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AGRICULTURE
FORM TWO
TIME. 2 HOUR

ZERAKI ACHIEVERS EXAMINATIONS 13.0

END OF TERM EXAMS-2024
FORM TWO
Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education. (K.C.S.E)
443
AGRICULTURE
TIME 2 HOUR
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
a. Write your name, School, Adm. Number, Class and TEACHER in the space provided.
b. Sign and write the date of examination in the space provided above
c. This paper consist of three sections A, B and C (l00mks)
d. Answer all the questions in sections A and B
e. Answer all questions from section C
f. All answers should be written in the spaces provided
g. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no question are missing
For Examiners’ Use Only.
Section Questions Maximum score Candidates score
A 1-30
B 31-36
C 37
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Total Score 100

This paper has 12 printed pages.

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 SECTION A-(30 Marks) ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
1. List two activities that make agriculture to be regarded as an art. (1 mk)
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2. Give the meaning of the following terms as used in agriculture. (1 mk)
i) Crop pathology.
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ii) Agricultural engineering.
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3. List two characteristics of extensive farming system. (lmk)
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4. List two benefits of practicing mixed farming. (1 mk)
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5. State two limitations of practicing shifting cultivation. (lmk)
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6. State two factors that determine the number of times secondary cultivation is done. (lmk)
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7. Give one reason why each of the following tertiary operations is carried out.
a) Rolling. ( ½ mk)
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b) Levelling. (1/2mk)
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8. Give two reasons for carrying out minimum tilage. (lmk)
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9. Give two reasons for treating water before use. (lmk)
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10. Give two reasons why farmers choose seeds over vegetative materials during planting. (lmks)
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11. Define the following terms as used in crop production.
a) Intercropping. ( ½ mk)
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b) Mixed cropping. (½ mk)
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12. Give the name of the young one of the following livestock animals (1Mk)
Rabbit-
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13. State two importance of keeping livestock healthy. (1 Mk)
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14. State two conditions that necessitate the handling of farm animals (1 Mks)
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15. Give two characteristics of an effective acaricide? (1 Mks)
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16. Describe two uses of water in the animal’s body (1 Mks)
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17. Name two complementary tools that are used together in livestock production. (1 Mk)
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18. State two reasons of maintaining farm tools (1 Mk)
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19. State two conditions when opportunity cost is zero in dairy production. (1 Mk)
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20. State the importance of the following in manure preparation using the pit method. (1 Mk)
a) Ash
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b) Soil
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21 Name two aspects of light that affect agricultural production (1 Mk)
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22. State two advantages of overhead irrigation
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23. Name two types of soil structures. (1 Mk)
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24. Name the intermediate host of the following parasites
i) Tapeworm
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ii) Liver-fluke (1 Mk)
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25. State two characteristics of nitrogenous fertilizers. (1 Mk)
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26. State two methods of breaking seed dormancy (1 Mk)
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27. State two characteristics of a good grain store (lmk)
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28. Outline two soil constituents (lmk)

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29. State two characteristics of plants used as green manure (lmk)
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30. Outline four reasons of practicing minimum tillage (lmk)
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 SECTION B- (30 Marks) ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION.
31. The diagrams below show an experiment to investigate a soil property. Study the diagram
carefully and answer the questions that follow.

i) State the aim of the experiment. (1 mks)

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ii) If the volume of water illustrated in the measuring cylinders were observed after one hour,
identify the soil samples labelled A and B. (1 Mks)
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iii) State three ways in which the soil structure of the sample labelled C can be improved.
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32. Below are two diagrams of Irish potato tubers after being subjected to some conditions before planting.

D1: Before subjecting to the conditions.

D2: After subjecting to the conditions

(i) Which process of potato treatment is illustrated above? (1 mark)

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(ii) State two conditions necessary for the above process. (2 marks)
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33. A farmer is advised to top-dress a crop with a fertilizer NPK 20:10:10.

a) What do the values 20:,10:10: stand for? (3 Mks)
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 b) Classify the fertilizer according to the nutrients present. (1 Mk)
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c) If 400kgs of the fertilizer was used to top-dress, showing your working, calculate the
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34. A farmer wanted to prepare a 200kg f calf rearing ration containing 20% DCP.
Using the Pearson’s Square Method, calculate the amount of Maize containing 10% DCP and
Sunflower containing 35% DCP the farmer would need to prepare the ration.(5marks)
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35. Diagram Q and R below illustrated livestock deficiency diseases, study the diagrams and answer
the questions that follow. (2Marks)

Q R

a) Identify the disease in cattle with the symptoms shown in Q (½ Marks)

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b) Name the deficient nutrients in;
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c) List two symptoms of the disease illustrated in Q above (2 Marks)
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d) Name one method of controlling the disease illustrated in Q above. (½ Marks)
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36. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.

i) With a reason identify the type of cattle breed illustrated. (2mks)

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ii) State three other ideal features of the above animal not visible in the illustration above.
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SECTION C; ANSWER ALL TWO QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION

37. a) List five factors that are considered when choosing the type of irrigation to use in the farm.
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b) Explain five reasons for draining water-logged soils. (5mks)
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 c) Give ten uses of farm records. (10mks)
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38. a) Explain five factors affecting the rooting of cuttings. (5mks)
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 b). Describe five methods that help to control livestock diseases. (5 mks)
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c). Describe the life cycle of a three host tick. (10Mks)

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