S1 AGRICULTURE EXAM MARCH 2012

Which of the following is not a major problem of Agricultural development?
1. climate
2. land consolidation
3. lack of capital
4. pests and disease
The following climatic factors influence crop production except
1. rainfall reliability and distribution
2. altitude and temperature
3. drainage and availiability of plant nutrients
4. light and sunshine
Why is agriculture considered a science?
1. it is strudied in the lab
2. it is a source of income
3. it involves aquiring skills
4. it involves carrying out a serries of experiment
Which of the following groups of crops grows best in areas with a monomodal type of rainfall?
1. annual crops with long growing period e.g. cotton
2. perrenial crops
3. plantation crops
4. plantation crops with short term growing period e.g yams.
The high level of crops and animal pests and diseases in Uganda is mainly due to
1. low rainfall
2. high temperature and high humidity
3. irrigation
4. many types of crops and animals.
One of the major problems of an individual land ownership is that
1. the owner has a land title
2. it leads to subdivision of land
3. owners develop their land
4. land is held for a fixed period of time.
One of the reason why there is perimeter fence around our school farm is
1. to control snakes
2. to allow rational grazing
3. to keep out animals from other farms
4. to make the farm look neat.
On the school farm; one of the reasons why the piggery unit is very far from the rest of the farm buildings is;
1. pigs are very smelly
2. pigs are reared near paddocks so that they can graze
3. it is near the market
4. pigs are a tabboo to some peaple so they do not want to come near them
Most of the land on the school farm is being used for
1. pastures
2. banana plantation
3. cassava
4. farm buildings
Why are granaries common in Northern Uganda?
1. it is their culture
2. raw materials for making granaries are availiable
3. they eat a lot of millet
4. food has to be stored for use in the long dry season
Which one of the following bellow grows best under low temperetures?
1. cotton
2. bananas
3. tea
4. robusta coffee
Entomology can be intergrated in which field of Agriculture?
1. far survey
2. Agriculture economics
3. crop protection
4. Agriculture engineering.
Scientists who spread information to farmers on the latest method of farming are called
1. extention workers
2. research workers
3. agriculture workers
4. zoologists
Crops which can be grown and harvested within one season are known as
1. perennials
2. annuals
3. biannuals
4. subsistence crops
The problem of food storage facilities can be solved by three of the following, which one is not a solution?
1. seed dressing with chemicals
2. proper drying of seeds
3. use of improved granaries
4. improved land tenure
Which one of the folowing is a branch of agriculture taught in schools?
1. entomology
2. soil science
3. agronomy
4. zoology
Which of the following problems can be brought about un reliable rain fall?
1. flooding
2. planting of farm activities becomes difficult
3. soil erosion
4. some crops are blown away
What is the major reason why government educates farmers?
1. to make sensible use of teaching resources
2. to produce skilled labourers
3. to produce improvement in management techiniques
4. to produce political porpulation
Why is diary farming a porpular activity around large cities?
1. all activities are sarrounded by grassland
2. the city provides ready market for the diary products
3. manufacturing industries supply food for the coes
4. herds men preffer to live in rthe cities.
The heaviness or lightness of rainfall records over a short period is known as
1. rain fall distribution
2. total animal rainfall
3. rainfall reliability
4. rainfall intensity
In farming, diversification means
1. specialising in farming enterprise
2. engaging in more than one farming activity
3. providing a surplus of farming activity
4. doing other business other than farming
Formation of co-operatives can be a solution to
1. lack of agricultural capital
2. pests and diseases
3. lack of rainfall
4. job selectivity
On a farm, fields should be of convenient size so as to allow;
1. machinery to move in the field
2. soil erosion control
3. central supervision
4. a suitable rotation programme
Foreign exchange obtained from agricultural products can be used for
1. export agricultural products
2. import the drugs and machinery
3. find market for locally manufactured goods
4. feed the nation.
