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.
Layer's ration contains more limestone than grower's ration because limestone
Is difficult for the growers to digest
Stimulates layer's appetite
Reduces the acidity in the gut if growers
Supplies sufficient minerals to layers for shell formation
Correct answer is D
Layer's ration contains more limestone than grower's ration as limestone supplies calcium which is needed for shell formation in layers.
The adult male cattle is called
Bull
Ram
Boar
Duck
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
The hormone responsible for milk let down in female farm animals is
Testosterone
FSH
Oxytocin
Androgen
Correct answer is C
Oxytocin is a hormone that is involved in childbirth and breast-feeding.
Gestation period is defined as the time
Of fusion of the sperm and the egg
Between conception and parturition
Of release of ovum from the ovary
Of the birth of the young animal
Correct answer is B
Gestation period is defined as the time between conception and birth (parturition).
Yields are usually high
Surplus produce is small
Savings are made
Farm sizes are large
Correct answer is B
Subsistence agriculture or farming is a form of farming in which nearly all the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and farmers family, leaving little, if any, surplus for sale or trade.