SAMPLE AGRICULTURE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2024/2025  ACADEMIC SESSION

          SUBJECT: AGRICULTURE                         Grade: 7 Time: 2 Hrs

          INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions

1. The rubber tree supplies the raw materials for making the following products except (a) tyres of bicycles (b) tyres of motorcycles (c) tubes of tyres (d) bottles

2. People who engage in agriculture are called (a) agricultural students (b) farmers (c) agriculturalists (d) horticulturists

3. The following includes forms of agriculture except (a) horticulture (b) apiculture (c) heliculture (d) architecture

4. Fishery can be practice in the following sites except (a) ponds (b) lakes (c) dams (d)  mountains

5. One of the following crops is not a permanent crop. (a) Cocoa (b) Kola (c) Maize (d) Rubber

6. An example of monocotyledon plant is (a) yam (b) cassava (c) millet (d) kola

7. An example of a dicotyledon crop is (a) groundnut (b) maize (c) guinea Corn (d) rice

8. Crops can be classified according to the following except (a) life span (b) uses (c) colour of seed (d) source of essential food needs

9. A good example of cereal is (a) maize (b) cowpea (c) soya bean (d) rubber

10. A typical example of a cash crop is (a) cocoa (b) maize (c) guava (d)  millets

11. Bullocks, camels and horses are forms of (a) dairy animals (b) guard animals     (c) work animals (d) pet animals

12. Which of the following pairs is a dairy animal? (a) Cattle and goat (b) Rabbit and dog (c) Cat and geese (d) Cattle and dog

13. The general name for all farm animals is (a) farm animals (b) livestock (c) domestic animal (d) wild animal

14. Farm animals are classified according to the following except (a) size (b) habitat (c) mode of reproduction (d) beauty

15. This animal is not useful for farm work (a) Camel (b) Bull (c) Rat (d) Donkey

16. Botanical name for guinea grass is (a) Talinum triangulare (b) Panicum maximum (c) Minosa purpureum (d) Aegeratum conyzoides

17. Imperata cylindrica is also called (a) bahama grass (b) giant star grass (c) elephant grass (d) sword grass

18. Which of the part of crop plants do pests attack? (a) Roots (b) Stems (c) Leaves (d)All of the above

19. Scientific name for maize weevil is (a) Callosobruchus maculatus  (b) Sitophilus zeamays (c) Phytophthora palmivora (d) Hemileia vastarix

20. Main pests that attack groundnut are (a) birds (b) mice (c) bruchids and beetles (d) snakes

21. The early men were mainly (a) traders (b) architect (c) painters (d) wanderers

22. All these are energy producing food except (a) yam (b) cassava (c) maize (d) pawpaw

23. Which of the following is not a body building food? (a) fish (b) meats (c) poultry products (d) cassava

24. All these are ways the early men obtained their food before the development of agriculture except (a) They caught animals for food from the forest (b) They caught fishes from the river (c) They collected fruits such as banana and pawpaw from the bush (d) The processed their raw food

25.Why is agriculture considered the most important occupation in Nigeria? (a)About seventy out of every hundred Nigerians are farmers (b) Agriculture provide us with diamond (c) Agriculture is the main source of gold (d) Agriculture supply us with petroleum

26. All these are importance of agriculture except (a) employer of labour (b) Source of food (c) provision of raw materials (d) Provision of  petroleum  

27. All these are raw materials produced through agriculture except (a) Rubber latex (b) Fibre (c) Cocoa (d) Petroleum

28. One of these is the effect of the discovery of crude oil on agriculture in Nigeria. (a) Reduction in the amount of money provided by agriculture (b) Increment in the amount of money provided by agriculture (c) Stable income (d) No tangible change

29. All these are crops grown for exports before the discovery of oil in Nigeria. (a) Cocoa (b) Palm oil (c) Groundnut oil (d) Marigold

30. All these are programs that were put in place to improve agriculture by the Federal Government of Nigeria except (a) Green revolution (b) Operation Feed the nation (c) River Basin and rural Development (d) World Health Organization

31. All these are ways the federal and state governments have assisted farmers. (a) Helping farmers to clear new land for farming with bulldozers (b) Supplly fertilizers to farmers at low prices (c) Supply of farm implements (d) construction of farm roads.

32. A form of agriculture in which herds of cattle are moved from place to place in search of fresh grass is (a) pastoral farming (b) arable farming (c) crop rotation (d) shifting cultivation

33. A form of agriculture that deals mainly with cultivating crops on viable land is (a) pastoral farming (b) arable farming (c) helicuture (d) apiculture

34. Which of the following is not a form of agricultural practices? (a) Rearing livestock (b) Horticulture (c) Apiculture (d) Mining

35. Achatina achatina is (a) Dog (b) Fish (c) Hen (d) Snail

36. All these are agricultural plant except (a) maize (b) rice (c) dodder (d) beans

37. Growing of more than one crop at the same time on the same piece of land is termed (a) multi cropping (b) mono cropping (c) crop rotation (d) bush fallow

38. The process of breeding animals for consumption is termed (a) Apiculture (b) Livestock farming (c) Heliculture (d) Aquarium

39. Farmers who engage in growing of flowers, ornamental plants, fruits and vegetables are called (a) horticulturist (b) farmers (c) hunters (d) doctors 

40. Which of the following is not a permanent crop? (a) Mango (b) Coconut (c) Orange (d) Maize

41. Which of these is NOT a type of fibre crop? A. fruit B. stem C.root D.branch

42. All these are tubers EXCEPT A. yam B. cocoyam C. irish potato D. cassava

43. Which of these is a root crop? A. yam, B. cocoyam, C.cassava D. sweet potato

44. All these are examples of legume crops except A. cowpea B. groundnut C. cassava D. soybean

45. Queen of the night is A. fragrant flower B. tuber C. cereal D. legume

46. All these are flowers which can be harvested and put in flower vases for decorating tables, rooms and hall EXCEPT A. hibiscus flower B. alamanda C. rose flower D. Palm tree

47. All these are sugar crops EXCEPT A. sugar cane B. sugar beet C. grapes D. date palm

48. Which of these is not a stimulant crop? A. coffee B. tea C. kola D. cocoa

49. Rubber is process through a process known as A. tapping B. shelling C. threading D. cutting

50. All these are spices except A. ginger B. onions C. garlic D. cassava

ESSAY

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer four questions.

1{a} Define agriculture.

{b}Explain two importance of agriculture.

2{a} Identify two different types of agricultural practices.

{b} Name three forms of agricultural activities in your locality.

3{a} Differentiate between monocotyledon and dicotyledon.

{b} List two crops that are monocotyledon and two crops that are dicotyledon.

 4{a} Differentiate between Annual crops and perennial crops.

{b} List three examples fruit vegetables.

5{a} List three fruits that you eat regularly. Why do you eat fruits?

{b} List three cereal crops that are eaten in Nigeria.

6{a} Name the four classes of vegetable crops.

{b} Explain why vegetables are important in our diet.