan diseases of livestock not transmitted by a vector is
- A. coccidiosis
- B. babesiosis
- C. trypanosomiasis
- D. redwater
- E. anaplasmosis
The symptoms of vitamin deficiency diseases in livestock includes the following
- A. scurvy
- B. loss of appetite
- C. poor blood clotting
- D. improved fertility
- E. rickets
Which of the following breeds of cattle is regarded as the best dairy breed in Nigeria?
- A. red bororo
- B. keteku
- C. sokoto gudali
- D. muturu
- E. white fulani
At which of the following ages are gilts normally mated?
- A. 8 - 12 months
- B. 14 - 15 months
- C. 15 - 20 months
- D. 21 - 24 months
- E. over 25 months
The part of the ruminant stomach from which digestive juices secreted is the
- A. rumen
- B. reticulum
- C. omasum
- D. paunch
- E. abomasum
Contact insecticides are used to control
- A. pod borers of legumes
- B. stem borers of cereal
- C. leaf beetles of legumes
- D. peel worm of legumes
- E. bollworms of cotton
Vegetables propagation can be carried out through the following processes except
- A. seedling
- B. cutting
- C. layering
- D. grafting
- E. budding
The expression of a gene in the phenotype irrespective of whether the cell is homozygous or heterozygous is known as
- A. recessive
- B. partial dominance
- C. test-cross
- D. segregation
- E. dominance
Thrips cause serious mechanical damages to crops by their
- A. feeding activities on flowers, leaves and fruits
- B. laying eggs on plants
- C. sucking of the sap of crops
- D. burrowing activities causing damping off in crops
- E. activities as vectors of bacterial diseases
The average seed rate for maize is 25 kg per hectare. Allowing for a seed wastage of 5 per cent.How many kilogram of seeds would be required in planting 10 hectares of farmland?
- A. 237.5
- B. 238.0
- C. 250.0
- D. 255.0
- E. 262.5
Why should a seed-producing farmer spray an insecticide on his crops only when the bees are not around?
- A. the bees would sting him and he therefore avoids them
- B. the farmer does not want to waste his chemicals
- C. bees are important for pollination of his crops
- D. bees produce honey for him in his farm
- E. bees are harmless insects
The process of meiosis in plants ensures the production of reproduction of reproductive cells with
- A. the same number of chromosomes like the parent plant
- B. half the number of chromosomes of the parent plant
- C. no chromosomes like the parent plant
- D. thrice the number of chromosomes of the parent plant
- E. twice the number of chromosomes of the parent plant
The disease which most attacks groundnut is called
- A. rosette
- B. mosaic
- C. soft rot
- D. powdery mildew
- E. brown rot
A forest established for watershed management will perform the following functions except
- A. reducing water pollution
- B. controlling fish population
- C. controlling erosion
- D. maintaining a steady stream flow
- E. reducing evaporation
In the establishment of pastures, it is best to
- A. plant only grasses
- B. plant only legumes
- C. plant a mixture of grasses and legumes
- D. let the natural grasses grow
- E. allow weeds to mix with the forage crops
Which of the following crops is a raw material for production of chocolate?
- A. kolanut
- B. coffee
- C. banana
- D. cocoa
- E. avocado pear
The units of inheritance which determine the various characteristics of crop are called
- A. chromosomes
- B. nuclei
- C. genes
- D. cytoplasm
- E. membranes
Which of the following is not an effect on man of the various preventive and control measures of diseases and pests of crops?
- A. air pollution
- B. water poisoning
- C. food contamination
- D. poor health
- E. poor utilization
The growing of both forest and agricultural crops on the same piece of land is termed
- A. mixed cropping
- B. mixed farming
- C. forestry
- D. taungya system
- E. poor reproductive ability
The desirable characteristics of forage crops include the following except
- A. palatability
- B. dependability
- C. high yield
- D. resistance to trampling
- E. poor reproductive ability