Agricultural Science Primary 6 First Term Examination Questions
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
CLASS: Primary 6
SUBJECT: Agricultural Science
NAME: ___________________________________________
SECTION A: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
Choose the correct answer from the options provided.
- Yams can be preserved in the ____________.
(a) Bags
(b) Silo
(c) Barn - Grains are stored in the _______.
(a) Silo
(b) Barns
(c) Refrigerator - Which of the following is not a method of preservation?
(a) Smoking
(b) Boiling
(c) Bottling - One of these can be stored in bags?
(a) Tomato
(b) Maize
(c) Orange - Factors that may hinder preservation include the following except ________.
(a) Temperature
(b) Moisture
(c) Crops - The water content of crops can be removed or reduced by ________.
(a) Bagging
(b) Sun drying
(c) Salting - _________ was the job of early men.
(a) Teaching
(b) Farming
(c) Butchering - Agriculture provides employment for the following except _______.
(a) Doctors
(b) Fishermen
(c) Butchers - Which of the following is not the activity of crop farmers?
(a) Planting crops
(b) Feeding fish
(c) Weeding - One of these animals is not a source of power to farmers?
(a) Lions
(b) Camels
(c) Donkeys - Young fish reared in ponds are called _________.
(a) Pond fish
(b) Fingerlings
(c) Small fish - Which of the following is a medicinal herb?
(a) Pawpaw leaf
(b) Lettuce
(c) Cabbage - The rearing of fish is called _______.
(a) Fishing
(b) Fisherman
(c) Fishery - A farm product that provides heat is _______.
(a) Electric stove
(b) Firewood
(c) Gas cooker - Early people were _______.
(a) Wanderers
(b) Hunters
(c) Fruit gatherers - Yam, maize, and rice are regarded as ________.
(a) Raw materials
(b) Food products
(c) Medicinal crops - The process of growing trees is called ______.
(a) Planting of crops
(b) Afforestation
(c) Deforestation - Cutting down of trees in the forest is called _______.
(a) Deforestation
(b) Afforestation
(c) Cultivation - We can process cassava into _______.
(a) Garri
(b) Moimoi
(c) Poundo yam - The early people ate ______ as food.
(a) Fruits
(b) Grains
(c) Yams - Which of the following is not a source of food?
(a) Farm
(b) Market
(c) Forest - The process of drying fish and meat to preserve them is called ______.
(a) Freezing
(b) Smoking
(c) Salting - Which of these is an example of a cash crop?
(a) Cocoa
(b) Okra
(c) Rice - The process of keeping food fresh for future use is called _______.
(a) Storage
(b) Preservation
(c) Cooking - Which of the following is an example of an oil crop?
(a) Groundnut
(b) Mango
(c) Cassava - Which of these is not a source of farm power?
(a) Water
(b) Bull
(c) Lion - Food stored in the refrigerator is kept _______.
(a) Fresh
(b) Rotten
(c) Dry - Which of the following is an example of a tuber crop?
(a) Cocoa
(b) Yam
(c) Mango - One of the following is an animal product?
(a) Cow skin
(b) Maize
(c) Groundnut - Crops like groundnut and oil palm are called ______ crops.
(a) Root
(b) Oil
(c) Tubers
SECTION B: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
- What is preservation?
- Mention two factors that may hinder preservation.
(i) ________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________ - Define agriculture.
- State two people who work in agriculture.
(i) ________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________ - Mention four methods of preserving food.
(i) ________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________
(iii) ________________________________________________________
(iv) ________________________________________________________ - Mention two foods that can be stored by refrigeration.
(i) ________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________ - What are grains?
- Mention four examples of grain foods.
(i) ________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________
(iii) ________________________________________________________
(iv) ________________________________________________________ - Mention four examples of oil crops.
(i) ________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________
(iii) ________________________________________________________
(iv) ________________________________________________________ - State four examples of tuber crops.
(i) ________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________
(iii) ________________________________________________________
(iv) ________________________________________________________
SECTION C: FILL IN THE BLANKS
- Crops like yam and cassava are called __________ crops.
- __________ is a type of preservation that removes moisture from food.
- The main source of food for humans comes from __________.
- __________ and __________ are examples of perishable foods.
- One of the uses of trees is for making __________.
- A person who specializes in fish farming is called a __________.
- The opposite of afforestation is __________.
- __________ and __________ are major types of farming.
- The process of keeping grains in a dry place to prevent spoilage is called __________.
- A farmer who keeps animals such as cows and goats is called a __________ farmer.
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS:
- Answer all questions.
- Write neatly and legibly.
- Ensure your answers are correct before submitting.