Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises MASENO SCHOOL Agriculture Paper 2 2026 Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Form 4 Agriculture Paper 2 examination.

  This exam tests essential principles of animal health, livestock production systems, farm power, structural installations, and farm workshop tools, assessing candidates' technical problem-solving and husbandry competencies.

  • Total Marks: 90 marks
  • Number of Questions: 24 questions (Questions 1 – 24)
  • Structure: Section A (30 marks, questions 1–17), Section B (20 marks, questions 18–21), and Section C (40 marks, questions 22–24 answering any two)

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A:
    • Concepts of agriculture as an art and a science
    • Uses of workshop tools: mason's trowel and tin snips
    • Adaptations of indigenous cattle breeds to semi-arid areas
    • Nutritional functions of calcium in dairy cattle
    • Feed ration formulation using the Pearson's square method for pigs
    • Poultry nutrition and its contribution to disease resistance
    • Tsetse fly control measures in livestock areas
    • Zero grazing definition, bovine oestrous cycles, and timing of artificial insemination
    • Hygiene and maintenance of dairy sheds (whitewashing)
    • Alternative sources of farm power
    • Factors causing depreciation of farm machinery and tools
    • Chemical preservatives for farm timbers
    • Piglet identification methods
    • Management practices for maximizing fish harvest in aquaculture
    • Honey extraction methods in apiculture
    • Principles and benefits of optimal farm layout planning
    • Clinical symptoms of Newcastle disease in poultry
  • Section B:
    • Interpretation of chick behavior in brooders and brooder environmental control
    • Identification and host organ localization of internal livestock parasites
    • Tractor tyre pressure conditions, diagnostic inspection, and corrective maintenance
    • Routine maintenance practices for on-farm grain storage structures
  • Section C:
    • Construction specifications, material selection, and structural requirements of movable calf pens
    • Routine management of a newborn dairy calf during its first week of life
    • Comparative factors determining the use of hand jembe versus disc plough in primary cultivation
    • Structural and operational differences between petrol and diesel internal combustion engines
    • Comprehensive management interventions to improve milk yields in low-producing dairy cows
• File Size:

  1.83 MB
• Length:

  11 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  Agriculture
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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