2019 JAMB Agriculture Past Questions & Answers - page 4
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In order to eliminate food shortage, farms should
cultivate more varieties of crops
practise land tenure by inheritance
shift from crop to animal production
construct farm buildings
Correct Option: A
SolutionFarmers should cultivate more varieties of crops to eliminate food shortage
The following are importance of agriculture except
Provision of food
Provision of employment opportunities
Lack of good food
Provision of market for industrial goods
Correct Option: C
No further explanations yet...The following are the features of subsistence agriculture except
subsistence agriculture is mostly practised by peasant farms
It requires the use of family labour
Pests and diseases are not really controlled
It requires the use of both skilled and unskilled labour
Correct Option: D
No further explanations yet...Which of the following is a type of land tenure system?
Freehold system
Keyhold system
International system
Land tenure system by theft
Correct Option: A
SolutionFreehold system is correct because the types of land tenure system include:
i. Freehold system
ii. Leasehold system
iii. Communal land tenure system
iv. Land tenure system by inheritance, e.t.c.
Which of the following is not a branch of agriculture?
Forestry
Fishery
Kidding
Agricultural economics
Correct Option: C
SolutionKidding is the act of giving birth in rabbits and goats. Kidding is not a branch of agriculture.
The demand for agricultural produce is generally
elastic
inelastic
unitary
static
Correct Option: B
SolutionDemand tends to be price inelastic for agricultural produce for the following reasons.
1. Price changes don't affect consumption much
2. These products are mostly necessities
3. Possibility of postponement is not there for most of this produce
Rural farmers mostly obtain loans from
Government
International Monetary Fund
Merchant Banks
Money Lenders
Correct Option: D
SolutionMoney Lenders is correct because most rural farmers don't actually have access to merchant banks, IMF, government etc.
The type of labour available to peasant farmers is
family labour
paid labour
skilled labour
migrant labour
Correct Option: A
Solutionfamily labour is the type of labour available to peasant farmers because most peasant farmers practise subsistence agriculture.
The factor of production whose reward is profit is
land
labour
capital
entrepreneurship
Correct Option: D
SolutionEntrepreneurship the factor of production whose reward is profit. While the reward for the land is rent, that for labour is wages or salaries, while the reward for an entrepreneur is profit and the reward for capital is interest.
The wear and tear of farm structures over time is described as
appreciation
depreciation
capitalization
salvage value
Correct Option: B
Solutiondepreciation is the business term which can refer to the wear and tear of farm structures over time
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