Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Muslim Schools Joint Evaluation Test (MUSJET) Agriculture Paper 1 2025 Mock Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It is a K.C.S.E Agriculture Paper 1 (443/1) Mock Examination (July 2025).

  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 90
  • Number of Questions: 28 (Questions 1–28)
  • Paper Structure: Three sections (A, B and C). Answer ALL questions in Sections A & B, and any TWO questions from Section C.
  • Marking Scheme: The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It covers the following topics:

  • Land fragmentation in farming and causes of land fragmentation in Kenya
  • Mulching using organic matter (advantages)
  • Crop rotation (reasons for practicing)
  • Continuous cropping/monocropping of annual crops (advantages)
  • Seedbed preparation and factors determining the number of cultivations
  • Improving labour productivity on the farm
  • Agricultural economics concepts (marginal returns, GDP, opportunity cost, per capita income)
  • Soil pH effects on crop production
  • Soil analysis: mechanical methods of separating soil particles by size
  • Hay quality and factors affecting it
  • Legume root swellings (possible causes)
  • Soil factors influencing soil productivity
  • Soil movement processes (solifluction) and influencing factors
  • Herbicides: selectivity and factors affecting selectivity
  • Agroforestry benefits and farm uses/sites for trees
  • Product–product relationships in agricultural economics
  • Young Farmers Club activities in Kenya
  • Nutrient deficiency symptoms (phosphorus deficiency in crops)
  • Vegetative propagation: characteristics of a good rootstock for grafting
  • Crop pests: bird pest identification, crop losses caused, and control methods
  • Tomato production: missing management practices, related problems, transplanting, diseases and control
  • Weeds: weed identification, reasons for control, herbicides in maize, and timing of post-emergence application
  • Soil and water conservation: cut-off drains (definition and construction procedure)
  • Farm records/accounts: preparing a purchase order and computing item values and total cost
  • Soil properties: experiment comparing soil types (A, B and C), soil texture characteristics, and improving soil structure
  • Irrigation: factors to consider when choosing an irrigation method
  • Tea production: field production under frame formation by pegging method
  • Marketing in agriculture: marketing functions
  • Land tenure systems practiced in Kenya
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE

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