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

AGRICULTURE

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 

CLASS – PRIMARY 6 (BASIC 6) 

INSTRUCTION: Answer all the QUESTIONS 

SECTION A 

PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES 

Answer the questions in this section. 

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 ] fulanis

[ b ] kanuns

[ c ] igbo

 

SECTION B

Answer all questions. 

1a. Define agriculture?

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

 

1b. Give 3 examples of cereal crops:

i. ________________________________________

ii. ________________________________________

iii. ________________________________________

1c. Give 3 examples of poultry birds:

i. ________________________________________

ii. ________________________________________

iii. ________________________________________

 

2. Mention 4 importance of agriculture:

i. ________________________________________

ii. ________________________________________

iii. ________________________________________

iv. ________________________________________

 

3. List 4 problems of agriculture:

i. ________________________________________

ii. ________________________________________

iii. ________________________________________

iv. ________________________________________

 

4a. Mention 4 people involved in agricultural business:

i. ________________________________________

ii. ________________________________________

iii. ________________________________________

iv. ________________________________________

 

4b. How can bad road affect agriculture?

____________________________________________________________________

 

5a. Give 4 fruity crops that you know;

i. ________________________________________

ii. ________________________________________

iii. ________________________________________

iv. ________________________________________

 

5b. Write short notes on the following people.

i. Crop farmer

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

ii. Market people

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________