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AGRICULTURE
PAPER 1
THEORY
TIME: 2HOURS

GEKLINK JOINT EVALUATION EXAMINATION

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AGRICULTURE
PAPER 1
THEORY

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above
2. Sign and write the date of examination in the space provided.
3. Answer ALL questions in section A and B in the space provided above.
4. Answer ONLY TWO questions in section C.
5. All answers MUST be in English and legible.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

SECTION QUESTION MAXIMUM CANDIDATES
SCORE SCORE
A 1-15 30
B 16-20 20
C 20
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TOTAL 90

1. Define Agriculture. (1 mark)

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2. State four benefits derived from practicing minimum tillage. (2 marks)
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3. State four advantages of organic farming. (2 marks)
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4. Define the term crop rotation. (1 mark)
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5. List four cultural ways of controlling couch grass (Digitariascalarum.) (2 marks)
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6. List any three sources of underground water. (1 ½ marks)
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7. Give any three disadvantages of using plastic pipes as a means of water conveyance on the farm.
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8. Identify any four common methods of farming. (2 marks)
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9. Differentiate between the following terms that are commonly used in crop production.
Seed dressing and seed inoculation. (2 marks)
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10. State any four advantages of crop rotation. (2 marks)
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11. Otieno is a well-established dairy farmer at Musanda village. What four examples of farm records
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12. State four advantages of tissue culture. (2 marks)
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13. State any four factors considered when selecting planting materials. (2 marks)
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14. Name four basis on which classification of fertilizers is done. (2 marks)
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15. State any four properties of nitrogenous fertilizers. (2 marks)
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16. Outline any four conditions that limit the use of mulch. (2 marks)
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17. Give two causes of tuber forking in carrot production. (1 mark)
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Answer all questions from this section in space provided.
18. The diagram below illustrates a method of crop propagation. Study it carefully and answer
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 (a) Identify the method illustrated above. (1 mark)

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(b) Identify the parts labelled M and N in fig g. (2 marks)
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(c) Name one crop propagated by the method named above. (1 mark)
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19. What would be plant population of tomatoes in 2 ½ ha of land if 2 seedlings were sown per hole
at a spacing of 100 cm x ½ m (show your working) (2 marks)
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20. The diagram below shows a type of farm records. Study it and answer the questions that follow.

No. of Days in the Month TOTALS

the cow
1 2 3 4
AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM
2O 201 301 251 151 281 221 301 201
21 151 251 301 201 201 301 201 221
22 221 281 301 201 301 201 201 301
23 201 301 281 221 221 281 301 201
TOTALS 771 1131 1131 771 1001 1001 1001 821

a ) Identify the type of farm records (1mark)

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b) State three reasons why the record the farm record in 20 (a) above is important (3 marks)
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c) Name two types of labour records
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d)Calculate the total amount of milk produced by cow number 22in the four days
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21. The diagram below shows a crop attacked by a pest

(a) Identify the pest. (1 mark)

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(b) Give two damage caused by the pest above. (2 marks)
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22. Study the following diagrams then answer the questions that follows:

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(i) Identify the weeds that given above

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SECTION C (40 MARKS)
Answer Any two questions from this section.
23. (a) Explain five ways in which the Kenyan Government can improve maize production to
ensure food security in the county. (5 marks)
(b) State any five qualities that good silage must have. (5 marks)
(c) state the physical /structural methods that can be used to control soil erosion (5mks)
(d) Outline any five roles of agriculture in the Kenyan economy (5mks)
24.(a) State any five importance derived from land preparation. (5 marks)
(b) List any types of land tenure reforms. (3 marks)
(c) Discuss field production of tomatoes under the following subheadings.
i. Land preparation. (3 marks)
ii. Transplanting. (9 marks)

25. (a) What are the most common practices that can be employed by a farmer in order to
increase light intensity to crops so as to improve crop production. (4 marks)
(b) List any four practices that can be employed to enhance organic farming.
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(c)Name four advantages of drainage in agriculture. (4 marks)
(d) Give the common four methods of control of maize streak in the field. (8 marks)

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