CHUKA BOYS SECONDARY SCHOOL
FORM FOUR
AGRICULTURE
1. State four branches of agriculture.
2. State two reasons why agriculture is an art.
3. State four characteristics of shifting cultivation.
4. State four factors that determine the choice of a method of farming.
5. State three condition under which pastoral nomadism can be carried out.
6. State four advantages of extensive farming,
7. State four factors that determine the choice on the method of farming.
8. State four management practices carried out in ranching.
9. Give four reasons through which agriculture contributes to development of industries.
10. Differentiate between pomoculture and olericulture.
11. State four effects of HIV/AIDS to agriculture.
12. State four effects of low level of education and technology.
13. Give four physical agent of soil formation.
14. Give two factors that influence soil profile.
15. State four effect of soil liming.
16. State four equipment that are used in pairs.
17. State three precaution taken when using farm tools.
18. Define minimum tillage.
19. State two reasons of the following operation.
(i) Ridging
(ii) Levelling
(iii) Sub – soil
20. Give four practices that lead to achievement of minimum tillage.
21. Give four factors that determine the choice of implement to be used in primary
cultivation.
22. Give four types of pumps.
23. Explain water treatment in the farm.
24. State six reasons which farmyard manure is preferred than straight fertilizers.
25. State four problems associated with organic manure.
26. State four characteristics of bacterium.
27. Give four breeds lights of poultry.
28. Explain five characteristics of nitrogenous fertilizers.
29. Give four precautions observed when sampling.
30. State five advantages of under sawing.
31. State the qualities of a mother plant that should be considered when selecting vegetative
materials for planting.
32. Name two practices carried out during hardening of seedling.
33. Discuss transplanting of tree seedlings.
34. Explain guidelines to follow when drawing a crop rotational programme.
35. State five precautions should be observed during harvesting.
