JAMB and WAEC Agricultural Science questions

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1. Question 1· Agricultural economics and extension· WAEC

   A farm inventory is

   • Aa sales receipt
   • Ba daily diary
   • Ca list of all the farm's assets
   • Da loan application

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2. Question 2· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

   Grading of farm produce helps marketing because

   • Abuyers can pay according to quality
   • Bit reduces quantity
   • Cit hides defects
   • Dit raises cost only

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3. Question 3· Agricultural economics and extension· WAEC

   A farmer sells 20 bags of maize at ₦25,000 each. His total costs are ₦350,000. Find his profit.

   • A₦850,000
   • B₦500,000
   • C₦150,000
   • D₦25,000

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4. Question 4· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

   A land tenure system in which land belongs to the whole community is

   • Acommunal ownership
   • Bfreehold
   • Cleasehold
   • Dtenancy

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5. Question 5· Agricultural economics and extension· WAEC

   A record of farm income and expenses is

   • Aa farm diary of weather
   • Ba farm account
   • Can inventory of tools only
   • Da breeding record

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6. Question 6· Agricultural economics and extension· WAEC

   Demand for farm produce rises when

   • Aprices rise sharply
   • Bconsumers' incomes increase
   • Cpopulation falls
   • Dsupply is high

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7. Question 7· Agricultural economics and extension· WAEC

   A record of all money received from sales and spent on inputs is

   • Aan inventory
   • Ba farm account
   • Ca diary of farm operations
   • Da breeding record

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8. Question 8· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

   The main duty of agricultural extension workers is to

   • Abuy produce from farmers
   • Bown large farms
   • Ccollect taxes
   • Dteach farmers improved methods from research

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9. Question 9· Agricultural economics and extension· WAEC

   Land, labour, capital and management are the

   • Afactors of production
   • Bfarm records
   • Ctypes of farming
   • Dfarm tools

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10. Question 10· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    Which of these is a fixed cost to a poultry farmer?

    • AThe cost of the poultry house
    • BThe cost of feed
    • CThe cost of drugs
    • DThe cost of day-old chicks

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11. Question 11· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    Cooperative societies help farmers mainly by

    • Ataking their land
    • Bpooling resources for inputs, credit and marketing
    • Cfixing tax rates
    • Dbanning trade

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12. Question 12· Agricultural economics and extension· WAEC

    The former Nigerian Cocoa Marketing Board mainly

    • Abought cocoa from farmers and sold it abroad
    • Bgrew cocoa on its own farms
    • Cimported cocoa
    • Dmade chocolate

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13. Question 13· Agricultural economics and extension· WAEC

    Land fragmentation in Nigeria results mainly from

    • Agovernment policy
    • Binheritance customs that divide land among children
    • Clarge plantations
    • Dmechanisation

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14. Question 14· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    The demand for most food crops is

    • Ahighly elastic
    • Bperfectly elastic
    • Cprice inelastic
    • Dzero

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15. Question 15· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    In farming, the law of diminishing returns states that

    • Aadding more of a variable input to fixed land eventually gives smaller increases in output
    • Boutput always rises in proportion
    • Ccosts never change
    • Dprices always fall

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16. Question 16· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    The law of diminishing returns in agriculture states that

    • Aoutput always rises
    • Badding more of a variable input to fixed land eventually gives smaller increases in output
    • Cland is unlimited
    • Dprices fall

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17. Question 17· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    A farmer's variable costs include

    • Ainsurance premium
    • Bland rent
    • Cdepreciation of the farmhouse
    • Dseeds and fertiliser

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18. Question 18· Agricultural economics and extension· WAEC

    A farmers' cooperative society helps its members by

    • Areducing members' income
    • Braising input prices
    • Cbuying inputs in bulk and marketing produce jointly
    • Dmaking members compete

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19. Question 19· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    Agricultural marketing involves

    • Aonly growing crops
    • Bmoving produce from the farm to the consumer
    • Conly storing crops
    • Donly fixing prices

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20. Question 20· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    A record of the daily activities carried out on a farm is the

    • Ainventory
    • Bfarm diary
    • Ccash analysis book
    • Dbalance sheet

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