Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises Kapsabet High School Agriculture Paper 1 2025 Mock Exam with Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  The exam paper consists of 27 questions and is marked out of a total of 90 marks. It should be completed by learners within a duration of 2 hours.

  The paper is set in three sections (A, B, and C). Candidates answer all questions in Sections A and B, then answer any two questions in Section C.

  It covers the following topics:

  • Organic farming and sustainable agriculture
  • Land clearing methods and effects of burning
  • Crop pest control, including cultural and chemical methods
  • Water pollution from agricultural activities
  • Pasture management and proper stocking rates
  • Soil fertility loss through mono-cropping
  • Farm economics, including the law of diminishing returns and price factors
  • Farming systems and factors influencing their choice
  • Irish potato production practices (earthing-up)
  • Land tenure and land adjudication procedures
  • Primary cultivation and depth of ploughing
  • Fertilizer application methods
  • Cotton harvesting precautions
  • Soil conservation using grass cover and rotational grazing
  • Tissue culture in crop propagation
  • Carrot production disorders and their prevention
  • Water harvesting methods using micro-catchments
  • Coffee husbandry, including pruning methods and benefits
  • Storage pests: identification, damage, and control
  • Weeds: identification, classification, disadvantages, and beneficial uses
  • Compost making: compost pit layers, functions, and alternative composting methods
  • Risks and uncertainties in wheat farming in Kenya
  • Agroforestry and its importance
  • Rooting of cuttings and factors affecting success
  • Soil structure and its influence on crop production
  • Types of pesticides according to mode of action
  • Farm accounts: uses and selection of implements for primary cultivation

  The paper features short structured items in Sections A and B, supported by diagrams, while Section C contains extended essay questions that require detailed explanations and practical application of agricultural principles.

• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE

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