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Agriculture Principles &Amp; Practices Question Paper

Agriculture Principles &Amp; Practices

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

IDELERI SECONDARY SCHOOL
AGRICULTURE PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES
PAPER ONE TERM ONE 2011 FORM FOUR

SECTION A - ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS:

1. State TWO physical characteristics used in classifying soil. (1 mk)

2. State THREE functions of magnesium in crop development. (1 1/2 mks)

3. (a). State TWO characteristics of fixed cost. (1 mk)

(b). Name FOUR variable costs in sorghum production. (2 mks)

4. State THREE biotic factors that affect Agriculture positively. (11/2 mks)

5. Outline FOUR conditions that can make a farmer use wide spacing when planting crops. (2 mks)

6 a). What are micro-catchments in soil and water conservation. (1/2 mk)

b). Name any THREE types of micro-catchments used in the farm. (1 1/2 mks)

7. Give FOUR importance of farm accounts. (2 mks)

8. State THREE effects of HIV/AIDS on Agriculture. (11/2 mks)

9 a). Why should a nursery be 1m wide? (1/2 mk)

b). Give a reason for carrying out each of the following practices in a tomato nursery:

¡). Pricking out (1/2 mk)

¡¡). Hardening out (1 mk)

10 a). State TWO ways of classifying woods. (1 mk)

b). Give FOUR methods of propagation that make weeds have high competitive ability over crops. (2 mks)

11. State FOUR importance of banking services to a farmer. (2 mks)

12. List TWO chemical weathering agents in the soil forming process. (1 mk)

13. Mention FOUR factors that influence the pyrethrin content in pyrethrum. (2 mks)

14 a). What is a trap crop. (1/2 mk)

b). Name an appropriate trap crop used in a field of sorghum. (1/2 mk)

15. Differentiate between fodder and pasture crops. (1 mk)

16. Mention FOUR ways through which extension information reach the farmers. (2 mks)

17. What is tissue culture as applied in agriculture. (1/2 mk)

SECTION B - ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS:

18. Describe the production of either Dry beans or Napier grass under the following sub-headings;-

a). Dry beans:

¡). Land preparation (5 mks)

¡¡). Planting (7 mks)

¡¡¡). Field management practices (5 mks)

b). Napier grass:

¡). Land preparation (5 mks)

¡¡). Establishment and management (12 mks)

¡¡¡). Utilization (3 mks)

25 a). Describe the importance of Agro-forestry (10 mks)

b). Describe the process of chemical water treatment. (10 mks)

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