Second Term Examination
Subject : Agricultural Science
Class: JSS 2
Duration : 1 Hour 30 minutes
Name : ______________________________________
Instruction : Read the questions carefully and choose from the alternatives lettered a – d.
1. Which if this is not a food nutrient? (a) sugar (b) protein (c) mineral (d) vitamin
2. Some of the useful products we get from farm animals include the following except __________. (a) meat (b) breast (c) egg (d) milk
3. Carbohydrate rich feed include the following EXCEPT ____________. (a) Yam (b) maize (c) beans (d) guinea corn
4. The following are examples of feed rich in protein except __________. (a) soya beans (b) millet (c) cotton seed (d) fish
5. Concentrates are feeds that are rich in ____________. (a) fibre content (b) fat content (c) energy content (d) mineral content
6. Disease of farm animals are usually caused by the following organisms EXCEPT __________. (a) virus (b) bacteria (c) worms (d) nematode
7. Which of the following is not an example of bacteria disease of farm animals? (a) Mastitis (b) cuthrax (c) bird flu (d) ditabebulosis
8. Viral diseases of farm animals include the following except _________. (a) foot and mouth disease (b) fowl pox (c) rinder pest (d) disease
9. Which of the following is a fungi disease? (a) pneumonia (b) ring worm (c) brucellosis (d) newcastle disease
10. An example of a protozoan disease of farm animals is __________. (a) swine fever (b) red water fever (c) fowl cholera (d) aspergillosis
11. A place where yam tuber are stored is called _________. (a) Silo (b) barn (c) paddock (d) drainage
12. A place where grains are stored is called ____________. (a) fence (b) barn (c) pen (d) silo
13. Storage structures include the following except ____________. (a) paddocks (b) cribs (c) barns (d) silos
14. Corms, rhizomes and tubers are examples of ____________. (a) underground stem (b) underground root (c) modified leaves (d) aerial stem
15. Which of these crops can be propagated by sucker? (a) Carrot (b) cocoyam (c) maize (d) plantain
16. The planting and cultivation of farm produce is called __________. (a) Crop planting (b) livestock farming (c) saving of farm produce (d) agriculture
17.Soap making industries make use of ______ as raw materials. (a) Palm oil (b) cocoa (c) timber (d) rubber
18. The following are product of crop plant except __________. (a) Furniture (b) plastic (c) rubber (d) medicine
19. __________ is a system of farming whereby a farmer cultivates crops and rears animals for consumption. (a) Subsistence (b) pastoral (c) commercial (d) sufficient
20. Fats and oil supply __________ in the feed of farm animals. (a) Protein (b) energy (c) vitamins (d) minerals
21. __________ are required by the animal for growth and repair of body tissues. (a) minerals (b) vitamins (c) proteins (d) carbohydrates
22. The following are described as zomotic diseases except __________. (a) bird flu (b) mad cow disease (c) tuberculosis (d) Newcastle diseases
23. Animals disease are transmitted through the following modes except ________________ (a) Direct contact (b) contaminated feed (c) bites from vectors (d) balanced diet
24. The following are symptom of farm animal’s disease except ___________. (a) enlarged udder (b) high fever (c) sores (d) increased productivity
25. Which of the following is an effect of disease on farm animals? (a) Reduced productivity (b) large egg size (c) increased feed intake (d) increased market value
26. Nutritional diseases of farm animals include the following except _________. (a) bloat (b) rickets (c) night blindness (d) liver fluke
27. Feed throughs are used to feed ____________ (a) concentrates (b) hay (c) water (d) mineral block
28. The following animals can be fed roughages. (a) chicken (b) cattle (c) goat (d) sheep
29. Protein concentrates are reformulated from the following ingredients except ____________ (a) A groundnut cake (b) fish meal (c) blood meal (d) maize offals
30. The practice of covering the soil surface with dry grasses is called ________. (a) Weeding (b) manuring (c) mulching (d) grading
31. The following are tillage operations except _____________ (a) stumping (b) ploughing (c) harrowing (d) ridging
32. The method of harvesting used in yam and cassava is ___________. (a) plucking (b) digging (c) picking (d) cutting
33. In crop production, okro is propagated by _______. (a) seed (b) grafting (c) bulb (d) crown
34. The rearing and raising of bees for production of honey is called ____________. (a) Aquaculture (b) agriculture (c) selviculture (d) apiculture
35. ________ can be stored in a barn. (a) Cocoa (b) Tomatoes (c) Onion (d) Yam
36. ______ is not an example of disease causing organism. (a) Virus (b) Vector (c) Bacteria (d) Fungi
37. _______ can be used to catch fish. (a) Wounding method (b) Pin and line (c) Sickle and handle (d) Peg and line
38. Which of the following is a method of improving soil fertility ? (a) Bush burning (b) farm clearing (c) Crop rotation (d) Land pollution
39. A farmland with breadth 80m and length 40m. What is the area of the farmland? (a) 3200m2 (b) 3200m (c) 320m (d) 3200cm
40. Major insect pest of beans in the store is ________. (a) Grasshopper (b) Weevils (c) Beetle (d) Aphid
41. Parasite causes the following symptom in farm animals Except (a) Loss of appetite (b) High feeding habit (c) Diarrhoea (d) Loss of weight
42. The substance used for inoculation animals against disease is known as______ (a) Pastoral farming (b) Animal inoculation (c) Plant inoculation (d) Thermometer
43. Which of the following animals are kept in the pastoral farming? (a) Pig (b) Guinea pig (c) Sheep (d) Poultry
44. Rice blight is caused by _______. (a) Fungus (b) Bacteria (c) Nematode (d) Virus
45. The practice of growing the same crop on a piece of land year after year is known as ________ (a) Crop rotation (b) Continuous cropping (c) Mono cropping (d)Mixed cropping
46. Trypanosome is transmitted by a vector (a) Tsetse fly (b) White fly (c) House fly (d) Aphid
47. Which of the following livestock disease is not related to poultry? (a) Asoergillosis (b) Coccidiosis (c) Foot and mouth (d) New castle
48. Which of this Is not an endo parasite of farm animal? (a) Liver fluke (b) Tick (c) Round worm (d) Tryoanosoma
49. All buildings and structures in the farms are collectively called _______. (a) Farm structure (b) Livestock Farm stead (d) Farm building
50. The soil ________ best describe the soil particle sizes . (a) profile (b) air (c) water (d) texture
Section B : Theory
1a. Explain the term ” Animal feed”
1b. Differentiate between energy concentrate and protein concentrate
2a. Describe the term “soil”
2b. Illustrate the composition of soil by lts volume with the aid of a diagram
3a. What do you understand by :
(i)Animal Pests (ii) Disease control
3b. List any 4 causes of diseases in farm animals and explain one of them with example.
4. Write out four (4) Factors a farmer will Ned’s to consider before deciding animal feeds and explain any two of them with examples.