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Agriculture Paper 2 Question Paper
Agriculture Paper 2
Course:Secondary Level
Institution: Mock question papers
Exam Year:2010
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NAME:…………………………………………………INDEX ………………..…..DATE……..…
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443/2
AGRICULTURE
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2010
TIME: 2HOURS
JOINT INTER-SCHOOLS EVALUTION TEST (JISET)
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education 2010
443/2
AGRICULTURE
PAPER 2
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 spaces provided.
3. This paper consists of THREE sections A, B, and C.
4. Answer ALL questions in section A and B and any TWO question in section C.
5. Write your answer in spaces provided.
For Examiners’ Use Only
Section Question Maximum
Score
Candidates score
A 1-16 30
B 16-18 20
C 19 20
20 20
21 20
Total score 90
SECTION A (30MKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section in spaces provided
1. Give four disadvantages of pastoral-nomadism (2mks)
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2. List four tools used in laying concrete blocks when constructing a wall (2mks)
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3. State four factors that would determine the use of a JEMBE instead of a DISC PLOUGH.
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4. Give four characteristics that make indigenous cattle suitable to tropical conditions
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5. Mention four reasons for keeping health records in Livestock production
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6. State four signs of parturition in cows (2mks)
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7. List six features of an ideal calf pen (3mks)
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8. Give four advantages of Kenya Top Bar Hive (KTBH) over Log Hives (2mks)
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9. Give two functions of a carburetor in petrol engines (1mk)
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10. State four functions of the lubrication system in a tractor (2mks)
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11. Give four advantages of embryo transplant in livestock breeding (2 mks)
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12. Outline four non-chemical methods of controlling ticks in cattle (2mks)
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13. Give four factors that determine the nutritional requirement in cattle (2mks)
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14. Give two reasons for proper maintenance of farm structures (1mk)
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15. State four symptoms of New castle disease in poultry production (2mks)
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16. Give two features that enable the gizzard carry out its functions effectively
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SECTION B (20MKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section in the spaces provided.
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17. (a) The diagram below illustrates the reproductive system of a farm animal. Study
it and answer the questions that follow
i. Name the parts labeled A, B, C and D (2mks)
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ii. State the functions of the parts labeled A and B (2mks)
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(b) Give four signs of Oestrus in cows (2mks)
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(c) State four disadvantages of natural mating in dairy production (4mks)
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18. Below is an illustration of farm tools and equipment. Study them and answer the questions that
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i. Identify the tools labeled E, F and G (2mks)
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ii. State the functions of tools labeled F an d G (2mks) F
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iii. Give three maintenance practices of the tool labeled E (3mks)
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iv. State the functional difference between drenching gun and bolus gun
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SECTION C (40MKS)
Answer any two questions in the spaces provided at the end of this section
19. Describe the management of a dairy HEIFER calf from birth until it is mature for first service
(20mks)
20. (a) Explain FIVE factors considered when locating The Farmer’s Living House
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(b) Describe the use of farm fences (10mks)
21. (a) Discuss the power transmission system of a tractor under the following sub-headings
(10mks)
(i) Clutch
(ii) Gear box
(iii) Defferential
(b) Explain the operational difference between a disc plough and tractor mould board plough.
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