Jamb 2015 Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following statements about agricultural development are true? It leads to
I. increased processing of produce II. Increased food production. III. High productivity. IV. Increased agricultural labour force.
- A. I, II and III only
- B. I, II and IV only
- C. I, III and IV only
- D. II, II and IV only
A regulatory control of diseases in crop production is
- A. roughing
- B. quarantine
- C. crop rotation
- D. Soil tillage.
Sexual maturity in farm animals is not influenced by their
- A. Breed
- B. Sex
- C. nutrition
- D. wearing age
Which of the following groups of rocks is formed as a result of volcanic eruption?
- A. Limestone, basalt and shale
- B. Basalt, granite and pumice
- C. Sandstone, granite and quartzite
- D. Marble, gneiss and shale.
Under the communal land tenure system, farmers find it difficult to secure loans because
- A. land holdings are small and fragmented
- B. they are poor
- C. land holdings cannot be used as security
- D. they are mostly illiterate.
Yellow colouration of the lower leaves of a growing maize plant may be due to deficiency in
- A. potassium
- B. phosphorus
- C. zinc
- D. nitrogen
Close to the time of harvesting of cotton, sunshine is needed to ensure the production of bolls that are
- A. big
- B. Bright
- C. not mouldy
- D. not open
In crop production, ginger is propagated by
- A. seeds
- B. bulbs
- C. rhizome
- D. corn
The weight of a sheep increased from 25kg to 45kg in two months.
If the total consumption during the period was 60kg. Determine the feed conversion ratio
- A. 1 : 1
- B. 1 : 2
- C. 3 : 1
- D. 4 : 1
If the recommended spacing for a tree crop is 2.5cm by 4.0m determine the number of seedlings required to plant a 2-hectare farmland.
- A. 1,000
- B. 2,000
- C. 10,000
- D. 20,000