Agricultural Science For SS2 Aura Praise
Agricultural Science For SS2 Aura Praise
Agricultural Science For SS2 Aura Praise
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS.
1.The type of farming which is mainly for family consumption with little or nothing for sale is known as
(a) commercial agriculture (b) subsistence agriculture (c) modern agriculture (d) all of the above
2. Which of the following crops is a tuber crop? (a) maize (b) rice (c) beans (d) yam
3.The removal of excess water from the soil surface is known as (a)irrigation (b) drainage (c) surface
run– off (d) evaporation
4. Which of the following processes will not lead to the loss of nutrients from the soil? (a)mulching (b)
burning (c) erosion (d) harvesting
5. Which of these is not a reason for producing ornamental plant in Nigeria (a) control of desertification
(b)provision of employment (c) control of erosion (d) source of employment
6. Commercial agriculture is characterized by (a) use of machines (b) small farm holdings (c) Low capital
investment (d) little research activity
7………………. Is the study and management of forests and forest resources (a)forest (b) forestry (c)
aquaculture (d) all of the above
8.The following are importance of the forest except (a) provision of food (b) drought (c) wind break (d)
medicinal herbs
9.The following are causes of deforestation except (a) unfavourable climatic factors (b)man;s farming
activities (c)timber exploitation (d) constant planting of trees
10.The branch of agriculture that studies the keeping,rearing and breeding of fish is (a)fishery (b) snailry
(c) Horticulture (d) Bee keeping
11.An organism capable of causing damage to another organism is called (a) pest (b) Disease (c)infection
(d) pathogen
12.One of the followings is an example of a mechanized farming tool (a) hoe (b)spade (c) rake (d)planter
13……………… are crops, trees and flowers used for beautifying our environment (a) cover crops (b)cash
crops (c )ornamental plants (d) all of the above
14………………….. is the cultivation of crops and rearing of animals for human’s consumption
(a)Agriculture (b) Biology (c)Chemistry (d) History
15.The three types of rock are…………… , …………. and ……….. (a) sand ,loamy and clay (b) Ignite,coal and
igneous (c) igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic (d) all of the above
16. The type of agriculture in which a farmer cultivate crops and rears animals on the same piece of land
is (a) mono-cropping (b) mixed cropping (c) crop rotation (d) none of the above
17.Agriculture is classified into …………. and …………… (a) big and small (b) subsistence and commercial
(c) pastoral and mixed agriculture(d) None of the above
18.one of the ways of improving soil fertility is (a) erosion (b) bush burning (c) fertilizer application (d)
all of the above
19.The practice of growing different crops in sequence on a piece of land is known as (a) rotational
grazing (b) monoculture (c) crop rotation (d) mixed farming
20.Agriculture helps to provide food for man kind (a)True (b) false (c) may be (d) None of the above
Theory Questions.
1a . Define horticulture?
2a.What is forestry?