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