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To which of the following survey equipment is a piece of red cloth tied when it is being used?
A cross staff
B plumb bob
C gunter's chain
D arrow
Which of the following agronomic practices is not applicable to rice production?
A threshing
B transplanting
C staking
D puddling
A plant not normally used as green manure is
A mucuna utilis
B sida acuta
C centrosema pubescens
D pueraria phaseoloides
Which of the following sequence of pre-planting operation is correct?
A bush clearing, farm layout, burning and stumping
B stumping, bush clearing, farm layout and burning
C burning, farm layout, clearing and stumping
D bush clearing, burning, stumping and farm layout
Which of the following methods is used in conducting a simple farm lay-out survey?
A 5:3:4
B 4:3:3
C 3:4:5
D 3:3:4
Which of the following is not a survey equipment?
A cross staff
B prismatic compass
C offset poles
D telescope
Post-harvest equipment include
A sheller and dryer
B groundnut lifter and thresher
C combine and forage harvesters
D sheller and combine harvester
The function of the scraper on a disc plough is to
A scrape the top soil
B remove adhering soil from the disc
C open the furrow
D balance the plough
A spade is mainly used for
A weeding
B pruning
C planting
D digging
Which of the following sources of farm power generates highest amount of energy?
A human power
B wind power
C animal power
D mechanical power
A good drought bull should not have
A a deep barrel
B a slopy rump
C long legs
D strong hooves
Irrigation water is passed underneath the soil through
A sprinklers
B canals
C drips
D pipes
Which of the following farming practices encourages soil degradation?
A fertilizer application
B bush burning
C cover cropping
D fungicide application
A fertilizer bag had the following inscription 27:10:10. This means that it contained
A 27kg of nirogen, 10kg of phosphate, 10kg of potash
B 27kg of phosphate, 10kg of potash, 10kg of nitrogen
C 27kg of potash, 10kg of nitrogen, 10kg of phosphate
D 27kg of sulphate, 10kg of potash, 10kg of phosphate
The plant nutrient essential for the formation of tubers is
A molybdenum
B phosphorus
C potassium
D sodium
Although clayey soils are rich in nutrients, they are not good for most agricultural crop production because they
A do not release their nutrients
B are too compact and poorly aerated
C lose their nutrients too readily after rains
D contain too much iron,aluminium and boron
Soil erosion caused by water can be controlled by
A overgrazing and bush burning
B ploughing and harrowing
C land clearing and stumping
D afforestation and erection of bunds
The two main elements of climate which affect soil formation are
A rainfall and temperature
B rainfall and air
C temperature and light
D wind and relative hunidity
Which of the following processes does not lead to the physical disintegration of rocks? The
A heating and cooling of rock surfaces
B expansion and contarction of rock minerals
C formation of cracks and crevices
D rapid cooling and solidification of rocks
The largest kola-nut producing vegetation zone in West Africa is the
A sahel savanna
B sudan savanna
C derived savanna
D mangrove swamp
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