Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Mumias West Sub-County Joint Evaluation Agriculture Paper 1 May 2026 Pre-Mock Exam with Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Agriculture Paper 1 examination. This paper tests candidates' theoretical knowledge of crop production, soil science, land management, farm economics, and irrigation, drawing on both factual recall and applied understanding across three sections of increasing complexity.

  • Month Administered: May 2026
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Total Marks: 90
  • Number of Questions: 26 (Questions 1–19 in Section A, 20–23 in Section B, 24–26 in Section C)
  • Structure: Section A (Questions 1–19, 30 marks) — answer all; Section B (Questions 20–23, 20 marks) — answer all; Section C (Questions 24–26, 40 marks) — answer any two

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A
    • Physical agents of weathering
    • Methods of breaking seed dormancy
    • Signs of nematode attack on crops
    • Net revenue vs. marginal revenue in production economics
    • Uses of compost manure materials (top soil, wood ash, organic manure)
    • Advantages of polythene sleeves in seedling raising
    • Disadvantages of communal land tenure
    • Methods of improving farm labour efficiency
    • Factors determining choice of irrigation system
    • Characteristics of shifting cultivation
    • Thinning vs. pricking out
    • Reasons green manure is rarely used
    • Cultural weed control methods
    • Precautions in pyrethrum harvesting
  • Section B
    • Methods of drainage (including tile/mole drainage diagrams)
    • Reasons for draining farmland
    • Fertiliser calculations (CAN top-dressing, nitrogen percentage)
    • Methods of top-dressing maize
  • Section C
    • Methods of land clearing
    • Importance of soil constituents (soil air, mineral matter)
    • Uses of water on the farm
    • Factors that encourage soil erosion
    • Factors affecting herbicide effectiveness
    • Importance of nursery bed seedling raising
    • Planting of maize in the field
    • Factors determining spacing in bean production
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE

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