Agricultural Science · Practice test
JSS 1–3 practice test
15 questions + 2 written tasks. Answers and your score show when you submit the whole test.
1. Describe three stages in the history of agriculture, from early humans to modern farming.
2. Explain what livestock farming is and name two animals raised in Nigeria.
3. Explain what crop farming is and give two examples of food crops.
4. What are cereal crops? Give two examples.
5. What are legumes? Give two examples.
6. State two functions of a leaf.
7. Identify two differences between monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants.
8. State two ways agriculture is important to the farmer.
9. State two ways agriculture is important to Nigeria.
10. Explain what fishery (fish farming) is.
11. A farmer in Kaduna grows maize on the same plot every year and yields keep falling. Using your knowledge of legumes, plan a three-year rotation for the plot.
12. Soil A drains in 2 minutes; Soil B holds water for over an hour. Which is sandy and which is clayey? Which would you choose for yam, and why?
13. Compare broadcasting and ring application for a small vegetable garden. Which wastes less fertiliser?
14. Which would a farmer in Benue use to protect stored yams from rot?
15. (new, AI literacy) A PromptPaddi Junior AI chatbot tells a farmer: "Adding more fertiliser always gives a bigger harvest." Evaluate this claim and say how the farmer could check it.
Written tasks
Not part of the score above. Write your answer here or on paper, then you, a parent or a teacher can mark it with the marking guide.
1. Short: Explain why soil with plenty of organic matter is better for crops than soil with none (4–6 sentences).
2. Extended: Write a one-page advice leaflet for a new farmer in your community on keeping soil fertile.
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