Communal land tenure may lead to
1. sub division of land
2. no one being interested in developing the land
3. the community fails to work together
4. land is held without being used
Wind influences the type of crop grown in an area since
1. some crops are prone to wind damage
2. dry winds bring rainfall in the field
3. wind is not easy to control
4. wind pollination is essential
Where there is communal land tenure;
1. communhity work together to produce perennial crops
2. land is not well developed
3. keeping pigs is a tabboo
4. farmers adopt modern methods of farming
Rainfall intesity determines
1. rainfall reliability
2. flooding of gardens
3. harvest, yield obtained
4. length of dry season.
Crop storage structures are common in;
1. places of reliable rainfall
2. places of total annual rainfall
3. places witrh bimodal rainfall pattern
4. places with monomodal rainfall pattern
Highest percentage of land in Uganda is used for
1. Natural forests
2. wildlife conservation
3. minning
4. small scale farming
Internal fences on a mixed farm serve
1. to protect crops from animals
2. seperate neighbouring farms
3. keep away unwanted visitors
4. control water borne diseases
Horticultural crops are usually planted near the farm centre
1. to attract tourists
2. to feed the to young animals
3. to prevent theft
4. for proper planting
The problems of job selectivity against Agriculture can be solved by
1. increasing prices of agricultural products
2. revising land tenure policies
3. use of scarecrows
4. regular dipping of animals
One of the factors considered when planning a farm layout is
1. accessibility on and around the farm
2. bush burning to remove vegitation
3. formation of co-operative society
4. seed dressing with chemicals
One of the reasons why 23.3% of the land in Uganda is not put to any economic use is that
1. there is poor land tenure
2. there are thorny bushes
3. there is insurfficient capital
4. its under open water
One of the benefits of strong sunshine is that
1. farmers work less hours
2. transpiration in crops increases
3. the soil becomes hard so cannot easily be eroded
4. some pests will be killed by desiccation
Most peasant farmers remain poor
1. since they use communal land
2. because they have many children
3. they use small scattered plots
4. they misuse all the income they get from selling crops
The type of farming where one type of crop is grown on a piece of land for several years is known as
1. monocropping
2. monoculture
3. land rotation
4. subsistence farming
Rainfall intensity is
1. the heaviness with which rain falls
2. the chance of getting rain when it is expected
3. the way rain comes in seasons
4. the overall amount of rainfall
Two sets of annual crops can be grown in a year in places
1. with a monomodal rainfall pattern
2. with a bimodal raifall pattern
3. with rain storms
4. with convectional rainfall
In places with unreliable rainfall, farmers plan for their animals by
1. reducing on their numbers
2. fencing grazing land
3. making hay and constructing valley dams
4. growing Nutritious grasses
The land around Lake Victoria is mainly used for
1. animal keeping since it is cool
2. savana farming
3. forestry
4. mixed farming and some plantations
When planing a farm lay-out, the enterprise that should be allocated most land
1. should be crops
2. should be animals
3. should be one with high market demand
4. should be machinery for security
One of the activities carried out at the milking parlour at the school farm is to
1. spray animals against parasites
2. feed animals in pastures
3. feed animals concentrates
4. suckle calves
Well planned roads will help to
1. minimize time spent in moving from one place to the other
2. give the farm beauty
3. allow visitors to come in all the time
4. allow ox-cultivation
Two of the practices bellow encourage soil exhaution, which are they?
1. monocropping and crop rotation
2. mulching and manuring
3. overgrazing and rotational grazing
4. bush burning and monoculture.
Which of the following crop losses is not a post-harvest loss?
1. birds eating millet in the garden
2. spilling bags
3. contamination by urine and dung
4. growing moulds
In lease hold tenure,
1. there is over grazing
2. alot of land remains undeveloped
3. land id rent out by land lords
4. land belongs to traditional rulers
Agriculture is important to Uganda's economy since
1. some animals can be used for work
2. it employs about 80% of the population
3. it can be used to settle dowry
4. it provides fuel, like cow dung
Bacteriology can be intergrated in a branch of Agriculture known as
1. agriculture extension
2. farm mechanization
3. soil science
4. animal breeding

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