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Sample Agric Science Exam Questions and Answers
TOPIC: ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. One major advantage of inbreeding in animals is that it _______.
A. increases hybrid vigour
B. increases multiple births
C. eliminates undesirable traits
D. reduces the number of males needed in a herd
2. Selection and hybridization are all methods of animal ______.
A. insemination
B. grading
C. quarantine
D. improvement
3. In methods of animal improvement, the physical transfer of animals from their country of origin to another country is called _______.
A. addiction
B. introduction
C. intrudiction
D. alteration
4. The kuri breed of cattle is commonly found in ________ state.
A. Borno
B. Sokoto
C. Plateau
D. Oyo
5. The process of mating different breeds of animals is known as __________.
A. crossbreeding
B. inbreeding
C. outbreeding
D. linebreeding
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TOPIC: CROP IMPROVEMENT
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. The factor that controls the appearance of a given character in an organism is called _______.
A. gane
B. gene
C. ganetics
D. gamatics
2. Mendel’s law of segregation states that ________.
A. when two impure breeding organisms with a pair of contrasting characters are crossed, only the dominant character is expressed in first filial generation.
B. when two pure breeding organisms with a pair of contrasting characters are crossed, only the dominant character is expressed in the first filial generation.
C. when three pure and impure breeding organisms are crossed only the recessive character is expressed.
D. none of the above
3. When a genotype consist of a dominant and a recessive allele, the phenotype will be like ______ allele.
A. the recessive
B. the dominant
C. the dominant recessive
D. none of the above
4. An allele is defined as _______.
A. a homozygous genotype
B. a hetirozygous genetype
C. another word for a gene
D. one of several possible forms of gene
5. Artificial colostrum can be prepared by mixing the following materials except ______.
A. groundnut oil
B. antibiotics
C. milk
D. egg
