GLOWING AGES ACADEMY

SECONDARY
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION, 2023/2024 SESSION
SUBJECT: Agricultural Science
CLASS NAME: YEAR 7
DURATION: 1 HOUR, 30 MINUTES
NAME: SCORE:

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INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions in this secton.

1. What is the primary use of 4. Which category do potatoes
wheat crops? belong to based on their plant
A) Making paper form?
B) Producing bread and flour A) Herbaceous plants
C) Extracting oil B) Shrubs
D) Brewing beer C) Trees
E) Textile production D) Vines
2. Which category do carrots E) Succulents
and spinach belong to based 5. What is the primary use of
on their use? cotton crops?
A) Cereal crops A) Producing edible oil
B) Root crops B) Making textiles and
C) Leafy vegetables clothing
D) Fruit crops C) Brewing beer
E) Leguminous crops D) Paper production
3. Which of the following is an E) Animal fodder
example of an annual plant? 6. Which category do soybeans
A) Oak tree and lentils belong to based on
B) Rose bush their use?
C) Sunflower A) Oilseed crops
D) Bamboo B) Leguminous crops
E) Cactus C) Root crops
D) Fiber crops
 E) Cereal crops 12. Which category do cacti
7. Which of the following is an belong to based on their plant
example of a perennial plant? form?
A) Carrot A) Herbaceous plants
B) Tomato B) Shrubs
C) Lettuce C) Trees
D) Rose bush D) Vines
E) Turnip E) Succulents
8. Which category do grapes 13. What is the primary use
and passion fruit belong to of sugarcane crops?
based on their plant form? A) Making textiles
A) Herbaceous plants B) Producing sugar and
B) Shrubs molasses
C) Trees C) Brewing beer
D) Vines D) Animal fodder
E) Succulents E) Extracting oil
9. What is the primary use of 14. Which category do
maize (corn) crops? peanuts and chickpeas belong
A) Producing bread to based on their use?
B) Making clothing A) Oilseed crops
C) Animal fodder B) Leguminous crops
D) Paper production C) Fiber crops
E) Brewing beer D) Cereal crops
10. Which category do E) Root crops
olives and coconuts belong to 15. Which of the following
based on their use? is an example of a perennial
A) Oilseed crops plant?
B) Leguminous crops A) Turnip
C) Fiber crops B) Carrot
D) Fruit crops C) Lettuce
E) Root crops D) Rose bush
11. Which of the following E) Tomato
is an example of a biennial 16. Which category do
plant? mango trees and apple trees
A) Apple tree belong to based on their plant
B) Potato plant form?
C) Lettuce A) Herbaceous plants
D) Bamboo B) Shrubs
E) Cactus C) Trees
D) Vines
 E) Succulent E. Providing entertainment
17. What is the primary use 22. Which of the following crops is
of rice crops? used to make bread?
A) Producing bread A. Rice
B) Brewing beer B. Wheat
C) Making textiles C. Maize
D) Animal fodder D. Sorghum
E) Staple food for human E. Millet
consumption 23. Which of the following crops is
18. Which category do used to make cooking oil?
sunflowers and canola belong A. Rice
to based on their use? B. Wheat
A) Oilseed crops C. Maize
B) Leguminous crops D. Soybean
C) Fiber crops E. Millet
D) Cereal crops 24. Which of the following crops is
E) Root crops used to make beer?
19. Which of the following A. Rice
is an example of an annual B. Wheat
plant? C. Maize
A) Orange tree D. Sorghum
B) Strawberry plant E. Millet
C) Lettuce 25. Which of the following crops is
D) Pine tree used to make chocolate?
E) Cactus A. Rice
20. Which category do B. Wheat
roses and lavender plants C. Maize
belong to based on their plant D. Cocoa
form? E. Millet
A) Herbaceous plants 26. Which of the following crops is
B) Shrubs used to make coffee?
C) Trees A. Rice
D) Vines B. Wheat
E) Succulents C. Maize
21. Which of the following is a use D. Coffee
of crops? E. Millet
A. Providing shelter 27. Which of the following crops is
B. Providing clothing used to make tea?
C. Providing food A. Rice
D. Providing transportation B. Wheat
C. Maize 33. In which of the following
D. Tea regions would you expect to find
E. Millet the distribution of cocoa crops?
28. Which of the following crops is A. Tropical rainforest
used to make sugar? B. Desert
A. Rice C. Tundra
B. Wheat D. Savanna
C. Maize E. Taiga
D. Sugar cane 34. Which of the following crops is
E. Millet commonly distributed in areas with
29. Which of the following crops is cool temperatures and moderate
used to make ketchup? rainfall?
A. Rice A. Rice
B. Wheat B. Wheat
C. Maize C. Maize
D. Tomatoes D. Potatoes
E. Millet E. Millet
30. Which of the following crops is 35. Which of the following factors
used to make salad dressing? influences the distribution of tea
A. Rice crops?
B. Wheat A. Soil pH
C. Maize B. Animal husbandry
D. Soybean C. Coal mining
E. Millet D. Temperature
31. Which of the following factors E. Music
influences the distribution of crops? 36. In which of the following
A. Soil texture regions would you expect to find
B. Animal husbandry the distribution of rubber crops?
C. Coal mining A. Tropical rainforest
