2026 SECOND TERM EXAMINATION ON AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE FOR SS2

Welcome to your 2026 SECOND TERM EXAMINATION ON AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE FOR SS2

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. What is the primary purpose of forage crops ?

2. Which type of pasture is established by human through seeding or planting ?

3. In pasture management, stocking rate refers to ------

4. The scientific name for spear grass is -----

5. One of the following is not a leguminous pasture

6. Disease, pests parasites and predators are ----- factors

7. All are pathogens except ------

8. The following are ornamental shrubs except

9. Cassava mosaic disease is primarily spread by

10. Which of the following is a cultural methods.of controlling plant disease ?

11. What is the effect of leaf defoliation on plants ?.

12. One of these disease is caused by virus

13. ----- is cultivated purposefully for feeding livestock

14. One amongst all is a pasture crop

15. Maize rust is caused by -----

16. A type of insect pest that commonly infests cereal crops such as rice, wheat , millet etc is ------

17. Cocoa mirids are pests that primary affects -----

18. One of the following is not a pathogen

19. All these are cultural methods of controlling pests except

20. Which of the following is an insect pest

SIBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. ------ is another name for artificial pasture

2.----- and ----- are characteristics of good pasture

3. A person who is incharge of flower production is called ------

4. ------ and ----- are the two types of pasture we have

5. Pennisetum purpureum is the scientific name for -----

6. ------ and ----- are examples of biting and chewing insects

7. Crop pests are ----

8. What is the scientific name for carpet grass?

9. Puccinia polysora is the casual organism for -----disease of crop

10. Maize smut is caused by -----

THEORY QUESTION ( ANSWER 4 QUESTIONS IN ALL)

1. Differentiate between the two types of pastures we have

(b) Write four uses of forage crops

2. Mention two legumes and two grasses for pasture and their botanical names

(b) State four characteristics of pasture

3. Outline five ways ways diseases are spread among crops

(b)list five general effects of diseases on crops

4. Classify insect pests based on their mouth part and give two examples of each class

(b) In a tabular form, Mention four crop pests, crops attacked ,nature of damage done and prevention/ control of such pest on crops

5. State five importance of ornamental plants .

(b) Name two species of ornamental plants you know under the following

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