Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises the Agriculture Paper 2 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 primarily assesses knowledge in livestock production, farm power, machinery, and structures:

  • Section A (30 Marks): This is a compulsory section containing 17 short-answer questions. It covers a wide range of topics in animal husbandry, including livestock housing, animal nutrition (roughages), cattle breeds, animal health (diseases, parasites), and routine management practices like castration and dehorning.
  • Section B (20 Marks): This is a compulsory section featuring structured questions based on illustrations. The questions cover the digestive system of poultry, methods of external parasite control, identification and use of farm tools (Burdizzo), and a management practice in sheep (docking).
  • 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 requires detailed explanations. The topics covered are:
    • Farm structures (grain stores), livestock breeding, and animal health procedures.
    • Poultry production (characteristics of layers), farm machinery maintenance (tractor, wheelbarrow).
    • Dairy farming (clean milk production), poultry management (brooder temperatures), and apiculture (advantages of the Kenya Top Bar Hive).
• Length:

  4 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE

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