Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises the Agriculture Paper 1 Kenya High School 2024 Mock Exam as a KCSE Trial Exam. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  This paper is divided into three sections: A, B, and C, with a total duration of 2 hours. Candidates are required to answer all questions in Section A and Section B, and any two questions from Section C. The entire examination is marked out of 90.

  The paper assesses a broad range of topics in general agriculture, with a focus on crop production, soil science, and farm management:

  • Section A (30 Marks): This is a compulsory section containing numerous short-answer questions. It covers a wide array of topics, including farming systems, weed control, water pollution and conveyance, crop propagation techniques (grafting, budding, tissue culture), land preparation, pruning, and pest control.
  • Section B (20 Marks): This is a compulsory section with structured questions that may involve diagrams and calculations. The topics covered include soil science (soil sampling methods), soil fertility, and farmyard manure (compost preparation). It also includes a question requiring the calculation of the nutrient content in a fertilizer.
  • Section C (40 Marks): This is an essay section where candidates must choose and answer two out of three questions. Each question is worth 20 marks and covers major agricultural concepts in depth. The topics include:
    • Soil fertility, crop spacing, and the safe use of agrochemicals.
    • Farm management, focusing on the importance of farm records, budgets, soil and water conservation methods, and farm accounts (preparation of a balance sheet).
    • Detailed crop production, using cabbage as an example to cover ecological requirements, land preparation, and field management.
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE

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