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AGRICULTURE 443/1
KASSU MOCK
TIME: 2 HOURS
FORM FOUR KASSU MOCK
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)
Agriculture
Paper 1
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
- Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
- Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
- This paper consists of three sections A, B and
- Answer all the questions in section A and B.
- Answer any two questions in section
- All answers should be written in the spaces provided.
- This paper consists of 13 printed pages.
- Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
- Candidates should answer all the questions in English.
For Examiner’s Use Only:
SECTION | QUESTIONS | MAXIMUM SCORE | CANDIDATES SCORE |
A | 1-17 | 30 | |
B | 18-21 | 20 | |
C | 20 | ||
20 | |||
TOTAL SCORE | 90 |
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SECTION A (30 MARKS)
- State two types of labour records. (1mk)
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- List four climatic factors that influences crop production.(2mks)
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- Name three types of pipes used to convey water in the farm.(11/2mks)
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- Give five causes of land fragmentation in Kenya. (21/2mks)
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- State four important objectives of land tenure reforms. (2mks)
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- State four reasons why burning of vegetation when clearing land should be discouraged.
(2mks)
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- Outline four importance of good soil profile in crop production. (2mks)
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- Give three ways of achieving minimum tillage. (11/2mks)
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- Differentiate between the following terms;
- Over sowing and under sowing. (1mk)
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- Hardening off and pricking out.(1mk)
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- List four environmental factors that influences the effectiveness of herbicide. (2mks)
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- State three importance of mulching in crop production. (11/2mk)
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- State two disadvantages of basin irrigation. (1mk)
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- Give four effects of soil erosion. (2mks)
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- Give four reasons for pasture conservation. (2mks)
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- State four characteristics of a fertile soil. (2mks)
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- State four roles of calcium in crop production.(2mks)
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- Give two reasons why polythene sheet is used in vegetative propagation nursery unit.
(1mk)
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SECTION B 20MKS
Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.
- A student was to apply a compound fertilizer 5:20:10 at the rate of 200kg per hectare on her Agriculture project plot measuring 3m by 4m.
- What do the figures 5 and 10 in the compound fertilizer stand for?(2mk)
5……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
10……………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………..
- Calculate the amount of fertilizer she would require for the plot. (3mks)
- Study the diagram below and answer the following questions.
- Identify the practice above. (1mk)
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- State two reasons for carrying out the practice above. (2mks)
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- State two disadvantages with the practice above.(2mks)
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- The following is an illustration of an infected Irish potato plant. Study it carefully and answer the questions below.
- Identify the disease which may have caused the condition shown in the Illustration. (1mk)
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- Name any other crop which may be affected by the disease identified illustrated above. (1/2mk)
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- Mention three other factors which can lead to the same condition as shown by the illustration. (11/2mks)
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- State twomeasures that can be used to control the disease illustrated above.
(2mks)
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- The diagram below shows a common weed. Study it carefully and answer the questions the follows.
- Identify the weed. (1mk)
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- Give one reason why the weed illustrated above is referred to as parasitic weed.
(1mk)
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- Name two crops that the weed illustrated above commonly attack.(2mks)
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- State one cultural method of controlling the weed above. (1mk)
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SECTION C 40MKS
Answer any two questions from this section in the spaces provided.
- a) Describe the production of carrots under the following subheadings.
- Land preparation.(3mks)
- (3mks)
- Field management practices. (4mks)
- b) State and explain the factors that determine the stage and time of harvestingcrops.
(5mks)
- c) State five effects of HIV/AIDS on Kenya’s agricultural production. (5mks)
- a)Outline 7 importance of pruning in coffee production.(7mks)
b)Explain the precautions that should be observed during the harvesting of pyrethrum.
(3mks)
c)Give tenuses of farm records in the farm.(10mks)
- a)State and explain five factors that determine seed rate.(10mks)
b)Describe the procedure of transplanting a vegetable seedling. (7mks)
- c) Give three reasons for processing agricultural produce. (3mks)
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