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Which of the following may cause disease in a fish pond?
Amixed stocking
Bliming
Cpoor management practices
Dharvesting
Efertilization
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Question 932
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Which of the following may cause disease in a fish pond?
Amixed stocking
Bliming
Cpoor management practices
Dharvesting
Efertilization
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Question 933
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Which of the following is not a breed of cattle?
Andama
Bsokoto gudali
Cwhite fulani
Dsokoto red
Emuturu
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Question 934
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I.Pale leaves II. Shrunken new leaves III. Water-soaked bark which peels off IV. Gum-like exudation from the cracks on the bark. Which of the following diseases of citrus has the symptoms listed above?
Adie-bark
Bgum-mosis
Cblight
Dtristeza
Ecitrus scab
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Question 935
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What symptom can be used to identify maize rust?
Ayellow colouration of the leaves
Braised brown spots on the leaves
Cinfected leaves showing stripes of yellow and green
Ddrying up to the leaves
Eshedding of leaves
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Question 936
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Vetok 85 is used to control
Arodents
Bbirds
Cstem borers
Dreptiles
Enematodes
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Question 937
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Staking is very essential in the cultivation of
Atomato and pepper
Bcassava and cowpea
Ccowpea and spinach
Dtomato and yam
Espinach and pepper
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Question 938
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The bacterial blight of cotton is also known as
Ablack arm
Bleaf spot
Cdamping off
Dtwister
Eleaf rust
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Question 939
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The objective of crops improvement programmes is to produce the following except
Acrop types with improved taste and processing
Bdisease-resistance crops
Chigh-yielding crops
Dcrops adapted to adverse enviromental conditions
Ecrops resistant to all pests
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Question 940
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Which of the following crops is not correctly grouped with its industrial product?
Acocoa-chocolate
Brubber-boots
Ccoconut-oil
Dcotton-textile
Eorange-margarine
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Question 941
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The annual burning of forest areas encourages
Aafforestation
Bdeforestation
Cregeneration
Dselective explotation
Etaungya farming
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Question 942
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I. spreading and perennial plant with long and rapid growing stems. II. height of plant about 1.2m III. resistance to dry weather. Which of the following pasture grasses has the description given above?
Anorthern gamba grass
Bbahama grass
Cguinea grass
Delephant grass
Egaint star grass
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Question 943
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The commonest method of vegetative propagation is by
Alayering
Bbudding
Ccutting
Dgrafting
Etillering
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Question 944
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Which of the following crops cannot be easily improved by cross-breeding?
Agroundnut
Bcowpea
Coil palm
Dmaize
Eyam
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Question 945
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The causal organism of damping-oil disease of okra is a
Abacterium
Bvirus
Cnematode
Daphid
Efungus
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Question 946
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Which of the following crops does not require nursery?
Arice
Btobacco
Ctomato
Doil palm
Emaize
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Question 947
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Which of the following is not a reason for the government to encourage the planting of trees
Acontrolling erosion
Bincreasing soil fertility
Cpreventing desert encroachment
Dreducing effects of environmental pollution
Eincreasing output of mineral oil
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Question 948
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Which of the following factors does not affect the distribution of pasture grasses?
Atype of species
Btemperature
Csoil
Dpests and diseases
Erainfall
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Question 949
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If the ginning percentage of the samaru variety of cotton is 35, what will be the amount of raw cotton obtained from a 6 hectare farm with a yield of 330 kg seed cotton per hectare?
A46 kg
B96.3 kg
C114 kg
D693 kg
E6930 kg
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Question 950
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Most crop plants do not survive in water-logged soils because
Athe dissolved nutrients are too diluted for crop plants
Bthe plants will not photosynthesize
Ctheir leaves are turgid for respiration
Dtheir physiological processes will be increased
Eoxygen has been displaced to its deficiency for crops
