Agricultural Science Exam Question For Junior Secondary School Students[JSS1]

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SUBJECT:      Agricultural Science             

                     CLASS: JSS 1

1. The art and science that deals with the cultivation of crops and rearing of animal for man’s use referred to as _______ (a) crop production (b) agriculture (c) animal science
2. ________ is not a branch of agriculture? (a) soil fertility (b) crop production (c) Apiculture
3. The branch of agriculture that ensures efficient and effective management of farm animals is _________? (a) veterinary medicine (b) animal science (c) soil science
4. Agriculture involve s the sales of produce from agriculture (a) true (b) false (c) most time
5. ________ promotes agricultural marketing? (a) agricultural engineering (b) agricultural economics and farm management (c) crop production
6. Which of the provides honey for local consumption (a) heliculture (b) fishery (c) apiculture
7. ______ is one of the problems of agricultural development in West Africa (a) land tenure system (b) land cannot be pledged (c) allotted land can be revoked
8. The type of agriculture in which a farmer cultivates crops and rears animals for himself is referred to as __________ (a) subsistence agriculture (b) commercial agriculture (c) subsistence agriculture
9. _______ is most practiced by peasant farmers (a) commercial agriculture (b) consistence agriculture (c) specialization agriculture
10. Unskilled labour is usually involved in _______ farming (a) mechanized farming (b) commercial farming (c) subsistence farming
11. Which of the farming systems makes use of crude tools and implements (a) tractors (b) commercial (c) subsistence
12. The production of food, animals and cash crops in large quantities for sale is associated with _________ (a) commercial farming (b) mechanized farming (c) subsistence
13. ______ employs specialized labour? (a) mechanized farming (b) commercial farming (c) subsistence farming
14. High capital investment is a problem which agriculture (a) mechanized agriculture (b) subsistence agriculture (c) commercial agriculture
15. Which is these is not a role of government in agricultural development? (a) provision of financial assistance (b) operation feed the nation (c) establishment of agricultural programmes
16. What is the measuring of the acroym “OFN” (a) Obasanjo feed Nigeria (b) operation feed Nigeria (c) operation feed the nation.
17. One of these is an objective of agriculture programmes. (a) agricultural loan scheme (b) green revolution (c) agricultural loan scheme
18. The system of land ownership by individual, family community or government agency either for temporary or permanent use as known as _______? (a) leaschold system (b) land tenure (c) freehold system
19. The degree formed by the government of Nigeria on land use is called ________ land use decree of 1978 (b) land use act of 1978 (c) none of the above
20. Which of these is not a branch of agricultural ecology? (a) autecology (b) autotrophism (c) syncology

SECTION B – Answer Questions one and any other two question

1a.     List four areas of specialization in agriculture.

1. State two contribution of each area to agricultural development. c. Define agriculture

2a.     Mention  three ways in which each of the following factors affect agricultural development

1. Poor tools and implement ii. Poor storage facilities
2. Suggest one solution to the problems of poor tools and implements

3a.     State five differences between commercial agriculture and subsistence agriculture

1. List four problems associated with each of the following
2. Subsistence farming ii. Commercial agriculture.

4a.     State five objectives each of (i) Farm settlement scheme (ii) Agricultural development Programs

1. State six roles of co-operative organization in agricultural production

5a.     Define the term “Land tenure System”

1. List six types of land tenure system
2. State two advantages and two disadvantages of the land use Acts Decree.

6a.     What is Agricultural Ecology? b. Name four biotic and abiotic factors in a farm ecosystem

1. Define ecosystem.