AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE JSS 1 SECOND TERM EXAMINATION

SECOND TERM

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 Subject: AGRIC SCIENCE                        Duration: 2HR                       Class: JSS 1

1. A plant that grown in a place it is not wanted is called _____ (a) Crop (b) Beans (c) Weed

(d) Rice

2. The gestation period of a cow is ____ (a) 8 month (b) 9 ½ month (c) 15 month (d) 309 month
3. One among the following has herbaceous stem (a) Coffee (b) Rubber (c) Maize (d) Cocoa
4. Which among the following is the reproductive organs of the plant

(a) Leaf (b) Root (c) Flower (d) Shoot

5. All of the following are function of root EXCEPT (a) Hold the plant firmly in the soil (b) Take in water and mineral salt up to the stem (c) It hold the leaf and branches in positions to receive air and sunlight
6. Examples of beverage are the following g EXCEPT (a) Coffee (b) Cocoa (c) Tea (d) Kola nut
7. Which of these animal has high deposit of fats (a) Cattle (b) Pig (c) Sheep (d) Dog
8. The most important factors affecting animal and crop production in Nigeria is _____

(a) Climate (b) Land use (c) Soil type (d) Topography

9. plants fund on land is called ____ (a) aquatic plant (b)  atmospheric (c) terrestrial plant (d) common plant

(a) Cereals (b) Pulse (c) Spices (d) Tuber (e) Vegetable

10. Which of the following is not cultural method of controlling weed

(a) Burning (b) Crop (c) Flooding (d) Hoeing (e) Mulching

11. A plant that grown where it is not wanted is referred to as a ______

(a) Crop (b) Fodder (c) forage (d) Pasture (e) Weed

12. The practice of growing only one crop on a piece of land is _______

(a) Mixed crop (b) Crop rotation (c) Mono cropping (d) Pastoral farming

13. Which of the following crop does not posses tap root (a) Carrot

(b) Cowpea (c) Melon (d) Sorghum (e) Water leaf

14. Fish and Fish product are sources of the following EXCEPT ______

(a) Carbohydrate (b) Oil (c) Protein (d) Vitamin

15. Legumes are good sources of _____ (a) Carbohydrate (b) Fat and oil (c) Mineral

(d) Protein (e) Vitamin

16. Which of the following is NOT a monogastrics animal (a) Cattle (b) Duck (c) Horse (d) Pig
17. Crop which take more than two years to develop from seed to maturity include the following EXCEPT (a) citrus (b) Cocoa (c) Mango (d) Rice
18. Which of the following is NOT a biennial crop (a) Cassava (b) Cocoyam (c) Cotton (d) onion

(e) Pepper

19. Which of the following groups comprise only oil crop (a) Groundnut, coconut and cotton (b) Melon, kolanut and sisal (c) Sunflower, rubber and ginger
20. Agriculture is best define as ________ and _______ (a) Crop, Animal (b) Farm animal, domestic animals (c) Fisheries, aquatic animals (d) Flowers, tree crop
21. The following crops are sources of carbohydrate EXCEPT ______ (a) Cocoyam

(b) Millet (c) Rice (d) Spinach

22. Weed are beneficial to the farmer EXCEPT that they ______ (a) Harbor crop disease (b) Prevent soil erosion (c) Protect the soil from direct sunlight (d) Serves as medicinal herbs
23. The following are examples of annual crops EXCEPT _______ (a) Cotton (b) Cowpea (c) Maize

(d) Millet (e) Pineapple

24. Cereals are good sources of ______ (a) Carbohydrate (b) Fat and oil (c) Mineral

(d) Protein

25. Which of the following crop is cultivated mainly for its protein content (a) Beans

(b) Cocoa (c) Maize (d) Oil palm

26. Cotton is an example of ______ (a) Beverage (b) Cereal (c) Fibre (d) Latex
27. Farm animal are classified based on the following criteria EXCEPT ______

(a) Habitat (b) Produce (c) Size (d) Stomach type (e) Use

28. Aquatic animal live in/on _____ (a) Hole (b) Home (c) Land (d) Trees (e) Water
29. Which of the following is NOT a use of farm animals? (a) Decoration (b) Food

(c) Protection (d) Sport

30. Which of the following is NOT a canned food produce (a) Baked beans (b) Coca cola (c)  Corn beef (d) Sardine
31. The following are the futures of dicotyledonous crop EXCEPT possession of _____

(a) Leaves with net vain (b) Leaves with petioles (c) One seed leaf (d) Stem with many branch

32. The following are forms of farm animal EXCEPT ______ animal (a) Aquatic (b) Diary (c) Guard (d) Wild
33. Which of these farm animal is used for transportation of farm produce (a) Donkey (b) Cattle (c) Goat (d) Rabbit
34. Which of these farm animal is kept for production of wool (a) Cattle (b) Dog

(c) Rabbit (d) Sheep

35. Which of these is used for work animal on the farm (a) Cattle (b) Duck (c) Goat

(d) Rabbit

36. Jute is an examples of ______ (a) Beverages (b) Fibre (c) Forage (d) Latex
37. ______ is an example of biting and chewing pests (a) tick (b) Cocoa myrids (c) Aphids (d) Grasshopper
38. _______ are living organisms that cause physical damage to plant (a) Pests (b) Soil

(c) Wind (d) Water

39. The chemical used for weed control is called ______ (a) Insecticide (b) Herbicide

(c) Pesticide (d) Rodencide

40. All of the following are example of weed that are not edible to man EXCEPT

(a) Goat weed (b) Elephant grass (c) Spear grass (d) Water leaf

THEORY

1. What is weed? b.        State and explain five use of weeds
2. State five weeds and their botanical name
3. What are pets? b.        Explain the following     i.           Biting and chewing pests
4. Piercing and sucking pests iii.      Boring insects pests
5. Enumerate five important of insect pest in crop production

3         Explain the following

1. Diary animal ii. Work animal    iii.   Beef Animal iv. Poultry animals v. Aquatic animals
2. State five importance of farm. c.       What is Monocotyledonous plant?
3. In a tabular form state five characteristics of each of these.
4. Cattle Ii.     Pigs
5. List two examples of each of these: i.         Guard animals     ii.           Work animals

iii.      Aquatic animals        iv.       Pet animals      v.        Beef animals

1. Explain the following i. annual weeds ii. Biennial weeds   iii. Perennial weeds
2. Mention five weed and their botanic name.