agricultural science jss2

1.
____________ are simple erections that are constructed on the farm

site to make farming activities easier. (a) farm buildings (b) farm
structures (c) farm land (d) farm site
2. The folowing are production structure except (a) fish pond (b)
cassava mill (b) rabbit hutch (d) poultry battery cage
3. The folowing are storage Structures EXCEPT (a) crib (b) boreholes
(c)silos (d) barn
4. Farm buildings are usualy made of __________ (a) wood (b)
concretes (c) glass (d) none of the above
5. Administrative building is also called (a) farm office (b)
farm workshop (c) farm shop (d) farm shelter
6. Big, elaborate and permanent erections on the farm are called_____
(a) farm structures (b) farm house (c) farm buildings (d) farm store
7. ________ is not a way of maintaining farm structures and building
(a) regular cleaning (b) painting (c)regular neglect (d)regular
inspection and repair.
8. _________ is not an important factor to be considered in siting of
farm structures (a) topography (b) soil fertility (c) illumination (d)
age of farmer
9. Wooding parts of farm structures and buildings should be painted
with insecticides to prevent damaged by _________ (a) bee (b)
termites (c) rats (d) air
10. Meta parts of farm structures and building shoud be painted or
coated to prevent ____________ (a) rusting (b) meting (c) breaking
(d) floating
11. A _____________ is an area of land where small seeds and fragile
planting materials are first grown and tended till the seedling are
strong enough to be planted out in their permanent beds or fields.
(a) nursery (b) primary (c) field (d) farm
12. The folowing are preplanting operations except (a) site
seection (b) land clearing (c) mulching (d) plotting
13. ______ is the removal of plant stumps and roots from the soil. (a)
stumping (b) plotting (c) ploughing (d) harrowing
14. Which of the following cannot be used for stumping? ______ (a)
axe (b) pick axe(c) mechanical stumper (d) ridger
15. is not used for weeds control? ( a) chemicals(b) hand pulling
(c)hoe (d)watering can
16. The process of making seedbed is known as (a) Ploughing (b)
stumping (c) ridging (d) plotting
17. _________ refers to the ifting of seedlings from the nursery andplanting them out
in their permanent plot or field. (a) nursery (b)sowing (c) seed rate (d) transplanting
18. The replacement of seeds that fai to germinate is called (a) supplying (b) thinning
(c) muching (d) weeding
19. The amount or quantity of planting materials required for plantingone hectare of
land is called _______ (a) staking (b) pruning (c)trimming (d) seed rate
20. Which of the following plants needs to be planted in a nursery bedbefore
transplanting to the permanent field? (a) Pepper (b) yam(c) cassava (d) maize
21. refers to the period of the year at which a particular cropis sown in order to
produce well. (a) panting date (b) seed rate (c)planting distance (d) planting depth
22. Staking is usually done for ____ (a) cassava (b) maize (c) rice (d) yam
23. ___________ is the removal or gathering of matured or ripened partsof plants
from the parent pant for use. (a) stacking (b) harvesting(c) storage (d) pruning
24. Watering should not be done in the _______________(a) morning(b)afternoon
(c) evening (d) none of the above
25. _________ are organisms that feed on plants thereby causingdamage. (a)pests
(b) diseases (c)weeds (d) all of the above
26. The conversion of crop produce into other usable form is called_________ (a)
storage (b) processing (c) harvesting (d) marketing
27. _________ refers to various activities by which agricultural produceare supplied
and sold to the consumer (a) storage (b) processing(c) harvesting (d) marketing
28. The distance between one plant and another along the same ridgeor row is called
________(a) intra row (b) inter row (c) among row (d)none of the above
29. The distance between one plant and another on different ridgesor rows is called
__________spacing (a) intra row (b) inter row (c)among row (d) none of the above
30. Another name for intra row spacing is ___ row spacing(a) within (b)between (c)
among (d) upside
31. Inter row spacing is aso called row spacing(a) within (b)between (c) among (d)
along
32. The following are types of nursery except __________ (a) seed bed(b)seed tray
(c) polythene bags (d) spoon bed
33. ___________ is also known as sole cropping (a) mixed cropping (b)
mono cropping (c) multiple cropping (d) continuous cropping

34. Which of the following farm produce is stored in a barn? (a) yam (b)
cowpea (c) groundnut (d) maize
35. Pest are controled using chemicals called _________ (a) insecticides
(b) herbicides (c) pesticides (d) monoxides
36. Growing different crops in an ordery or sequential way on a piece
of land is called ___________(a) land rotation (b) crop rotation (c)
ranching (d)pastoral farming
37. Mr.Samuel raises sheep and goat as well grows cassava and
maize. He practice ___________(a)mixed farming (b) mixed cropping
(c) animal cropping (d) pastoral farming
38. Which of the following practices leads to loss of soi fertility? (a)
continuous cropping (b) cover cropping (c) mixed cropping (d) crop
rotation
39. Which of the following is not a post- planting operation? (a)
plotting (b) thinning (c) supplying (d) weeding
40. Thining is done to prevent the following except __________
(a)overcrowding (b) competition for space (c) competition for
nutrients (d) to avoid rainfall
THEORY
INSTRUCTION: Answer any three questions.
1a. What are farm structure ?
2mks
1b. Mention and state uses of any four farm structures
4mks
1c. Mention any four storage structures and their uses.. 4mks
2a. what are farm buildings?
2mks
2b. mention and briefly explain any three (3) factors to be considered
when siting farm structures and
buildings 3mks
2c. mention any three (3) importance of proper siting of farm structures
and buildings
3mks
2d. mention any two (2) maintenance practices for farm buildings.
2mks
3a.what are pre-planting operations?
2mks
3b. mention and briefly explain any three (3) preplanting operations
3mks
3c. mention any three (3) post planting operations
3mks
3d. Differentiate between intra- row spacing and inter-row spacing.
2mks.
4a. define the term “farming system”
2mks
4b. explain the term mono-cropping.
2mks
4c. mention any two advantages and two dis-advantages of mono
farming 4mks
4d. what is mixed farming system?
2mks
5a. what is crop rotation?
2mks
5b. design a standard and appropriate five years crop rotatio.
6mks
5c. Mention any two disadvantages of shifting
cultivation. 2mks

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mono cropping (c) multiple cropping (d) continuous cropping

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