BAITLOTLI JSS
AGRICULTURE
FRUIT TREE PRODUCTION REVISION
FORM TWO PAPER 1
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Use HB pencil ONLY. Do not use ink or ball point pen
2. Circle the letter that corresponds to the answer.
3. Attempt to ALL questions.
NAME: _________________________________________ CLASS: _________
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1. Which of the following is an exotic fruit to Botswana?
A. Mulberry
B. Wild berry
C. Snot apple
D. Monkey orange
Use the diagram below to answer question 2.
2. How does the fruit tree shown above benefit the environment?
A. By providing food
B. By providing shade
C. By providing income
D. By providing employment
The diagrams below show fruits, X and Y from different plants.
Use them to answer question 3.
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3. Which of the following pairs shows the agents that can disperse fruits X and Y?
X Y
A Animal Wind
B Animal Animal
C Wind Animal
D Wind Wind
4. Which fruit A, B, C or D, can be produced through asexual propagation?
5. Under which propagation method are fruit trees raised from seeds?
A. Asexual
B. Grafting
C. Layering
D. Sexual
Use the diagram of a cutting shown below to answer question 6
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6. What is the name of the tool used?
A. Secateurs
B. Scissors
C. Panga
D. Pliers
7. Which of the following management practices does not modify light intensity in a
nursery?
A. Cultivation
B. Pruning
C. Shading
D. Spacing
8. How can the problem of wilting during a dry season be prevented in an orchard?
A. By constructing shade nets over trees
B. By making terraces
C. By building trees
D. By pruning trees
The diagram below shows two steps of an activity carried out in the garden.
Use it to answer question 9.
9. What is the advantage of this activity?
A. Best seedlings are selected for planting
B. Plants are given direction for growth
C. Root development is speeded up
D. Drainage of the soil is improved
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The diagram below shows seedlings in two different areas of production, G and H.
Use it to answer question 10.
10. How can seedlings in area G be prepared for the condition at area H?
A. By shading
B. By watering
C. By pricking out
D. By hardening off
11. Mr. Thobo transplanted fruit tree seedling on a Monday and by Friday of the same week,
most of his seedlings had died. What step could Mr. Thobo have forgotten to take which
resulted in the death of the seedling?
A. Staking
B. Weeding
C. Thinning out
D. Hardening off
12. Which is the best time for asexual propagation of trees?
A. Autumn
B. Summer
C. Winter
D. Spring
13. Which of the following tools and materials can be used in propagation of plants?
A. Secateurs and rooting powder
B. Axe and kraal manure
C. Potting soil and sickle
D. Saw and scion
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14. What is the benefit of watering a cutting immediately after planting?
A. To induce root development
B. To dissolve the nutrients
C. To cool the soil
D. To kill pests
15. What is the significance of removing leaves from cuttings used for fruit tree production?
A. To improve the quality of the plant
B. To improve root development
C. To reduce intake of nutrients
D. To reduce water loss
16. Which of the following factors affect the size of fruit tree seedling?
A. Use of machinery
B. System of land use
C. Type of the rooting system
D. Purpose for which they are raised
17. Which of the following are recommended dimensions of a hole dug to plant a fruit tree?
A. 30cm x 10cm x 80cm
B. 10cm x 10cm x 100cm
C. 100cm x 80cm x 100cm
D. 100cm x 130cm x 180cm
The diagram below shows a farmer carrying out an activity on a fruit tree.
Use it to answer question 18.
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18. What is the best time for carrying out the activity shown?
A. Late morning
B. Early morning
C. Late afternoon
D. Early afternoon
The diagram below shows a method of propagating some fruit trees.
Use it to answer question 19.
19. Which of the following fruit trees can be propagated using the method shown?
A. Apple
B. Peach
C. Banana
D. Paw paw
20. The diagram below shows propagation of a fruit tree.
Which part is used to produce the fruit tree shown?
A. Bud
B. Cut
C. Root
D. Sucker
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21. What name is given to the process of uniting a scion and a root stock?
A. Grafting
B. Planting
C. Air layering
D. Cross breeding
22. Which vegetative part is suitable for producing banana trees?
A. Rhizome
B. Sucker
C. Tuber
D. Bud
23. Which of the following propagation methods is suitable for the production of peaches?
A. Budding
B. Cutting
C. Layering
D. Sucking
The diagram below illustrates stages of asexual propagation.
Use it to answer question 24 and 25.
24. Which method of asexual propagation is this?
A. Budding
B. Cutting
C. Grafting
D. Layering
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25. What is the name of the part labelled Y?
A. Bud
B. Scion
C. Union
D. Root stock
26. Which method of propagation is shown by the figure below?
A. Cutting
B. Grafting
C. Budding
D. Layering
27. What propagation method is shown in the diagram below?
A. Cutting
B. Budding
C. Grafting
D. Layering
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28. Which propagation method does the diagram below illustrate?
A. Budding
B. Grafting
C. Layering
D. Cutting
The diagram below shows a method of vegetative propagation.
Use it to answer question 29.
29. What is the name of the binding material labelled X?
A. Cloth
B. Wire
C. Rubber band
D. Grafting tape
30. When digging holes for planting trees, top soil is separated from sub-soil.
This is done so that top soil is used for
A. Filling the bottom of the hole
B. Making a basin around young plants
C. Filling the space around the growing plants
D. Making new seedbeds for raising seedlings
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The diagram below shows a prepared hole for planting a fruit tree seedling.
Use it to answer question 31.
31. What is placed at C?
A. Sub soil and water mixture
B. Sub soil and manure mixture
C. Top soil and manure mixture
D. Top soil and sub soil mixture
The diagram below shows an activity carried out when transplanting fruit trees.
Use it to answer question 32.
32. Which activity is by the diagram above?
A. Pruning
B. Thinning
C. Firming the soil
D. Back filling the hole
33. What is the reason for firming the soil after transplanting?
A. To cover the space around the roots
B. To keep water around the roots
C. To remove air pockets
D. To space crops
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The diagram below shows raisins. Use it to answer question 34.
34. Which method was used to preserve the raisins?
A. Freezing
B. Canning
C. Salting
D. Drying
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