BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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BECE/JSCE (AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE)

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Feathery and powdery seeds are characteristic features of weed dispersal by _________

wind

man

animals

explosive mechanism

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

A disease vector means

just organism

a disease causing organism

carrier of disease carrying organism

disease organism

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The following are features of a dicotyledonous plant EXCEPT _______

one seed leaf

leaves with net veins

stem with many branches

leaves with petioles

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following sourced of farm power cannot be affective by used for processing agricultural products?

sun

electricity

wind

machine

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

In farm animal production, wearing can be described as __________

mother and the young one moving together

separation of the young ones from the mother

removal of the hairs from farm animals

removal of the male adult

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The ideal farm tool for weeding ploughing and making ridges is __________

hoe

hand trowel

shovel

pick axie

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The following sources of farm power can be effectively used for processing agricultural product EXCEPT __________

animal

sun

machine

electricity

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Which of the following is NOT a disease causing agent in animals?

virus

bacterial

fungus

duck

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The care and management of honey bees to produce honey and bees wax is ________

veterinary medicine

soil science

apiculture

fishery

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Which of the following is responsible for the decomposition of organic matter?

parent materials

moisture

living organism

temperature

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following is not a way of maintaining soil fertity?

fertilizer application

planting of cover crops

weeding

crop rotation

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following is a raw material for the textile industry?

rubber

millet

cocoa

cotton

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

_________ and ________ are the types of agriculture

animal science and livestock farming

geology and civil engineering

subsistence and commercial farming

forestry and crop science

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Genetic characteristics are passed from the parents to offspring through the __________

zygote

cytoplasm

Ggene

placenta

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Soap making industry uses the following agricultural raw material EXCEPT __________

palm oil

caustic soda

groundnut oil

cotton seed oil

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Crops produced essentially for animal consumption are called ___________ crops

chain

forage

annual

field

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

_____________ is a special type of feed served farm animals over a period of time

diet

ration

concentrates

roughages

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

In the layout of farm stead, the nursery area must be close to _____

clean house

source of water

livestock building

market

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The following are branches of agriculture EXCEPT __________

mining and drilling

fishery and crop production

soil science and ventenary medicine

horticulture

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following is NOT a system of livestock management?

extensive

intensive

semi intensive

semi extensive

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

All these are types of farm record EXCEPT _________

sales record

annual record

input record

production record

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Soil erosion can be caused by _________

afforestation

overgrazing

planting cover crop

strip cropping

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Rumen, reticulum, Omasun and abomasum are the parts of stomach of a ____________

fowl

guinea pig

rabbit

cow

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The farm tool used to gather rubbish and leveling of soil surface is called

watering can

rake

garden shears

hand trowel

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Evaporation from the surface of the soil can be reduced by __________

mono cropping

zero tillage

continuous cropping

planting cover crops

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Which of the following is not a contribution of science and technology to agriculture?

agricultural credit

soil survey and mapping

vaccines

fertilizer

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following is NOT a factor for loss of soil nutrients?

over grazing

terracing

cropping

erosion

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Which of the following livestock diseases is NOT related to poultry?

aspergilosis

foul typhoid

fool and mouth disease

coccidiosis

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Ammonium nitrate supplies _________ to the soil.

nitrogen

ammonia

hydrogen

oxygen

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Pregnancy in farm animals is _________

wearing

gestation period

heat period

cestrus cycle

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Cutting, layering, budding and grafting of plants are examples of ________ propagation

fertilization

pollination

sexual

asexual

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_________ is defined as a large area of land covered with tree and bushes

forestry

deforestation

forest and

savanna

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following is NOT an agro-allied industry?

textile

flour mill

brewery

petrol chemical

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Subsistence farming includes the following EXCEPT ________

commercial farming

mixed farming

crop rotation

shifting cultivation

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

_________ is NOT an example of farm implements

disc plough

discridger

harrow

lathes

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

__________ is animal that carries disease organisms but without suffering from the disease.

vector

nematode

fungi

bacterial

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following crops is not correctly grouped with its industrial products?

