BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE APP

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BECE/JSCE (AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE)

BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE APP

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

seedling

thinning

supplying

planting

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

deforestation

forest and

savanna

forestry

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

roughages

diet

ration

concentrates

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

farrowing

weaning

kidding

parturition

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Soap making industry uses the following agricultural raw material EXCEPT __________

cotton seed oil

groundnut oil

caustic soda

palm oil

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The following are branches of agriculture EXCEPT __________

horticulture

fishery and crop production

mining and drilling

soil science and ventenary medicine

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

_________ and ________ are the types of agriculture

animal science and livestock farming

forestry and crop science

subsistence and commercial farming

geology and civil engineering

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The earliest man lived by __________

begging for food

planting and harvesting

hunting and planting

hunting and gathering

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

cow

guinea pig

rabbit

fowl

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following does not belong to poultry?

goose

stud

pullets

duck

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

hand trowel

watering can

rake

garden shears

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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

grafting

layering

cutting

budding

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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

Beverage is a product from __________

wheat and cocoa

cocoa and coffee

coffee and maize

sugar and milk

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

biannual

annual

biennial

perennial

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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

erosion

cropping

terracing

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Soil erosion can be caused by _________

afforestation

overgrazing

planting cover crop

strip cropping

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Weathering involves the breaking down of __________ into smaller units

stone

rock

sand

soil

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Crops produced essentially for animal consumption are called ___________ crops

forage

annual

chain

field

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

aphid

weevil

cotton stainer

grasshopper

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

orange-margarine

cotton-textile

coconut-oil

cocoa-chocolate

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

living organism

temperature

parent materials

moisture

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Farmers use __________ to trim edge of flower

secateurs

rate

shovel

shears

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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

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

fungus

virus

duck

bacterial

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

cocoa

millet

cotton

rubber

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

bacterial

fungi

vector

nematode

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

foul typhoid

aspergilosis

fool and mouth disease

coccidiosis

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Ammonium nitrate supplies _________ to the soil.

nitrogen

ammonia

oxygen

hydrogen

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Subsistence farming includes the following EXCEPT ________

crop rotation

commercial farming

mixed farming

shifting cultivation

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

roots

stem

leaves

stigma

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

planting cover crops

continuous cropping

mono cropping

zero tillage

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

soil survey and mapping

agricultural credit

vaccines

fertilizer

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

texture

water

air

organic matter

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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 ____________

industrial farming

consumer farming

commodity market

invisible market

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

An example of a cartilaginous fish is ___________

tilapia

dog fish

salmon

titus

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

asexual

sexual

pollination

fertilization

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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

clay

sandy

silty

humus

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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

pests by hand picking

the pest with chemical

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Pastoral farming is a system in which only __________

grazing animals are kept

pasture crop is established

poultry is kept

pasture crop and animals are kept

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

After pollination, ovules developed to form ___________

fruit

root

seed

bulb

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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 __________________

veterinary medicine

animal management

disease control

animal science

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The main sources of power for subsistence agriculture is

electricity

man

machine

animal

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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 __________

sleeping

dead

resting

dormant

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The production and maintenance of economic trees is known as ___________

silviculture

horticultural

agronomy

botany

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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

The botanical name for maize is _________

oryza sativa

citries spp

zea-mays

hibiscus spp

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Pregnancy in farm animals is _________

wearing

gestation period

heat period

cestrus cycle

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Coccidiosis is a disease of ___________

pig

poultry

cattle

dog

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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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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

All these are types of farm record EXCEPT _________

input record

sales record

production record

annual record

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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

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

tapeworm

lice

mite

flea

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

flour mill

textile

brewery

petrol chemical

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

In farm animal production, wearing can be described as __________

removal of the male adult

removal of the hairs from farm animals

separation of the young ones from the mother

mother and the young one moving together

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The following practices are necessary for transplanting seedling EXCEPT ___________

transplanting in the afternoon

avoiding damage to the root

transplanting seedling with ball of each

pulling up the seedlings with hand trowel

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Hay and silage are examples of _______________

supplement feed

basal feed

cuntrate food

roughage feed

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

shifting cultivation

mixed cropping

mixed farming

crop rotation

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

apiculture

veterinary medicine

fishery

soil science

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Which of the following is NOT an importance of agriculture?

materials for shelter

materials for clothes

food for man

provision for raw materials for petroleum

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

Ggene

placenta

cytoplasm

zygote

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Lubrication is the process of ________

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

tightening nuts and bolts in farm machinery

replacing one and many parts of farm machinery

draining and replacing engine oil

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

wind

explosive mechanism

man

animals

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

sun

electricity

machine

animal

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

livestock building

source of water

clean house

market

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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

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

continuous cropping

clean clearing

crop rotation

bush burning

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

consistency

structure

texture

profile

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

intensive

extensive

semi extensive

semi intensive

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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 extension

agricultural economics

forestry

agricultural engineering

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

sandy loamy

loamy

clay

sandy

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

The following are features of a dicotyledonous plant EXCEPT _______

leaves with net veins

one seed leaf

stem with many branches

leaves with petioles

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Horticulture deals with growing of ____________

arable crops

permanent

annual crops

omamental crops

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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?

religion

rainfall

pleasure

nutrition

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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?

machine

electricity

sun

wind

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

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

pick axie

hand trowel

hoe

shovel

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Reproductive parts of plant is ________

flower

leaf

root

stem

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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 ____________

diary milk

calf milk

cowbell

colostrum

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Category: BECE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PAST QUESTIONS

Seeds for planting must possess the following qualities EXCEPT

must be matured

must be clear

high percentage viability

free from insect pest

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