Get premium membership and access revision papers, questions with answers as well as video lessons.

Got a question or eager to learn? Discover limitless learning on WhatsApp now - Start Now!

Bungoma Joint Inter-Schools Evaluation Test -Agriculture Pp1 Question Paper

Bungoma Joint Inter-Schools Evaluation Test -Agriculture Pp1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

NAME________________________________________________INDEX NO__________________________
SCHOOL____________________________________________SIGNATURE________DATE___________

443/1
AGRICULTURE
PAPER ONE
JULY / AUGUST 2012
2 ½ HOURS

BUNGOMA JOINT INTER-SCHOOLS EVALUATION TEST (JISET)
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (2012)

443/1
AGRICULTURE
JULY/ AUGUST

SECTION A (30 MARKS
Answer ALL the in this section in the spaces provided.
1. a). What is land fragmentation in farming? (½ mark)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ b) State two causes of land fragmentation in Kenya since independence (1mk)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. State four advantages of using organic matter for mulching. (2mks)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. State four reasons for practicing crop rotation. (2mks)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Give two advantages of growing one type of annual crop on the same piece of land continually.(1mk)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. State four factors that may determine the number of cultivation when preparing a seed bed. (2mks)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. State four methods of improving labour productivity on a farm (2mks)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Explain the following terms as used in agricultural economics. (2mks)
i. Marginal Returns
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. Gross Domestic product (G D P)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
iii. Opportunity cost
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
iv. Per capital income
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Mention two ways by which soil PH may affect crop production (1mk)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Give two mechanical methods of separating soil particles according to size during soil analysis.(1mk)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Mention four factors which affect the quality of hay (2mks)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11. Give one possible cause of swelling on the root of bean plants. ( ½ mk)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Mention two soil factors which influence soil productivity. (1mk)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
13. Give four factors which influence solifluction. (2mks)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14. List four factors that affect the selectivity of herbicides (2mks)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
15. List down four benefits that a farmer may derive from agro forestry trees (2mks)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
16. Give two types of product-product relationship in agricultural economics. (1mk)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
17. Mention four activities carried out by young farmers clubs in Kenya (2mks)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
18. Give four deficiency symptoms of phosphorus in crops. (2mks)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
19. State two characteristics of a good rootstock for grafting (1mk)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SECTION B (20 MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions in this section in the spaces provided
20. Below is a diagram of a bird labelled A, which is a crop pest.

A
(i) Identify the bird________________________________________________________ (½mk)
(ii) State two ways by which the bird causes loss in crops. (1mk)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(iii) State four methods which are used to control the pest. (2mks)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
21. Below is a diagram of money maker tomato plant labeled B

i) Identify any two management practices that have not been carried out on the tomato plant
(1mk)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ii) State two problems that may arise as a result of not carrying out the management practices you have indentified (i) above (1mk)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
22. The diagram below shows a weed plant labeled C.

i) Identify the weed plant (½mk)
____________________________________________________________________________
ii) State two reasons for controlling the weed labeled C in a crop field. (1mk)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
iii) State one herbicide that can be used to control the weed in a field of growing maize. (1mk)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
iv) At what stage of growth of maize should a post emergence herbicide be applied? (½mk)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
23. i) What is a cut off drain? (½mk)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(ii) Describe the procedure of constructing a cut off drain. (2mks)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
iii) State one factor that would determine the width and depth of the cut- off drain (½mk)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
24. On 10/1/2010 Lutonyi farm purchased on credit the following items from an Agro-vet shop
1) 20 bags of dairy meal, 70kg each @ kshs1, 100 per bag
2) 16 bags of bran, 70kg each@kshs700 per bag
3) 18 bags of D.S.P fertilizer,50kg@kshs1,500 per bag
4) 45 bags of seed maize, each2kg @kshs300 per bag
5) 8 Shearing knives (medium sized)@kshs300 per knife
i) Prepare the purchase order that Lutonyi farm made to the agro-vet shop (4mks)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ii) Calculate the value of each item purchased and the total value of the order. (2mks)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
25. The diagram below shows an experiment set up using soil types A,B and observations were made after 24hours.Study the diagram and answer the questions that follows

I) what is the experiment represented in the diagram above designed to study? (½ mk)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ii) Name the three soil types labelled A, B and C. (1 ½ mks)
A___________________________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________________________
C____________________________________________________________________________________
iii) What is characteristic texture of soil types A and C? (1 mk)
A___________________________________________________________________________________
C____________________________________________________________________________________
iv) State how a farmer would improve the structure of soil type A. (½ mk)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
SECTION C 40 MARKS)
Answer any TWO questions from this section in the spaces provided after question 28
26. a) Mention and explain five sites for agro-forestry trees in the farm. (10mks)
b) Explain the factors to consider in choosing the type of irrigation in the farm. (10mks)
27. a) Describe the field production of Tea under frame formation by pegging method (10mks)
b) Describe the growing of Tomatoes under the following sub- headings
i) Transplanting (5mks)
ii) Diseases and their control (5mks)
28. a) State and explain the market functions (10mks)
b) State and explain the various Land Tenure systems practised in Kenya (10mks)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Bungoma Joint Inter-Schools Evaluation Test -Agriculture Pp1 Question Paper

More Question Papers

Popular Exams