Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
611
The basic importance of agriculture to a forester is to
- A. obtain honey
- B. obtain food
- C. acquire labour
- D. procure timber
612
Swampy lands are most suitable for growing
- A. yam
- B. rice
- C. maize
- D. tomato
613
Clay particles hold cations because they
- A. are negatively charged
- B. become hardened when dry
- C. are very small in size
- D. have definite shapes
614
Cultural control of crop diseases involves the following practices except
- A. practising crop rotation
- B. planting disease resistant varieties
- C. using insecticides
- D. fallowing of farmland
615
An unproductive animal permanently removed from a productive stock is said to be
- A. quarantined
- B. culled
- C. isolated
- D. disposed
616
The removal of shealth on maize cob is referred to as
- A. winnowing
- B. shelling
- C. dehusking
- D. milling
617
Which of the following is not a leguminous forage crop?
- A. centrosema pubescens
- B. panicum maximum
- C. stylosanthes gracilis
- D. pueraria phaseoloides
618
Under the commercial 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 illiterates
619
The secretion of reproductive and growth hormone in animals is controlled by the
- A. prostate gland
- B. pituitary gland
- C. adrenal gland
- D. ovary
620
Wastage of agricultural produce may not be worsened by
- A. poor transportation
- B. land fragmentation
- C. inadequate storage facilities
- D. inadequate procesing facilities