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?
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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?
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5a. Give 4 fruity crops that you know;
i. ________________________________________
ii. ________________________________________
iii. ________________________________________
iv. ________________________________________
5b. Write short notes on the following people.
i. Crop farmer
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ii. Market people
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