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Agric ss2

The document is an agricultural science exam for SS2 students at Better Foundation Academy Langtang covering topics like irrigation, drainage, forestry, and agroforestry. The multiple choice section tests knowledge on these topics - including instruments used in land surveying, types of irrigation, drainage and pollution. The essay section requires students to define key terms like aforestation, deforestation, agroforestry and provide examples of their importance. Students must also differentiate between irrigation and drainage, describe pollution and farm surveys. They are asked to list examples of different types of pollution and differentiate between mulching and crop rotation.

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Agric ss2

The document is an agricultural science exam for SS2 students at Better Foundation Academy Langtang covering topics like irrigation, drainage, forestry, and agroforestry. The multiple choice section tests knowledge on these topics - including instruments used in land surveying, types of irrigation, drainage and pollution. The essay section requires students to define key terms like aforestation, deforestation, agroforestry and provide examples of their importance. Students must also differentiate between irrigation and drainage, describe pollution and farm surveys. They are asked to list examples of different types of pollution and differentiate between mulching and crop rotation.

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BETTER FOUNDATION ACADEMY LANGTANG

END OF FIRST TERM EXAMINATION, 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION


SUBJECT: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
CLASS: SS (2)
Section ‘A’: Objective
1. Choice of irrigation depends on the following except (a) Slope of land (b)
Water type (c) Soil types (d) Size of farm land
2. The aim of irrigation is to ______ (a) Add water to the building (b) Ensure
survival of crops during droughts (c) Improve soil temperature (d) To make
late planting possible
3. The orderly removal of excess water artificially from the surface of land using
constructed open ditches, field is called (a) Subsurface drainage (b) Surface
drainage (c) Arial drainage (d) Irrigation
4. One of the following is not a pollutant (a) Ammonia (b) Oxygen (c) Dust (d)
Insecticide
5. The process of measuring and mapping out a position of topology, size and
boundary of an area of a farm land is called (a) Farm structure (b) Farm
Surveying (c) Farm planning (d) Farm Designing
6. The instrument used in measuring horizontal/vertical angles of planes is
called (a) Ranging pole (b) Theodolite (c) Counter’s chain (d) Arrow
7. The drawing or outline of a farmstead is called (a) Farm survey (b) Farm
planning (c) Farm stean (d) Farm topology
8. One of the following is not a common forest tree found in Nigeria (a) Iroko (b)
Meem (b) Mahogany (c) Ebony
9. The act of continuous removal of forest stand is called (a) Inforestation (b)
Deforestation (c) Aforestation (d) Forestation
10. The collective name for land use system where woody perennial tree, shrubs
ets are deliberately planted is called (a) Forestation (b) Agroforestation (c)
Forestry (d) Forest

SECTION “B” ESSAY


Instruction: Answer any three (3) questions in this section
1. Briefly describe the following
(i) Aforestation
(ii) Deforestation
(iii) Taungya system (6 mrks)
2. (a) State any five (5) importance of Agro-forestry
(b) Define briefly the following
i. Forest
ii. Forestry
iii. Silviculture (6mrks)
3. (a) Differentiate between irrigation and drainage (4 mrks)
(b) Briefly describe the following
i. Pollution
ii. Farm survey
4. (a) List two (2) pollutants of each of the following
i. Noise pollution (2 mrks)
ii. Land pollution (2 mrks)
iii. Air pollution (2 mrks)
iv. Water pollution (2 mrks)
(b) Differentiate between mulching and crop rotation (2 mrks)

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