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Which of the following are advantages of the communal land ownership system? l. Every member of the community has a piece of land on which of farm.ll. Co-operative farming is possible under this system. III . Large scale farming is encouraged . IV Land can be used as a security for loans.
Al and ll only
Bll and lll only
Cl and lll only
Dlll and IV only
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Question 622
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What action of government may be considered as granting of subsidies to farmers?
AGiving low interest loans to farmers
BProviding hire purchase services
CSupplying agrochemicals at reduced cost
DProviding free non-formal education to farmers
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Question 623
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One of the problems facing agricultural development in West Africa is
Ainadequate financing
Bunavailability of productive land
Clow income of consumers
Dinadequacy of industries
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Question 624
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To facilitate mechanical harvesting of cereals, it is better to
Amake all of them disease-resistant
Bensure that they are free from pest attack
Censure they all have uniform height
Dmake sure they are - maturing
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Question 625
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A hypothesis can be described as
Apredictive statement relating to experimental variables
Ba postulate of general acceptance
Ca research reasoning based on an accurate statement about the population
Da postulate based on experimental samples
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Question 626
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The desktop computer used for data
management in agri-business is
Aan analog computer
Ba super computer
Ca hybrid computer
Da mainframe computer
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Question 627
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In biotechnology, propagation is mainly by
Agrafting
Baerial layering
Cbinary fission
Dcell culture.
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Question 628
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The storage facility that is not suitable for grains
is the
Asilos
Brumbus
Cbarns
Dsacs.
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Question 629
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The type of energy obtain from the sun is
Ahydro energy
Bsolar energy
Cthermal energy
Dwind energy.
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Question 630
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Which of the following routine maintenance in a
tractor is necessary on daily basis?
ADraining of the gear box oil.
BRemoving and cleaning of engines air filter
CReplacing of the fuel filter element.
DChecking of the oil level in the engine.
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Question 631
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The part labeled I is made of
Alead.
Baluminium
Ciron
Dwood
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Question 632
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Use the following diagram below to answer this question
During which of the following plant propagation
methods is the tool represented used?
ASeed planting.
BSeedling transplant
CBudding.
DLayering.
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Question 633
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In surveying, the instrument used to measure
horizontal, vertical angles and planes is the
Agunters chain
Bprismatic compass
Cranging poles
Dtheodolite.
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Question 634
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The most effective method of disseminating
information among farmers is through
Aindividual method
Bgroup method
Cmass method
Dcooperative method
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Question 635
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Retailers may create artificial scarcity of goods
by
Aprice hiking
Bhoarding
Cunder producing
Dprocessing.
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Question 636
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A piece of information contained in payroll
record of farms is
Adate of employment
Bequity
Cincome generated
Dtotal credit.
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Question 637
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Farm labour is usually measured in terms of
Aamount of wages paid to labour
Bhours or days of work by labour
Clevel of education of labour
Dtype of work done by labour.
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Question 638
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Elastic demand is the type in which a change in
price
Abrings about greater change in quantity of goods demanded
Bof a commodity leads to little or no change in demand
Cleads to equal change in commodity demanded
Dmay not change the demand of quantity of commodity.
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Question 639
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From the curve above, at what point is it
advisable for the farmer to stop further addition
of input?
AI
BII
CIII
DIV
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Question 640
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The most important of all the factors of
production in crop farming is
