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.
Which of the following is not a type of harvester?
Plough
Mower
Forage Harvester
Combine Harvester
Correct answer is A
PLOUGH:This is a primary tillage implement which is attached to a tractor. It is the first implement required in land preparation. Others are types of harvester.
The following are types of planters except
Broadcast crop planter
Row crop planter
Grain drill planter
Ridger planter
Correct answer is D
RIDGER: It is a secondary tillage implement used for land preparation, it is used after harrow and before planter.
Bulldozer
Tractor
Sheller
Incubator
Correct answer is B
TRACTOR: It is a powerful and expensive multipurpose motor vehicle used for lifting or pulling farm implements
-BULLDOZERS: They are powerful tractors and expensive machines with a broad steel blade or sheet at the front.
-SHELLERS: These are machines operated electrically, mechanically or manually. Shellers are used to separate the seeds from the husk or cob.
-INCUBATORS: These are machines which are used for hatching fertilized eggs artificially.
Preservation of fish prevents the following except
Injury
Spoilage
Destruction
Processing
Correct answer is D
Preservation prevents spoilage, injury or destruction and this keeps the fish in edible condition for a long time. Preservation does not prevent processing
________ is a disease condition which emanates from inadequate nutrition.
Nutritional deficiency
Nutritional adequacy
Nutritional efficiency
Nutritional sufficiency
Correct answer is A
Nutritional deficiency is therefore defined as a disease condition which emanates from inadequate nutrition. It is indicated by specific symptoms when particular nutrients are absent or unavailable in the diet.