D. Temperature B. Desert
E. Music C. Tundra
32.Which of the following crops is D. Savanna
commonly distributed in areas with E. Taiga
high temperatures and low rainfall? 37. Which of the following crops is
A. Rice commonly distributed in areas with
B. Wheat high rainfall and acidic soil?
C. Maize A. Rice
D. Sorghum B. Wheat
E. Millet C. Maize
D. Pineapples
E. Millet E. Fruit
38. Which of the following factors 43. Which of the following is the
influences the distribution of coffee part of the plant responsible for
crops? reproduction?
A. Soil texture A. Stem
B. Animal husbandry B. Root
C. Coal mining C. Leaf
D. Temperature D. Flower
E. Music E. Fruit
39. In which of the following 44. Which of the following is the
regions would you expect to find part of the plant responsible for
the distribution of banana crops? storing food?
A. Tropical rainforest A. Stem
B. Desert B. Root
C. Tundra C. Leaf
D. Savanna D. Flower
E. Taiga E. Fruit
40. Which of the following crops is 45. Which of the following is the
commonly distributed in areas with part of the plant responsible for
high temperatures and low rainfall? transporting water and nutrients?
A. Rice A. Stem
B. Wheat B. Root
C. Maize C. Leaf
D. Sorghum D. Flower
E. Millet E. Fruit
41. Which of the following is the 46. Which of the following is the
part of the plant responsible for part of the plant responsible for
photosynthesis? attracting pollinators?
A. Stem A. Stem
B. Root B. Root
C. Leaf C. Leaf
D. Flower D. Flower
E. Fruit E. Fruit
42. Which of the following is the 47. Which of the following is the
part of the plant responsible for part of the plant responsible for
anchoring it in the soil? protecting the developing seeds?
A. Stem A. Stem
B. Root B. Root
C. Leaf C. Leaf
D. Flower D. Flower
E. Fruit 53. Which class of crops is used for
48. Which of the following is the the production of materials such as
part of the plant responsible for cotton and jute?
absorbing water and nutrients? A. Food crops
A. Stem B. Feed crops
B. Root C. Fiber crops
C. Leaf D. Oil crops
D. Flower E. Ornamental crops
E. Fruit 54. Which class of crops is
49. Which of the following is the primarily grown for the extraction
part of the plant responsible for of oils for various purposes?
producing hormones? A. Food crops
A. Stem B. Feed crops
B. Root C. Fiber crops
C. Leaf D. Oil crops
D. Flower E. Ornamental crops
E. Fruit 55. Which class of crops is grown
50. Which of the following is the for aesthetic and decorative
part of the plant responsible for purposes?
regulating gas exchange? A. Food crops
A. Stem B. Feed crops
B. Root C. Fiber crops
C. Leaf D. Oil crops
D. Flower E. Ornamental crops
E. Fruit 56. Which class of crops includes
51. Which of the following is a grains such as corn, wheat, and
class of crops used for human rice?
consumption? A. Food crops
A. Food crops B. Feed crops
B. Feed crops C. Fiber crops
C. Fiber crops D. Oil crops
D. Oil crops E. Ornamental crops
E. Ornamental crops 57. Which class of crops is
52. Which class of crops is primarily used to provide nutrition
primarily used to feed livestock? and sustenance to humans?
A. Food crops A. Food crops
B. Feed crops B. Feed crops
C. Fiber crops C. Fiber crops
D. Oil crops D. Oil crops
E. Ornamental crops E. Ornamental crops
58. Which class of crops is C. Fiber crops
essential for the production of D. Oil crops
animal feed and fodder? E. Ornamental crops
A. Food crops 60. Which class of crops is
B. Feed crops important for the extraction of oils
C. Fiber crops used in cooking and various
D. Oil crops industrial processes?
E. Ornamental crops A. Food crops
59. Which class of crops is crucial B. Feed crops
for the textile industry and the C. Fiber crops
production of fabrics? D. Oil crops
A. Food crops E. Ornamental crops
B. Feed crops

SECTION B: THEORY
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions from this section.
Each question carries 20 marks.

1 (A) Discuss the history of agriculture

1 (B) Discuss the two types of agriculture you know.

2 (A) Explain the following terms as discussed in class.

i. Mixed cropping
ii. Mono cropping
iii. Crop rotation
iv. Mixed farming
v. Tuangyan Farming
vi. Shifting cultivation
2 (B) List any five (5) branches of agriculture and describe any two (2).

3 (A) In the classes of crops based on their life span, annual, biannual and perennial
crops were discussed in class, Give the definition, three examples and two importance
of each.
3 (B) List 10 types of crops under the classification of crops based on their uses and
explain only four of the listed crops giving three examples each.
4 . Complete this table entering the correct by-product and uses of by-product for each
crops.
S/ Crops BY-PRODUCT USES OF BY-
no PRODUCT
1 Groundnut
2 Soya beans
3 Cotton
4 Rice
5 Wheat

5 (A) Describe the distribution of crops in Nigeria.

5 (B) State six (6) affecting the distribution of crops in Nigeria.

(Total Marks Obtainable = 60 marks)