coconut-oil

orange-margarine

cotton-textile

cocoa-chocolate

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Crops which complete their cycle within two years are called __________ crops

biennial

perennial

biannual

annual

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Lubrication is the process of ________

draining and replacing engine oil

tightening nuts and bolts in farm machinery

replacing one and many parts of farm machinery

putting oil or grease between one rusting metal surface of farm machinery

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The process by which green plants manufacture their food is known as __________

diffusion

photosynthesis

oxidation

chlorophyll

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

One of the following is a parasite that lives inside the body of farm animals

lice

mite

flea

tapeworm

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

A seed that has been lying in the ground without germinating is said to be __________

dormant

dead

resting

sleeping

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Pastoral farming is a system in which only __________

poultry is kept

grazing animals are kept

pasture crop and animals are kept

pasture crop is established

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following does not belong to poultry?

pullets

duck

stud

goose

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The botanical name for maize is _________

citries spp

zea-mays

hibiscus spp

oryza sativa

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

After pollination, ovules developed to form ___________

fruit

seed

root

bulb

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Beverage is a product from __________

cocoa and coffee

coffee and maize

sugar and milk

wheat and cocoa

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Vegetative method of propagation is used for the production of _________

cassava

cowpea

rice

maize

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The vertical section through the soil to the underlying solid rock is called __________

consistency

profile

structure

texture

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The main sources of power for subsistence agriculture is

man

electricity

machine

animal

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

When buying and selling of agricultural produce take place for contact bargain, this type of market is ____________

invisible market

commodity market

industrial farming

consumer farming

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following is a biting and chewing insect pest?

cotton stainer

aphid

weevil

grasshopper

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following farming practices destroys organic matter content of the soil?

continuous cropping

clean clearing

bush burning

crop rotation

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following is not a component of the soil?

air

texture

water

organic matter

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

An example of a cartilaginous fish is ___________

titus

dog fish

tilapia

salmon

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The branch of agriculture that deals with the study, prevention and control of pests and diseases of livestock __________________

disease control

animal science

animal management

veterinary medicine

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Seeds for planting must possess the following qualities EXCEPT

high percentage viability

must be matured

must be clear

free from insect pest

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which one of the following cropping systems discourage widespread of pests and disease?

crop rotation

inter cropping

mixed farming

strip

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Soil that contains a proportionate quantity of sand, silt and clay is known as ________

loamy

sandy loamy

sandy

clay

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following is NOT an importance of agriculture?

food for man

provision for raw materials for petroleum

materials for clothes

materials for shelter

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Farmers use __________ to trim edge of flower

shovel

secateurs

shears

rate

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The production and maintenance of economic trees is known as ___________

botany

agronomy

silviculture

horticultural

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Weathering involves the breaking down of __________ into smaller units

stone

sand

soil

rock

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When a farmer replaces seeds that fail to germinate the operation is known as __________

planting

thinning

supplying

seedling

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Coccidiosis is a disease of ___________

dog

cattle

pig

poultry

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

A drop of iodine to the surface of a piece of yam turns it _________

red

blue

green

yellow

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

It has large pore spaces well drained and aerated. It has poor water holding capacity. All these are the characteristics of _________ soil

humus

silty

clay

sandy

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During pollination, pollen grains are carried from the anthers to the ______________

roots

leaves

stigma

stem

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Reproductive parts of plant is ________

stem

root

leaf

flower

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The binding together of stock and scion of two related plants to form one single plant is called

budding

grafting

cutting

layering

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following farming systems is most suitable in a school farm where there is no enough land for agriculture?

shifting cultivation

crop rotation

mixed cropping

mixed farming

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Horticulture deals with growing of ____________

arable crops

omamental crops

annual crops

permanent

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The act of removing young animal from feeding on milk is known as _____________

parturition

weaning

kidding

farrowing

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The following practices are necessary for transplanting seedling EXCEPT ___________

avoiding damage to the root

transplanting in the afternoon

transplanting seedling with ball of each

pulling up the seedlings with hand trowel

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The method by which farmers are educated on modern techniques on farming is called __________

agricultural economics

forestry

agricultural engineering

agricultural extension

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The physical methods of controlling crop pest is killing ___________

pests by the use of their natural enemies

the environment of the pest

the pest with chemical

pests by hand picking

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The earliest man lived by __________

begging for food

hunting and planting

planting and harvesting

hunting and gathering

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Hay and silage are examples of _______________

supplement feed

basal feed

roughage feed

cuntrate food

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Milk production by the mother cow during the first 3 days after calving us called ____________

calf milk

cowbell

colostrum

diary milk

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following factors does NOT affect the geographical distribution of farm animal in Nigeria?

rainfall

pleasure

religion

nutrition

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