- 1. 1. _____ is the mechanical manipulation of soil to prepare a suitable seed for crop production
A) Bush Clearing
B) Stumping
C) Pre-planting
D) Tilling
- 2. 2. All operations carried out in the farm right from the beginning of the farming season to the end is called _____
A) Post planting
B) Pre-planting
C) Stumping
D) Cultural practices
- 3. 3. ______ is removing stumps right from the base of their roots
A) Tilling
B) Bush Clearing
C) Planting
D) Stumping
- 4. 4. ______ is the amount or quantities of seeds or planting materials used on a hectare of land
A) Spacing
B) Seed rate
C) Ridging
D) Planting
- 5. 5. _____ involves breaking up the larger clods of soil into smaller pieces after initial ploughing
A) Spacing
B) Stumping
C) Harrowing
D) Ridging
- 6. 6. ______ is the process of covering the soil surface with non-living materials such as crop residue, grass and saw dust
A) Thinning
B) Spacing
C) Stumping
D) Mulching
- 7. 7. _____ is the removal of extra seedlings from a stand when the seedlings per stands germinate more than the required
A) Spacing
B) Thinning
C) Mulching
D) Harrowing
- 8. 8. _____ is the replacing of seeds that failed to germinate
A) Thinning
B) Mulching
C) Supplying
D) Replacing
- 9. 9. _____ is the cutting of dead and dropping branches to give the tree a suitable shape
A) Thinning
B) Shaping
C) Cutting
D) Trimming
- 10. 10. The system of farming where a farmer raise both crops and animals on the same farm is _____
A) Post planting
B) Multi farming
C) Mixed farming
D) Mixed planting
- 11. 11. _____ are used as manure to improve soil fertility
A) Riped fruits
B) Broken furniture
C) Saw dust
D) Animal droppings
- 12. 12. In _____ system of farming, farmers abandon a plot of land permanently after planting on it for years and moved to another land
A) Shifting cultivation
B) Crop rotation
C) Mixed farming
D) Post planting
- 13. 13 _____ involves rearing animals on a large expanse of fenced land
A) Animal rotation
B) Camping
C) Ranching
D) Herding
- 14. 15. ______ is the system of cropping which involves the planting of forage crops and food crops in alternation
A) Mixed cropping
B) Ley farming
C) Mono cropping
D) Ranching
- 15. 16. _____ is a practice whereby more than one type of crop is planted on a plot of land at the same time
A) Mixed cropping
B) Mono planting
C) Multi planting
D) Mixed farming
- 16. 17. Agents of weed dispersal are all except _____
A) animals
B) plants
C) wind
D) water
- 17. 18. Weeds compete with crops for all except _____
A) water
B) shape
C) space
D) sunlight
- 18. 19. ____ reduces the market value of crops
A) Water
B) Sunlight
C) Weeds
D) Space
- 19. 20. _____ can serve as food to man and soil organisms
A) Animal droppings
B) Dead plants
C) Weeds
D) Saw dust
- 20. 21. Examples of storage structures are all except ____
A) cribs
B) silos
C) barns
D) cage
- 21. 22. _____ are structures designed to accommodate processing machines
A) Living houses
B) Storage structures
C) Production houses
D) Processing shed
- 22. 23. _____ is a building where the farmer and his managerial staff stay away to plan and coordinate all the strategies of the farm business
A) Production houses
B) Living houses
C) Storage houses
D) Farm office
- 23. 24. To avoid offensive odours in living houses, _____ should not be sited close to them
A) Offices
B) Production room
C) Livestock pens
D) Storage houses
- 24. 25. Farm buildings should be sited on the higher grounds to avoid _____
A) weeds
B) hot weather
C) flood
D) odours
- 25. 26. ______ of land can be put to advantage in siting structure and buildings
A) All of the above
B) Slope
C) Cost
D) Beauty
- 26. 27. _____ are stored in barn
A) Vegetables
B) Fruits
C) Yam
D) Grains
- 27. 28. The primary rocks formed from hot mitten rock which cooled and solidi is ____
A) Sandy rock
B) Metamorphic rock
C) Igneous rock
D) Quartzite rock
- 28. 29. The word "meta" in metamorphic means _____ and "morphe" means ____
A) change, form
B) destroy, create
C) rust, build
D) loss, gain
- 29. 30. Example of metamorphic rock is _____
A) dolomit
B) marble
C) coal
D) granite
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