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Agriculture Mini Mock Question Paper

Agriculture Mini Mock

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

CHANGO SECONDARY SCHOOL
AGRICULTURE MINI MOCK 2008

INSTRUCTIONS:

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN SECTION A AND TWO QUESTIONS IN SECTION B.

1. Give FOUR functions of phosphorus to crops. (2 mks)

2. What is a companion crop? (1 mk)

3. Give FOUR factors a farmer should consider when resigning a crop program. (4 mks)

4. Distinguish between land settlement and land resettlement. (2 mks)

5. Name TWO types of credit given to farmers in Kenya. (2 mks)

6. Give THREE importance of early sowing of annual crops during planting season. (3 mks)

7. Name TWO disease of bulrush millet. (2 mks)

8. Give TWO financial statements a farmer may prepare on a well organized farm. (2 mks)

9. Give TWO reasons why it is advisable to top dress with nitrogenous fertilizer at knee high. (2 mks)

10. Give TWO advantages of planting maize with correct plant population. (2 mks)

11. Give THREE characteristics of a good rootstock for grafting. (3 mks)

12. State THREE effects of HIV/AIDS to agriculture production in Kenya. (3 mks)

13. State TWO ways in which soil structure influence crop production. (2 mks)

14 a). Apart from damage by birds, name TWO other serious pests which can attack sorghum crop while still in the field. (2 mks)

b). Give TWO methods used in controlling birds in field planted with sorghum. (2 mks)

c). Give THREE reasons why sorghum for silage making should be harvested just before flowering stage. (3 mks)

SECTION B (40 MARKS).
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS.

15. Describe the production of maize for grain from land preparation to harvesting. (20 mks)

16 a). Explain TWO reasons for treating water in the farm. (2 mks)

b). Name FOUR types of water pumps which can be used on a farm. (4 mks)

c). List TWO features of plastic pipes a farm should consider before buying the pipes. (2 mks)

d) Describe the processes involved in water treatment using a chemical treatment system before pumping it to the farm.

17 a). Give ONE reason in each case why it is difficult to control the following weeds

(¡) Oxalis

(¡¡) Nut grass

(¡¡¡) Couch grass

b). State TWO main factors which contributes to competitive ability of weeds. (2 mks)

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