JAMB and WAEC Agricultural Science questions

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1. Question 101· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   A balanced ration for animals contains

   • Aonly water
   • Bonly carbohydrates
   • Call nutrients in the right proportions
   • Donly minerals

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2. Question 102· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   Steaming up in dairy cattle refers to

   • Adipping
   • Bremoving milk
   • Ccastration
   • Dextra feeding in late pregnancy

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3. Question 103· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   A maintenance ration is fed to an animal to

   • Aprepare it for slaughter only
   • Bmake it fat quickly
   • Cincrease milk greatly
   • Dkeep it alive without gaining or losing weight

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4. Question 104· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   A shortage of calcium in the diet of laying hens leads to

   • Alarger eggs
   • Bmore eggs
   • Cthin-shelled eggs
   • Dfeather loss only

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5. Question 105· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   Roughages are feeds that are

   • Ahigh in protein only
   • Bhigh in fibre
   • Crich in minerals only
   • Dliquid

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6. Question 106· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   Artificial insemination involves

   • Acloning embryos
   • Bnatural mating
   • Cplacing collected semen into the female's reproductive tract
   • Dcastration

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7. Question 107· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   The period between mating and birth in an animal is the

   • Aweaning period
   • Boestrous cycle
   • Clactation period
   • Dgestation period

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8. Question 108· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

   A balanced ration contains

   • Awater only
   • Bonly carbohydrates
   • Conly protein
   • Dall the nutrients an animal needs in the right proportions

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9. Question 109· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

   Flushing in livestock means

   • Acastration
   • Bremoving parasites
   • Cwashing animals
   • Dgiving extra feed to females before mating to improve fertility

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10. Question 110· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    The act of giving birth in goats is called

    • Alambing
    • Bfarrowing
    • Ccalving
    • Dkidding

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11. Question 111· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Artificial insemination helps farmers to

    • Astop breeding
    • Bavoid feeding animals
    • Cincrease disease
    • Duse semen from superior males widely

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12. Question 112· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    Chicken eggs hatch after an incubation period of about

    • A90 days
    • B7 days
    • C42 days
    • D21 days

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13. Question 113· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    In the hen, eggs are produced by the

    • Agizzard
    • Bovary
    • Ccrop
    • Dcaecum

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14. Question 114· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    Inbreeding in livestock can lead to

    • Adisease resistance
    • Bmore vigour always
    • Clarger litters always
    • Dthe appearance of harmful recessive traits

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15. Question 115· Animal reproduction and nutrition· WAEC

    The gestation period of a goat is about

    • A1 month
    • B9 months
    • C5 months
    • D12 months

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16. Question 116· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Green fodder preserved by fermentation in an airtight pit is called

    • Aconcentrate
    • Bhay
    • Csilage
    • Da mineral lick

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17. Question 117· Animal reproduction and nutrition· JAMB

    Grass cut and dried for feeding animals later is called

    • Asilage
    • Bhay
    • Cpasture
    • Dbran

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18. Question 118· Classification and anatomy of farm animals· WAEC

    Ducks differ from chickens in having

    • Afour legs
    • Bno feathers
    • Cwebbed feet
    • Dteeth

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19. Question 119· Classification and anatomy of farm animals· JAMB

    The N'dama breed of cattle is valued for

    • Ahigh milk yield
    • Btolerance to trypanosomiasis
    • Clarge size
    • Dwool production

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20. Question 120· Classification and anatomy of farm animals· WAEC

    N'Dama cattle are valued in southern Nigeria because they

    • Aare very large
    • Btolerate trypanosomiasis
    • Cgive a lot of milk
    • Dare hornless

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