AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE JSS 2 SECOND TERM EXAMINATION

SECOND TERM

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 Subject: AGRIC SCIENCE          Duration: 2HRS           Class: JSS 2

1. ______________ are edible materials which are fed to farm animals in the course of rearing them to contribute energy and other nutrients to their diet. (a)  ration (b) feeds  (c) succulent   (d) foods
2. The following except one are basal or energy given feeds (a)  millet (b)  vitamin A (c) maize  (d) cassava
3. One of the following is not a dry roughage (a) hay  (b)  straw  (c) fresh forage   (d) chaff
4. Concentrates that are high in carbohydrates are called _____________ concentrates (a) protein (b) energy  (c)body building   (d) forage
5. ___________ is the sum total of feeds needed by an animal in a day. (a) ration (b) nutrient (c) straw (d) fibre
6. Which of the following is an example of fodder? (a) straw (b) bone meal (c)  fish meal (d) lime stone
7. Which of the following animals does not feed on hay? (a) cattle (b) goat (c) horse (d) poultry birds
8. The type of ration that contains all the essential nutrients needed by the animals in the right proportion is called __________ ration (a) maintenance  (b) balanced  (c) production (d) dietary [the_ad id=”57209″]
9. The following are feeding tools except ___________ (a)feed scoup  (b) feeding trough  (c) drinking trough  (d) fork
10. The removal of plant stumps and roots from the soil is called ______ (a) stumping (b) plotting (c) ploughing (d) harrowing
11. The process of making seedbed is known as (a) Ploughing (b) stumping (c) ridging (d) plotting
12. The lifting of seedlings from the nursery and planting them out in their permanent plot or field is (a) nursery (b) sowing (c) seed rate (d) transplanting
13. The replacement of seeds that fail to germinate is called _________ (a) supplying (b) thinning (c) mulching (d) weeding
14. The amount or quantity of planting materials required for planting one hectare of land is called _______ (a) staking (b) pruning (c) trimming (d) seed rate
15. A _________________ is an abnormality in health. (a) pest   (b) disease   (c) supplement  (d) ration
16. Staking is usually done for ____ (a) cassava (b) maize (c) rice (d) yam
17. Layers are feed with ______________ mash in order to enhance egg production (a)growers  (b) broilers  (c) layers  (d) none of the above
18. ___________ refers to the stage of the animal in production (a) nutritive value (b) physiological state  (c) specie of the animal  (d) growth
19. The following are basal feds except _______ (a) maize (b) rice  (c) bone meal (d) millet
20. The following are common symptoms of diseases of farm animals except

(a) Abortion (b) increased food consumption (c) loss of appetite (d) loss of weight

21. Anthrax is an examples of _____ disease in farm animals (a) bacteria (b) fungi (c) viral (d) protozoa
22. ____________ diseases are the diseases that can only affect an animal by physical contact with an infected animal or infected materials. (a) viral   (b)  contagious (c) infectious  (d) bacterial
23. Animals can contact contagious diseases through the following except (a) contaminated feeds (b) animal droppings (c) infected feeding materials (d) none of the above
24. Which of the following is not a feed supplement (a) hay (b) groundnut cake (c) soya beans (d) bone meal
25. Trypanosomiasis is a common disease of (a) cattle   (b) goat    (c) pig             (d) poultry
26. The following are economic importance of livestock diseases except (a) poor growth of animals (b) poor feed utilization   (c) low yield of products  (d) high income for farmers
27. ____________ is not a poultry disease (a) Foot rot (b)Coccidiosis   (c) Fowl typhoid (d)Fowl cholera
28. Any organism that live in or on another organism is a _________ (a) pathogens (b) host    (c)  parasite (d) diseases
29. Tse-tse fly is a parasite that infect __________ (a) rabbit  (b) fish  (c) cattle  (d) fowl [the_ad id=”40090″]
30. __________ is an endo-parasite (a) tape worm (b) tick  (c) lice  (d) tsetse fly
31. Concentrates that are high in carbohydrates are called ________________
32. Concentrates that are high in protein are called _________________
33. The type of ration that contains all the essential nutrients needed by the animal in the correct proportion is ________________ ration.
34. ______________ ration is the amount of feeds needed to keep the animal’s live weight constant.
35. Another name for dry roughages is ___________________
36. Two examples of feed supplements are ______________________ and ____________
37. Containers that are used for giving water to farm animals is called __________
38. Growing animals are fed with more of ________________ than other feeds to enhance proper growth.
39. Parasites which lives inside the body of the host are called _______________
40. The husk separated from grains during threshing is called ______________

THEORY

INSRTUCTION:- Answer any three questions from this section.

1a. Define animal feeds.                                                                                      2mks

1b. Mention and briefly explain the six classes of animal feeds base on nutrients they supply.                                                                                                            6mks

1c. Mention any four examples of feed supplements and additives.        2mks

2a. Mention and briefly explain any four (4) factors that influence the choice of farmers on what to feed their livestock with.                                             4mks

2b. Define the term ration.                                                                 1mk

2c. Mention and briefly explain any two (2) types of ration                   2mks

2d. Mention three (3) importance of feeds to farm animals.                      3mks

3a.What is animal disease?                                                                        2mks

3b. Mention and briefly explain the two (2) categories of disease            4mks

3c. Mention any four (4) general symptoms of disease in farm animals 4mks

4a.What is a parasite?                                                                                      2mks

4b. Parasites can be grouped based on where they lives and where they are found into two groups, mention and briefly explain the two (2) groups.          4mks

4c. Mention four (4) economic importance of livestock disease                 4mks

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5. Describe the farm animal disease Anthrax under the following headings

CAUSATIVE ORGANISM:                                                                          1mk

ANIMALS AFFECTED:                                                                                     1mk

SYMPTOMS (at least three):                                                                           3mks

CAUSES:                                                                                                     1mk

PARTS AFFECTED:                                                                                      1mk

EFFECTS:                                                                                                    1mk

TREATMENTS:                                                                                          1mk

PREVENTION/CONTROL:                                                                            1mk

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