EXAMINATION 3

PAPER 2 (2 hours)

SECTION A

There are six questions in this section. You are advised to spend not more than 75 minutes
on this section

1. (a) What do we mean when we say, agriculture is the backbone of the nation? (1)

(b) Name any three branches of agriculture. (3)

(c) Which branch deals with cattle ranching? (1) (Total 5) 2

(a) Explain the following terms.

(i) skilled worker.

(ii) semi skilled worker.

(iii) unskilled worker. (3)

(b) Give one reason why research is important to agriculture. (1)

(c) Why do farmers employ people? (1)

3. (a) Name two major climatic conditions which makes it possible to classify areas into
natural farming regions. (2)

(b) study the diagrams on the next page and answer the questions which follow

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(i) Name instrument above. (1)

(ii) What does the instrument measure?

(c) Barometer is used to measure…………… (1) (Total 5)

4. (a) State any three reasons for ploughing the land. (3)

(b) Write two farming activities which can be done by a planter. (2) (Total 5)

5.(a) Why is a farm workshop useful? (2)

(b) When is a harrow used? (1)

(c) Name two maintenance tools. (2)

6. (a) What are the benefits of crop rotation to a farmer and the soil? (2)

(b) What do you understand by the phrase 'fertilizer banding'? (1)

(c) In crop rotation, what do you understand by the term 'ley'?

SECTION B

Answer any two questions. You are advised to spend not more than 45 minutes on this section

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7. Choose one leaf vegetable and describe how it is grown. Use the following headings.

(a) name of the crop.(1)

(b) land preparation. (2)

(c) planting. ((2)

(d) spacing. (2)

(e) harvesting. (2)

(f) give common disease that attack the crop. (1)

8. You want to plant a Brassica.

(a) Explain seedbed preparation. (5)

(b) How would you plant a Brassica seed? (5)

9. Explain how a legume vegetable crop is grown under the following headings.

(a) variety (1) (b) land preparation.

(c) planting.

10. Described the management of a root vegetable crop using the following:

(a) Weeding and disease control. (5)

(b) Fertilizer application. (3)

(c) Earthing up. (2)

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