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AGRICULTURE
FORM ONE
TIME : 2 HOURS

OPENER TERM TWO 2023

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1. Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided
2. This paper consists of three sections; A, B and C
3. Answer ALL the questions in sections A, B and C
4. All answers to be written in English

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

SECTION QUESTION MAX. SCORE CANDIDATE
SCORE
A 1 – 15 50
B 16 – 18 20
C 19 – 22 30
TOTAL 100
SECTION A (50 MKS)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED
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 1. Define the term livestock farming (2mks)
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2. Differentiate between organic farming and shifting cultivation (2mks)

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3. Define the following terms as used in agricultural production

a) Floriculture (2mks)
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b) Apiculture (2mks)

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c) Olericulture (2mks)

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d) Agricultural economics (2mks)

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4. Give four examples that show agriculture is an art (4mks)
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5. State four environmental factors that influence agricultural production (4mks)
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6. State four aspects of rainfall that a farmer may consider when deciding on what crop to grow in an area
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7. Differentiate between crop pathology and entomology as used in agricultural production. (2mks)
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8. State four effects of HIV and AIDS and ill health in agriculture. (4mks)
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9. Classify plants into three categories according to their light requirements (3mks)

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10. What is agro-forestry (2mks)
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11. What is mixed farming (2mks)
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12. State five soil constituents (5mks)

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13. State three functions of water in plants (3mks)

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14. State four factors that influence soil formation (4mks)
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15. Define the term ranching. (1mks)
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SECTION B (20 MKS)

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED
16. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the soil layers A-D .(4mks)

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(b) i) Which is the best layer to carry out agricultural production (1mks)
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ii) Give a reason for the above (2mks)

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17. Form one students from Mungu-ini Secondary school set an experiment as to investigate a soil
constituent .Study it and answer the questions that follow.

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 i) What was the aim of the experiment (2mks)
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ii) What observation was made in flask X and flask Y

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iii) Give a reason for each of the above observations. (2mks)
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18. The diagram below illustrates an investigation on a property of soil using a sample of soil. Study it and
answer the questions that follow;

(a) What was the aim of the experiment? (2mks)

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(b) If the mass of the evaporating dish and the fresh soil was 300g, the mass of the evaporating dish and
the dry soil after heating was 250g and the mass of the evaporating dish was 50g. Calculate the
percentage of water by mass present in the sample soil of show your working (3mks)

SECTION C (30 MKS)

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED

19. State and explain six reasons why agriculture is important in Kenya’s economy (12mks)
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20. State and explain five ways in which biotic factors influence agricultural production (10mks)

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21. State five ways in which high temperatures affect agricultural production in Kenya (5mks)
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22. State three reasons for growing crops under optimum temperature conditions (3mks)
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