Which of the following land tenure system for individual ownership?

A. land pledge system

B. freehold system

C. leasehold system

D. tenancy at the will of government

The development of agriculture in West Africa is not generally affected by

A. ignorance

B. religious beliefs

C. poor marketing

D. population size

The most common grazing system in West Africa is

A. continuous grazing

B. strip grazing

C. rotational grazing

D. zero grazing

Which of the following is not a role of government in agricultural production?

A. provision of labour

B. provision of subsidies

C. building of storage facilities

D. provision of loans and credits

The main reason for establishing game reserves is to prevent wildlife from

A. being poached

B. being hunted periodcally

C. attacking tourists

D. becoming extinct

Which of the following practices promote agricultural development?

A. growing disease-resistant crops

B. planting late-maturing crop varieties

C. banning importation of pesticides

D. encouraging communal land tenure system

The biotic factor which derives much benefit from livestock and reduces productivity is a

A. predator

B. parasite

C. pathogen

D. microbe

The removal of top soil from a small area of soil surface due to the impact of raindrops is known as

A. sheet erosion

B. rill erosion

C. gully erosion

D. splash erosion

Which of the following groups of crops grow best in the savanna zones of West Africa?

A. cotton,millet and groundnut

B. cocoa,kola and oil palm

C. cotton,cocoa and guinea corn

D. banana,rubber and millet

High temperature and pressure convert sandstone to

A. basalt

B. quartzite

C. coal

D. limestone

Which of the following factors is both a physical and a chemical agent of rock weathering?

A. temperature

B. animal

C. water

D. oxygen

Physical properties of clay soil include

A. low porosity and low capillarity

B. high porosity and high capillarity

C. low porosity and high capillarity

D. high porosity and low capillarity