Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Mumias West Sub-County Joint Evaluation Agriculture Paper 2 May 2026 Pre-Mock Exam with Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Agriculture Paper 2 examination. This paper assesses candidates' knowledge of livestock production, animal health, farm structures, and livestock management practices across three sections covering both short-answer and essay-type questions.

  • Month Administered: May 2026
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Total Marks: 90
  • Number of Questions: Questions 1–15 in Section A, 16–19 in Section B, and 3 questions in Section C
  • Structure: Section A (Questions 1–15, 30 marks) — answer all; Section B (Questions 16–19, 20 marks) — answer all; Section C (40 marks) — answer any two

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A
    • Farm tools for fencing, plastering, tick control, and hedge trimming
    • Methods of improving indigenous cattle production
    • Vaccine administration routes in day-old chicks
    • Diseases controlled through artificial insemination
    • Factors affecting acaricide effectiveness
    • Developmental stages of liver fluke in freshwater snail
    • Factors in livestock ration formulation
    • Reasons for culling a breeding boar
    • Advantages of contemporary comparison in breeding stock selection
    • Precautions in sheep shearing for quality wool
    • Crutching vs. ringing in livestock production
    • Factors in siting a milking parlour
    • Construction features of a fish pond
    • Symptoms of Gumboro disease in poultry
  • Section B
    • Egg structure (diagram labelling and functions)
    • Digestibility calculation from roughage feed data
    • Characteristics of succulent roughage
  • Section C
    • Signs of broodiness in birds
    • Pneumonia disease (causal organism, animals affected, symptoms, control)
    • Clean milk production management practices
    • Factors in siting a beehive to prevent swarming
    • Characteristics of a good meat goat
    • Tractor battery maintenance
    • Livestock disease control measures
    • Tick control methods on livestock farms
    • Reasons inbreeding is discouraged in livestock production
• File Size:

  840.32 KB
• Length:

  11 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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