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ZOMBA CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL
2017-2018 MSCE MOCK EXAMINATION
AGRICULTURE II (PRACTICAL)
(60 Marks) Time allowed: 2 hours
Instructions
This paper contains 5 question.
Answer all questions.
1. You are provided with two soil samples M and N.
a. Add a few drops of water to each of the two samples. Mould the wet soil and record
any five observation.
Sample M Sample N
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b. State any two effects of the characteristics observed in each of the soil samples in
crop production.
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c. (i) According to the effects in B, in which of the soil samples would applications of
manure be recommended.
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(ii) Explain your answer in (C, i)
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2. You are provided with two specimen O and P.
a. Identify the two specimen according to the group of crops they belong.
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b. Explain any three mutual relationship of the two specimen in crop production.
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c. Name the main food nutrient that is found in:
i. Specimen O
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ii. Specimen P
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3. Table 2 shows average results of an experiment conducted to find out the effect of
applying inorganic fertilizer on the number of 50kg bags harvested in four separate plots.
PLOT NUMBER AMOUNT OF NUMBER OF
FERTILISER BAGS
1 10 kg 6
2 15 kg 9
3 20 kg 12
4 25 kg 13
a. (i) Give any five variables that were kept constant in the experiment.
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(ii) Why was the increase in the fertilizers beyond 20kg not necessary?
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(iii) What conclusion can be made from this experiment?
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b. A part from this experiment mention any three trails that can be conducted as
experiment in Agriculture.
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4. (a) i. Define the term seed rate.
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(ii) Give two reasons why farmers should be able to calculate seed rate.
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b . Calculate the seed rate for millet where
Seed size = 300, 000 seed / kg
Purity % = 80%
Germination = 30 %
Expected plant population = 900, 000 plants (10 marks)
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Figure 1 shows one of the activities done in animal production.
a. (i) Identify the activity in figure 1.
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(ii) Explain how the procedure is carried out.
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b. (i) Mention four advantages of using the products from figure 1 in animal improvement.
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(ii) Mention any other three disadvantages of using the products obtained from
procedure in figure 1 in animal improvement.
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