BECE English Language 2024 Objective — Question 1

PASSAGE I Agriculture is the main occupation of people in Nigeria, especially those in the rural areas. It plays a major role in the lives of the people. Agriculture provides employment. Many people depend on it to make a living. More than 65% of strong and healthy people in the country practice one type of agriculture or the other such as farming, fishing, poultry and keeping animals. Apart from this, agriculture provides food for the large population of the country. Everybody needs food whether one is a farmer, doctor, teacher, scientist or a preacher. Whatever profession one belongs to, one must eat, and, food comes from agriculture. Food supplied by agriculture includes: yams, beans, plantain, guinea corn, beef, fish, chicken etc. Different industries produce the goods we use with materials gotten from agriculture. Textile industries use cotton to make clothes. Industries that produce tyres make use of rubber, soap making industries depend on palm oil, while shoe industries rely on the skin they get from animals. Therefore, agriculture provides raw materials for industries. Furthermore, agriculture provides money for government. When farmers export crops like cocoa, groundnuts and yams to other countries, they pay taxes to government. At times, big farmers and businessmen import agricultural materials like fishing nets, fertilizers, tractors and drugs for treating fish, fowls and other animals. Government collect taxes on all of these. The main livelihood of most Nigerians according to the passage is ____.

• A. agricultureCorrect
• B. cattle rearing
• C. farming
• D. fishing
• E. poultry