NASIHA ACADEMY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2023/2024

SUBJECT: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
CLASS: SSS 2
Instruction: Answer all questions
1a. Define Plant Nutrient
b. Mention its types
2. Describe one element thereby stating from the functions and
deficiency symptoms
3. Write extensively on soil pH
4. What is fertilizer and mention its types with one (1) example each
5. Differentiate between the types of fertilizer we have
OBJECTIVE PART
1. _______ is a type of chemical added to the soil to supply one or
more nutrient (a) SSP (b) Fertilizer (c) Urea (d) NPK
2. All the following are method of fertilizer application except (a) Ring
method (b) SSP and Urea (c) Top dressing (d) Row or side placement
3. Fertilizer which are rich on phosphorus are called (a) sodium nitrate
(b) phosphorus fertilizer (c) all of the above
4. Fertilizer which are rich in nitrogen are called (a) N.P.K fertilizer
(b) Nitrogenous fertilizer (c) Urea fertilizer (d) All of the above
5. Heavy rainfall causes _______ (a) growth of plant (b) erosion (c)
crop rotation (d) all of the above
6. Compound fertilizer; are fertilizer that add ______ nutrient to the soil
at a time (a) one nutrient (b) more than one nutrient (c) single
nutrient (d) all of the above
7. ______ and ______ are example of single fertilizer (a) Urea and
N.P.K (b) SSP and Urea (c) Manure and N.P.K (d) All of the above
 8. All of the following can occur due to the burning of soil except
(a) expose the soil to erosion (b) increases the fertility of the soil
(c) kills or reduce the number of soil microbes (d) all of the above
9. ________ increase the water holding capacity of the soil (a) N.P.K
(b) Organic matter (c) Urea (d) All of the above
10. ________ also add nutrient to the soil (a) uric acid (b) mineralization
(c) none of the above (d) all of the above
11. ________ cover the surface of the soil therefore it help to conserved
the moisture content of the soil (a) bush following (b) cover cropping
(c) mixed cropping (d) all of the above
12. ________ is the washing away of the top soil by either water or wind
(a) mixed cropping (b) erosion (c) mulching (d) bush burning
13. _______ is the process whereby calcium and magnesium containing
compound are added to the soil to reduce soil acidity is known as
(a) burning (b) liming (c) evapotranspiration (d) transplanting
14. _________ involve the allowing of the farm land to rest for sometime
is called (a) liming (b) bush following (c) cover cropping (d) all of the
above
15. _______ involve the application of manure to the soil in order to
increase its fertility (a) liming (b) organic manurring (c) burning
(d) erosion
16. _______ is the act of planting types of crops on the same piece of
land (a) organic manurring (b) crop rotation (c) cover cropping (d) all
of the above
17. These are not common liming material Limestone CaCo3
True or False
18. In seace 5.5 7.5 is acidity True or False
19. 5.5 to 10.0 is Neutral True or False