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Agriculture Question Paper

Agriculture

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

443/ 1
AGRICULTURE
PAPER 1
JULY/ AUGUST 2012
TIME: 2 HOURS

EMPOWERMENT CONCEPTS MOCK EXAMINATION, 2012

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

443/ 1
AGRICULTURE
PAPER 1
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012
TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS

- Write your name and Index No. in the spaces given above
- This paper has three sections A, B & C.
- Answer ALL questions in sections A & B.
- Answer any TWO questions in section C in the spaces provided.
- This paper consists of 10 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

SECTION QUESTION MAX. SCORE CANDIDATE’S SCORE
A 1 – 19 30
B 20 – 22 20
C 23 –25 40
TOTAL SCORE 90

Empowerment concepts Examination 2011
443/ 1
Agriculture
Paper 1

SECTION A (30 MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.
1. Outline four advantages of under sowing in pasture establishment (2marks)
2. Name two categories of tomato varieties (1mark)
3. Why is manuring not recommended in carrot production (1mark)
4. Differentiate between pomoculture and floriculture. (1mark)
5. Give four factors that influence the supply of labour in a farm. (2marks)
6. State six disadvantages of communal land tenure system. (3marks)
7. List four types of water pumps used in the farm by farmers. (2marks)
8. State two ways in which inorganic mulch help to conserve water in the soil. (1mark)
9. State two advantages of proper stocking rate in pasture production. (2marks)
10. State any four functions of sulphur in crops. (2marks)
11. State four methods of controlling weeds in pastures. (2marks)
12. Give four cultural ways of controlling nematodes in a field of bananas. (2marks)
13. State four positive effects of wind in the farm. (2marks)
14. State two forms of employment provided by agriculture. (1mark)
15. State two ways in which agriculture contributes to industrial development. (1mark)
16. Give four adaptic factors that influence crop production. (2marks)
17. Give two forms of collective land tenure system. (1mark)
18. State two types of capital used in the farm. (1mark)
19. State four activities carried out by Young Farmers Clubs in Kenya. (2marks)
SECTION B (20MARKS)
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
20. The diagram below is a presentation of a cross section through a compost heap. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow.
a) (i) Name the parts labeled 1-6 (3marks) 2
3
4
5
6
(ii) Give the importance of layers labeled 5,4 and 3 (3marks)
5
4
3
b) Why is it advisable that:-
(i) A long sharp pointed stick is driven into the heap at an angle. (1mark)
21. Compost pits are preferably done in more drier areas. (1mark) Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.
(i) Identify the method of grafting illustrated above. (1mark)
(ii) If seedling A was to provide the scion and B the rootstock, indicate on the diagram (iii) where the cutting would be made? (2marks)
(iii) Name two tools/ materials needed during the above operation and state their use. (2marks)
Tool / Material Use

b) State four importance of grafting in crop production. (2marks)
22.
a) State the law of diminishing returns in a production process. (2marks)
b) Use the information on the table below to answer the questions that follow.
Fertilizer input
(Units) Maize field
(Bags) Marginal product
(Bags )

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