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