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Name …………………………………………………..… Admisson Number …………………..

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School ……………………………………………… Candidate’s Signature ………………………….

Instructions to Candidates

(a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided.
(b) Write the name of the school and Sign in the spaces provided.
(c) Answer all the questions in the spaces provided in the question paper.
(d) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators may be used.
(e) This paper consists of 9 printed pages.
(f) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
(g) Candidates should answer the questions.

For Examiner’s Use Only

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Question 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

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1. Give four reasons for ridging in potato production. (2marks)


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2. List four activities carried out in secondary cultivation. (2marks)
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3. Name two methods of water collection in the farm. (1mark)
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4. State any six art activities in agriculture. (3marks)
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5. List four advantages of mixed farming. (4marks)
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6. List four characteristics of a crop grown for green manure. (4marks)
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7. What is organic farming? (1mark)
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8. State four characteristics of large-scale farming system. (4marks)
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10. Mention the importance of agriculture in Kenya’s economy. (4marks)
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11. State four human factors that affect agriculture. (4marks)
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12. State four methods of drainage. (2marks)
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13. State two reasons why nomads move with their livestock from
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14. State four problems associated with shifting cultivation. (2marks)


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15. State four characteristics of clay soil. (2marks)
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16. What is agro forestry? (1mark)
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17. Why is it important to prepare land before planting? (4marks)
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18. Name four types of water pumps. (2marks)
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19. What is pollution? (1mark)


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20. State six characteristics of a fertile soil. (3marks)


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21. State six ways in which soil loses fertility. (3marks)
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22. Examine the farm tools drawn below and then answer the questions
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(a) Identify the tools. (2marks)


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(b) State the uses of the tools (ii) and (iv). (2marks)
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(c) State four maintenance practices carried out on tool. (2marks)
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23. Name four types if tools used in smoothing wood. (2marks)
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24. Differentiate between a drenching gun and a bolus gun. (2marks)


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25. State four reasons why it is important to maintain farm tools and
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26. What is the functional difference between a cold chisel and a wood
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27. The following is an illustration of a compost heap.

(a) Label parts A, B, C and D (2marks)


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(b) What is the use of each of the part labeled? (1mark)
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(c) Give two reasons why is compost manure not commonly used
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