JAMB Agricultural Science questions: Agricultural economics and extension

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1. Question 1· 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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2. Question 2· 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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3. Question 3· 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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4. Question 4· 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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5. Question 5· 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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6. Question 6· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

   The demand for most food crops is

   • Ahighly elastic
   • Bperfectly elastic
   • Cprice inelastic
   • Dzero

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7. Question 7· 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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8. Question 8· 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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9. Question 9· 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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10. Question 10· 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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11. Question 11· 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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12. Question 12· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    A middleman in agricultural marketing

    • Amakes fertilisers
    • Bgrows crops
    • Cbuys from farmers and sells to retailers or consumers
    • Dprovides loans only

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13. Question 13· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    Farmers' cooperative societies help their members mainly by

    • Afixing world prices
    • Bpooling resources for credit, inputs and marketing
    • Ctaking over their land
    • Dcollecting taxes

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14. Question 14· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation protects farmers against

    • Alow prices only
    • Blosses from risks such as drought, fire and disease
    • Ctaxes
    • Dloss of land titles

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15. Question 15· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    The factor of production in farming that cannot be moved from place to place is

    • Alabour
    • Bcapital
    • Cland
    • Dmanagement

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16. Question 16· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    The farm record that shows the assets and liabilities of a farm at a particular date is the

    • Asales record
    • Binput record
    • Cproduction record
    • Dbalance sheet

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17. Question 17· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    A farm budget is

    • Aa land title
    • Ba record of past sales
    • Ca bank loan
    • Dan estimate of the expected costs and returns of a farm plan

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18. Question 18· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    Agricultural insurance protects farmers against

    • Alow taxes
    • Bhigh profits
    • Closses from natural disasters and disease
    • Dgood weather

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19. Question 19· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    Which of these is a problem of agricultural marketing in Nigeria?

    • Apoor storage and transport facilities
    • Btoo many good roads
    • Cstable prices
    • Dtoo many processing plants

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20. Question 20· Agricultural economics and extension· JAMB

    Farm records help the farmer to

    • Aavoid paying tax entirely
    • Bknow the profit or loss of the farm
    • Cstop farming
    • Dgrow weeds

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