Agriculture second term
Paper 1
1. Agriculture is the growing of crops and keeping of ......
A plastic papers B animals
C keeping of bees D books
2. Agriculture is also called......
A driver B farming C commercial farmer D peasant farmer
3. Crops are grown in the garden and in the ......
A bush B forest C field D axe
4. What do we get from agriculture?
A promotion of laziness B promotion of soil erosion
C food D support
5...... is used for weeding.
A Mattock B Pick C Secateurs D Hoe
6. What is the name of the tool used to dig hard surfaces?
A mattock B pick C sickle D axe
7...... is a tool used for pruning by farmers.
A mattock B machete C sickle D pick
8. Farmers use a ...... for pest and disease control.
A syringe B water C sickle D axe 9. It is a____ tool.
A. cutting tool B. moving C. watering D. digging.
10. What is the common farming practice used in rural areas?
A subsistence farming B commercial faming C vegetable faming D axe
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The tool is a______. A. garden fork B. rake C. plough D. mattock
12. The following are soil components except......
A air B water C. Organic matter D metal
13. This is sand soil. One of its characteristic is that it is
A gritty B very fertile C smooth D concrete-like
14. Organic matter is a soil component which comes from ......
A rubber B soil C dead organic matter D rocks 15. Mineral matter is a soil component which comes from finely broken
A air B soil C organic matter D rocks
16. Which of the following soil components have equal percentages?
A air and organic matter B water and organic matter
C water and air D organic matter and mineral matter
17. Where does water in the soil come from?
A rivers B streams C rain D oceans
18. Water in the soil known as......
A soil water B evaporation C water D moisture.
19. Organic matter in the soil is known as ......
A humus B minerals C fertilizer D compost.
20. What does the burning material in a soil sample represent?
A water B rocks B minerals C organic matter.
21...... has the largest proportion of the soil.
A water B air C rocks D mineral matter.
22. What is soil conservation?
A ways of preventing soil erosion B ways of promoting erosion.
B cutting trees C overgrazing.. 23. What is the best way of preventing soil erosion on slopes?
A planting trees and grass B cultivation C mining D deforestation.
24. Planting of trees is called......
A deforestation B desertification C afforestation C forest
25. Cutting down of trees aimlessly is called......
A deforestation B reforestation C afforestation C forest
26. What is a bare surface?
A a part soil surface with no vegetation B a part soil surface with vegetation
C a part soil surface with rocks D soil with sand
27. Below are natural sources of water except?
A borehole B lake C tap D river
28. Below are man-made sources of water except?
A river B dam C swimming pool D protected well
29...... and ...... are clean sources of water.
A river and well B well and tap C tap and river D borehole and protected well.
30. The water that we see in rivers, dams and lakes is called…..
A surface water B underground water C tap water D borehole water.
31 A...... is a natural clean source of water.
A river B lake C dam D protected well
32. Water originally comes from......
A sky B rain C tap D river
33. Name any two plant nutrients which are found in humus...... A phosphorous and potassium B potassium and manure C compost and manure D manure and phosphorous.
34. What is the name of pest shown on the diagram below?
A grasshopper B mosquito C millipede D aphids
35. Loam soil is a mixture of ...... and ......
A sand and gravel B gravel and soil C sand and clay D clay and loam.
36. Name any one human cause of soil erosion.
A pulling of sledges B planting of trees C planting grass D afforestation
37. Erosion on steep slope is very ...... A high B low C good D moderate.
38. Cutting down trees removes the vegetation cover and leaves soil ......
A hard B bare C soft D covered.
39. Too many cattle overgraze the land, removing ...... cover.
A soil B vegetation C trees D forest
40. What is soil erosion?
A washing away of the top soil by water and wind B deposition of soil
C movement of soil D deposition and movement of soil.
41. State one way of reducing soil erosion.
A cutting grass B cutting trees C ploughing on slopes
D planting trees and grass 42. What do we call this tool?
A hoe B sickle C blade D handle
43. Why do farmers use tools?
A they make farming easier and faster B Keeping animals C Growing trees
D Growing fruit trees
44. A watering can is used for …………….
A digging B weeding C spraying D watering
45. Wheat is grown in ………..
A garden B winter C field D plantation
46. A…………. is used to cut grass and harvesting crops like rice and millet
A hoe B slasher C sickle D axe
47. Rape , lettuce and cabbage are examples of ……….
A legume vegetables B root vegetables C leaf vegetables D fruit vegetables
48. Pepper is an example of a ……
A leaf vegetable B fruit vegetables C root vegetables D vegetables.
49. legumes have seeds in ……….. A pods B flowers C roots D heads
50. They are ………. Classes of vegetables? A 2 B 4 C 5 D 1