First Term Examination Agriculture Primary 6 (Basic 6) Exam Questions

 

 

AGRICULTURE

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 

PRIMARY 6 (BASIC 6)

 

 

VOLUME 1 – AGRICULTURE EXAM QUESTIONS

SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE 

INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options A – C in this section. 

1. ______ is the top layer of the earth on which plant and animals grow.

[a] rock

[b] air

[c] soil

 

2. Animal production provide man with all these except ______.

[a] meat

[b] egg

[c] rain

 

3. Livestock are ______.

[a] animal kept on the farm

[b] wild animal

[c] adequate animals

 

4. The process by which water is removed from farm products to a reasonable level to avoid spoilage is called ______.

[a] frying

[b] smoking

[c] salting

 

5. We need to keep food so that they don’t get ______.

[a] cooked

[b] lost

[c] spoil

 

6. Food are preserved to keep them ______.

[a] freshness

[b] seeds

[c] peel

 

 

7. Fish can be preserved by ______.

[a] burning

[b] cooking

[c] smoking

 

8. Peeled yam is preserved by ______.

[a] heating

[b] salting

[c] sundrying

 

9. Fruit, Pepper, Corned beef and Sardine are preserved using the method of ______.

[a] frying

[b] salting

[c] canning

 

10. Foods or farm produce are preserved mainly to ______.

[a] retain their freshness

[b] exportation

[c] sell them

 

11. Rice and maize can be preserved by which method ______.

[a] smoking

[b] sundry

[c] bagging

 

12. Yam are stored in ______.

[a] store

[b] barn

[c] sack

 

13. ______ is example of grain.

[a] yam

[b] cassava

[c] millet

 

 

14. All of the following are examples of carbohydrate food except ______.

[a] cassava

[b] vegetable

[c] rice

 

15. The growing of crops and rearing of animals for man’s food , shelter and medicine is called ______.

[a] agriculture

[b] sheltering

[c] clothing

 

 

 

SECTION B – THEORY 

INSTRUCTION – Answer all the questions in this section. 

QUESTION 1

A. What is preservation?

B. Mention 5 ways of preserving food.

 

QUESTION 2

A. Write three reasons for preserving food.

B. List 4 factors that can hinder preservation.

 

QUESTION 3

A. State 3 main storage for cereals crops.

B. Mention three tuber crops that you know.

 

QUESTION 4

A. Define a  soil.

B. Write three types of soil.

 

QUESTION 5

A. List three vegetables fruits.

B. What are oil crops?

 

 

VOLUME 2 – AGRICULTURE EXAM QUESTIONS 

SECTION A – MULTIPLE CHOICE 

INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options A – C. 

1. Agriculture is ______.

[ a ] the growing of crops and rearing of animals for food

[ b ] the weeding of grass

[ c ] making of heaps

 

2. The act of buying and selling agricultural produce is called ______.

[ a ] trading

[ b ] processing

[ c ] transformation

 

3. Which of these can be reared in commercial quantity?

[ a ] catfish

[ b ] lions

[ c ] tigers

 

4. Agriculture serves all these purposes except ______.

[ a ] creation of jobs for people

[ b ] sources of income

[ c ] source of hunger

 

5. Leafy vegetables are ______.

[ a ] waterleaf and bitterleaf

[ b ] Tomato and water melon

[ c ] Mango and apple

 

6. Which of these is a fruity vegetable?

[ a ] Rice

[ b ] Pawpaw

[ c ] Okro

 

7. The early people were referred to as ______.

[ a ] killers

[ b ] wanderers

[ c ] hunters

 

 

8. All these are people in Agriculture except ______.

[ a ] fishermen

[ b ] veterinary doctors

[ c ] photographers

 

9. Which of these is not a problem in agriculture?

[ a ] land tenure

[ b ] bad road

[ c ] provision of income

 

10. “ Ager “ means ______.

[ a ] cultivation

[ b ] crop

[ c ] field

 

11. Farming started by the activities of ______ men.

[ a ] the early

[ b ] the late

[ c ] the middle

 

12. Which of these is a fruity crop?

[ a ] waterleaf

[ b ] yam

[ c ] banana

 

13. A person who treat animal is called ______.

[ a ] veterinary doctor

[ b ] vegetarian

[ c ] locomotive doctor

 

14. Which of these is employed by agriculture?

[ a ] boxer

[ c ] banker

[ c ] harvesters

 

15. Which of these people are cow rearers in the North?

[ a ] Fulani

[ b ] Kanuns

[ c ] Igbo

 

 

SECTION B – THEORY 

INSTRUCTION – Answer all the questions in this section. 

QUESTION 1. Define agriculture?

 

QUESTION 2

A. Give 3 examples of cereal crops.

B. Give 3 examples of poultry birds.

 

QUESTION 2. Mention 4 importance of agriculture.

QUESTION 3. List 4 problems of agriculture.

 

QUESTION 4

A. Mention 4 people involved in agricultural business.

B. How can bad road affect agriculture?

 

QUESTION 5

A. Give 4 fruity crops that you know.

B. Write short notes on the following people.

I. Crop farmer

II. Market people