First Term Examination
Class : JSS 1
Subject : Agricultural Science
Section A : Objective Tests
Instruction : Read the question carefully and pick from the options lettered a – d.
1. Science and Technology have contributed to agriculture in the production of all these EXCEPT _____________ (a) Machinery (b) Fertilizer (c) Pesticides (d) Crude tools
2. A major source of milk for human consumption is obtained from ______________ (a) sheep (b) goat (c) cow (d) pig
3. All of these are agents of weed dispersal EXCEPT __________ (a) Oil (b) Water (c) Wind (d) Animal
4. One of the following is not an importance of Agriculture to the nation economy. (a) Employment (b) Robbery (c) Sources of income and revenue (d) provision of raw materials
5. ____________ is an example of aquatic animal. (a) bull (b) crab (c) gorilla (d) goat
6. Examples if poultry animals are ____________ (a) vulture, goose and duck (b) chicken, turkey and duck (c) vulture, fowl and donkey (d) sawn, vulture and dove
7. The act of rearing or bringing plants and animals under your control is known as _________ (a) domestication (b) planting (c) growing (d) washing
8. Which of these animals serves as a means of transportation? (a) pig (b) goat (c) donkey (d) fowl
9. Agriculture provides all the following Except _____________ (a) Food (b) Clothing (c) Shelter (d) Minerals
10. The cultivation of flowers, fruits and vegetables is called __________ (a) silviculture (b) horticulture (c) monoculture (d) veterinary medicine
11. The term agriculture is derived from _______ latin words. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
12. Fish can be classified as ______________ (a) skeleton and bony (b) bony and cartilaginous (c) tilapia and crab (d) cartilaginous and crab
13. A plant which grows where it is not wanted is called ________ (a) cereals (b) weeds (c) legumes (d) tubers
14. ___________ is an example of monocotyledons plant. (a) Rice (b) Beans (c) Groundnut (d) Yam
15. A gradual removal of the topsoil by wind or water is called __________ (a) weathering (b) washing (c) erosion (d) construction
16. ____________ is an example of livestock found in Nigeria. (a) Cattle (b) Egg. (c) Frog (d) Beans
17. A crop which is required to grow in two seasons to reach maturity is called ___________. (a) forage (b) biennial (c) perennial (d) annual
18. All the parts of plant that can be found above the ground is called ___________ (a) the root system (b) the shoot system (c) the stem (d) the flower
19. A young or baby goat is called _________ (a) piglet (b) kid (c) calf (d) puppy
20. The following are branches of agriculture EXCEPT (a) Fishery and Crop production (b) Mining and drilling (c) Soil science and Veterinary medicine (d) Horticulture and Animal science
SECTION B : THEORY
1. Define the term agriculture
2. Mention five branches of agriculture
3. State five importance of agriculture
4. Give three examples of the following
a. Cash crops
b. Food crops
5. List the stages of agricultural development
6. State three differences between monocotyledons plant and dicotyledonous plants