Agricultural Science questions and answers

Agricultural Science Questions and Answers

A comprehensive list of Agricultural science questions with answers to help you prepare for JAMB, WAEC, NECO, Post UTME exams.

546.

Some of the by-products of fish include the following except

A.

Fish meal

B.

Leather

C.

Oil

D.

Fish silage

Correct answer is B

Leather cannot be gotten from fish, rather from cow, cattle, goat.

547.

One of the symptoms of vitamin deficiency diseases in livestock includes except

A.

Improved fertility

B.

Loss of appetite

C.

Scurvy

D.

Rickets

Correct answer is A

Deficiency in vitamin cannot improve fertility rather it decreases it, leads to loss of appetite, scurvy and rickets.

 

548.

The part of the ruminant stomach from which digestive juices secreted is the

A.

Rumen

B.

Reticulum

C.

Abomasum

D.

Paunch

Correct answer is C

Abomasium is the fourth stomach of ruminant animals and it is a secretary stomach, which secrets digestive juices, and also acid hydrolysis of microbial.

 

549.

Which one of these is not a factor that affect change in supply of agricultural produce?

A.

Technology

B.

Changes in the cost of production

C.

Changes in prices of commodity

D.

Fixed cost

Correct answer is D

Fixed cost does not affect the supply of agricultural produce.

550.

The degree of responsiveness of demand to change in the price of goods or produce is referred to as

A.

Relative Elasticity of demand

B.

Unit Elasticity of demand

C.

Price Elasticity of demand

D.

Perfect Elastic demand

Correct answer is C

Price Elasticity of demand is the degree of responsiveness of demand to changes in the price of goods or produce.