Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises Mirror Jet 2024 Agriculture Paper 2 Exam with Answers and Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Agriculture Paper 2 examination administered during the Mirror Jet Exams Term Two 2024 series.

  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 90
  • Number of Questions: 23
  • Paper Structure: Three Sections (A, B and C)

  Paper Structure:

  • Section A: Questions 1–16 (30 marks). Candidates answered all short structured questions.
  • Section B: Questions 17–20 (20 marks). Candidates answered all structured questions involving calculations, diagrams and identification of agricultural tools and livestock structures.
  • Section C: Questions 21–23 (40 marks). Candidates answered any two essay-type questions.

  It covered the following topics:

  • Livestock management practices including dip tanks and animal watering requirements
  • Bacterial livestock diseases and their effects
  • Selection and marketing of poultry eggs
  • Beef cattle breeds and characteristics of dairy cattle
  • Livestock breeding systems such as inbreeding
  • Castration in livestock production and its importance
  • Tick infestation and harmful effects on livestock
  • Signs of heat in cattle and reproductive management
  • Types of roughages used in animal feeding
  • Maintenance of farm tools and equipment
  • Importance of colostrum feeding in calves
  • Functions of vitamins in livestock nutrition
  • Systems of a tractor engine
  • Fish preservation methods in aquaculture
  • Livestock feed formulation using Pearson’s square method
  • Identification and maintenance of farm workshop tools
  • Structure and parts of an egg and qualities of eggs for incubation
  • Digestive system of ruminants and microbial digestion processes
  • Livestock diseases including causes, symptoms and control measures
  • Signs of parturition in cattle
  • Equipment used in hand milking and their uses
  • Control measures for ticks in livestock production
  • Daily maintenance practices for farm tractors
  • Management of brooding chicks from day-old to eight weeks
  • Factors considered when siting fish ponds on a farm
  • Functions of structures in zero-grazing units in dairy farming
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE

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