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.
A comprehensive list of Agricultural science questions with answers to help you prepare for JAMB, WAEC, NECO, Post UTME exams.
Dioscorea alata
Dioscorea cayenesis
Dioscorea rotundata
Dioscorea bulbifera
Correct answer is A
Yam belongs to the family Dioscoreacea. It is a root and tuber crop grown in West Africa and it is rich in carbohydrates.Water yam (Dioscorea alata).
Which of the following is not a pre-planting operations?
Land clearing
Stumping
Thinning
Farm layout
Correct answer is C
Pre planting operations are the operations carried out before planting. Thinning is a post planting operation.
Cultural practices can be classified into the following except
Pre-planting operations
Planting operations
Post-planting operations
In-planting operations
Correct answer is D
Cultural practices are the various activities carried out on the farm before, during and after planting to ensure proper growth and establishment of crops.
The botanical name of maize is
Corn seed
Zea mays
Rattus rattus
Discorea spp
Correct answer is B
Maize also called corn is a member of the grass family (Gramineae). It produces grains, use as food by human beings and livestock. Zea mays is botanical name of maize.
Which of these operations comes first in cultural practice?
Tillage
Ridges
Stumping
Harvesting
Correct answer is C
Stumping is the removal of stumps by digging them out manually using cutlasses and axes. It can also be done mechanically by using bulldozer. Stumps are the left over cut trees on the farm left on the soil surface.