3RD AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE SS2 - Quiz
  • 1. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of crop disease?
A) Yellowing of leaves
B) Greenness of leaves
C) Leaf spots
D) Wilting
  • 2. Poor light intensity makes crops
A) Mature faster
B) Weaker and prone to diseases
C) Produce more yield
D) More resistant to diseases
  • 3. Cassava mosaic disease is caused by
A) Bacteria
B) Nematode
C) Fungi
D) Virus
  • 4. Tiny worms that attack plant roots are known as
A) Insect
B) Bacteria
C) Fungi
D) Nematodes
  • 5. Crop rotation helps to
A) Prevent diseases
B) Increase pests
C) Destroy crops
D) Spread diseases
  • 6. Wind contributes to crop disease by
A) Reducing plant growth
B) Increasing photosynthesis
C) Lowering soil moisture
D) Spreading spores and insect vectors
  • 7. Heavy rainfall encourages crop diseases mainly by
A) Peducing soil nutrients
B) Spreading pathogens and increasing leaf wetness
C) Increasing temperature
D) Increasing light intensity
  • 8. A condition that interferes with the normal growth of crops is called
A) Pest
B) Crop disease
C) Parasite
D) Weed
  • 9. The planting of different crops in the same piece of land year in and year out to
    maintain soil fertility is termed ______
A) Bush fallowing
B) Mono cropping
C) Crop rotation
D) Shifting cultivation
  • 10. The price at which quantity demanded is equal to the quantity of goods supplied is
    called ______
A) Elasticity of demand
B) Demand/Supply curve
C) Equilibrium price
D) Equilibrium point
  • 11. The three types of irrigation include the following except ______
A) Overhead irrigation
B) Surface irrigation
C) Sub-surface irrigation
D) Drip irrigation
  • 12. The following are types of forest except
A) Leguminous
B) Rainforest
C) Mangrove
D) Savanna
  • 13. The process by which a piece of land is left unplanted for some years in order to
    regain its lost fertility is called ______
A) Land rotation
B) Bush fallowing
C) Crop rotation
D) Inter-cropping
  • 14. The artificial application of water to soil for farming purposes is called ______
A) Drainage
B) Fallowing
C) Irrigation
D) Mulching
  • 15. The process by which excess water is removed artificially from the soil to promote
    farming activities is called _____
A) Irrigation
B) Mulching
C) Fallowing
D) Drainage
  • 16. The ______ is the orderly removal of excess water artificially from the surface of
    the land using constructed open ditches.
A) Drip irrigation
B) Sub-surface drainage
C) Underground drainage
D) Surface drainage
  • 17. Planting of different crops on the same piece of land at regular interval is called
A) Mixed cropping
B) Intercropping
C) Crop rotation
D) Mixed farming
  • 18. The artificial application of water to soil for farming purposes is called ______
A) Fallowing
B) Drainage
C) Irrigation
D) Mulching
  • 19. The followings are surveying equipment except
A) Measuring tape
B) Beaker
C) Gunter chain
D) Beacon
  • 20. The conversion of plant and animal decay into ammonium compound is called ____
A) Nitrogen fixation
B) De-Nitrification
C) Ammonification
D) Nitrification
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