AIC JS 1 Prevoc 3rd Term Exam 2022/23
  • 1. A storage pest of maize is........
A) Beetle
B) Grasshopper
C) Termite
D) Weevil
  • 2. ........ Can destroy maize or beans in storage
A) Housefly
B) Cold
C) Weevils
D) Sun
  • 3. The following are agricultural practices in Nigeria except.....
A) Weed cultivation
B) Hunting
C) Fishing
D) Animal rearing
  • 4. The first type of farming system practiced in Nigeria is......,
A) Mulching
B) Monocropping
C) Crop rotation
D) Mixed farming
  • 5. ............ are animals that give birth to their young ones alive and feed them with milk from the mammary glands
A) Fish
B) Reptiles
C) Bird
D) Mammals
  • 6. Cowpea found growing in a rice farm will be regarded as a........
A) Manure
B) Vegetable
C) Bonus
D) Weed
  • 7. Weeds can be used for the following except...........
A) Increase crop yield
B) Controlling erosion
C) Drugs
D) Food
  • 8. Examples of biting and chewing insect pests include all except......
A) Rat
B) Beetles
C) Bat
D) Bird
  • 9. The use of machinery, skilled labour and large areas farmland are all characteristics of ......
A) Mixed cropping
B) Monocropping
C) Commercial farming
D) Subsistence farming
  • 10. Living organisms that destroy agricultural products when stored are known as.....
A) Pets
B) Pests
C) Wild animals
D) Farm animals
  • 11. ........... Is a process by which green plants manufacture their food.
A) Transportation
B) Pollination
C) Photosynthesis
D) Fertilization
  • 12. When a farmer produces for himself and his family needs, he is practicing........ Farming
A) Real farming
B) Natural farming
C) Subsistence farming
D) Family farming
  • 13. The seasonal movement of livestock by the farmer from place to place in search of food and water is called.......
A) Normadic farming
B) Real farming
C) Ranching
D) Ley farming
  • 14. The chemicals used in control of weeds are called......
A) Insecticides
B) Herbicides
C) Weedicides
D) Pesticides
  • 15. Science and technology have contributed to agriculture in the production of all these except...
A) Fertilizer
B) Crude tools
C) Machinery
D) Pesticides
  • 16. A typical storage pest of crops is....
A) Weavil
B) Locust
C) Aphid
D) Grasshopper
  • 17. Problems facing subsistence farming include the following except......
A) Crude farm tools are used
B) Availability of loan
C) Farmers are illiterates
D) Pests and diseases are not controlled
  • 18. Mixed farming means
A) Keeping of goat and chickens
B) Mixing two crops for planting
C) Cultivation of crops and rearing of farm animals
D) Mixing two types of soil before planting on it
  • 19. Heavy attack of crops by pests may result in
A) Increase in quality
B) Total crop failure
C) Quick germination
D) High yield
  • 20. Non insect pests include all except
A) Goats
B) Monkeys
C) Weevils
D) Sheeps
  • 21. Keeping imported seeds, plant products, plants and animals ,soil etc in isolation and under observation for a period of time is called.....
A) Quarantine
B) Personal decision
C) Plant rotation
D) Observation method
  • 22. Weeding means
A) Using weeds as food
B) Mixing weeds with crops
C) Uprooting the weeds
D) Planting more weeds
  • 23. We use fertilizers to........... On the farmland
A) Destroy a particular plant on the farm
B) Increase fertility of the soil
C) Poison the animals
D) Reduce fertility of the soil
  • 24. Local tools include all except
A) Cutlass
B) Hoe
C) Watering can
D) Tractor
  • 25. ............ Is often referred to as assests
A) Labour
B) Capital
C) Water
D) Land
  • 26. The free gift of nature includes all except ........
A) Capital
B) Rainfall
C) Soil
D) Water
  • 27. ........... Can be bought or rent
A) Capital
B) Labour
C) Enterprenuer
D) Land
  • 28. ............ includes buildings, machines, roads, inputs and materials used
A) Land
B) Mineral resources
C) Labour
D) Capital
  • 29. ........ refers to living environment of an organism
A) River
B) Abattoir
C) Habitat
D) School
  • 30. Which of the following industries does not use agricultural raw materials?
A) pharmaceutical industry
B) textile industry
C) food processing industry
D) automobile industry
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