ARIEL SCHOOL Discipline Diligence Excellency
GRADE 7 EXAMINATIONS
AGRICULTURE 003/2
PAPER 1
MAY 2025 Time:1 hour 30 min
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Read all the instructions carefully.
2. Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so by the invigilator.
3. Use only HB pencil for all entries on your answer sheet.
4. When you are told to start by the invigilator choose one correct answer from the
suggested answers and shade it very dark.
5. If you wish to change your answer, erase it completely with the pencil rubber and
then shade the new choice.
6. If more than one letter is shaded for any answer, that answer will be regarded as wrong.
7. If you do not understand the instructions ask the invigilator to explain them to you
before you start.
8. Answer all questions on the separate answer sheet provided.
This question paper consists of 9 printed pages and one blank.
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1. Which of the following is an agricultural activity?
A. Sewing.
B. Drawing.
C. Sculpturing.
D. Weeding.
2. Specialising in the growing of vegetables and flowers is
A. horticulture.
B. monoculture.
C. apiculture.
D. floriculture
3. What is the work of Agricultural Extension Officer?
A. Managing the farm.
` B. Educating and giving farmers advice.
C. Ensure farmers get ready markets for the products.
D. Treating sick animals.
4. A garden fork is used for
A. transplanting seedlings.
B. turning the soil.
C. shallow digging.
D. removing weeds.
5. Before using any agro-chemical, a farmer should
A. burry empty containers.
B. look for all the pests.
C. read the instructions carefully.
D. inhale its smell.
6. The farming system responsible providing food for the family and little surplus for sale is
A. monocropping.
B shifting cultivation
C. commercial farming.
D. subsistence farming.
7. Dairy farming is an example of
A. peasant farming.
B. specialised farming.
C. diversified agriculture.
D. mixed farming.
8. Poor farm management may result in
A. quality harvests.
B. having excess markets.
C. moderate rainfall.
D. reduction in production.
9. In which region is tea mostly grown?
A. Region I
B. Region II
C. Region IV
D. Region V
10. Water is important in making soil fertile because it
A. makes the soil wet.
B. makes the soil dump.
C. gives heat to the soil.
D. dissolves some of the soil minerals.
11. A thermometer is used to measure
A. rainfall
B. wind speed
C. humidity
D. temperature
12. Which soil component is found on the top soil?
A. rocks
B. gravel.
C. humus.
D. trees
13. An example of biological agent of weathering is
A. frost.
B. moving animals.
C. wind.
D. running water.
14. Compound D helps to improve
A. soil lumps.
B. soil fineness.
C. soil moisture.
D. soil fertility.
15. A compost supplies
A. inorganic fertiliser.
B. foreign currency
C. organic manure.
D. soil pH.
16. Most of the farming activities take place on
A. gravel.
B. top soil.
C. sub soil.
D. sand soil.
17. Water pollution can be caused by
A. poor waste disposal from factories.
B. smoke from cars.
C. dark clouds.
D. siltation of dams.
18. The diagram shows water harvesting and storage system.
The water in the tank comes from
A. the tap
B. the nearest dam.
C. rainfall.
D flowing water.
19. Which word best explains the losing of water by plants through their leaves?
A. absorption.
B. infiltration.
C. evaporation.
D. transpiration.
20. Cabbage is an example of
A. root vegetable.
B. leguminous crop.
C. fruit vegetable.
D. leaf vegetable.
21. What is the staple food for most Southern African countries?
A. Maize.
B. Wheat.
C. Rice.
D. Cassava.
22. A cultural method of controlling crop pests and diseases is
A. using chemicals.
B. monocropping.
C. crop roration.
D. spraying.
Study the diagram below and use it to answer questions 23 and 24.
23. Where is the food for the plant stored?
24. What is the function of the part marked C?
A. to produce seeds.
B. to supply the plant with water.
C. to make food for the plant.
D. to support the plant.
25. Name a sucking sucking pest from the list below.
A. army worm
B. red spider mite.
C. beetle.
D. locust
26. Trees that naturally grow in a country are called
A. deciduous.
B. exotic.
C. perennial.
D. indeginous.
27. Trees are prunned in order to
A. help them grow straight.
B. get manure.
C. make them look smart.
D. create meaningful shade.
28. When transplanting seedlings they should be supplied with
A. plenty of manure.
B. much fertiliser.
C. plant support if necessary.
D. nitrogen only
29. Soil nutrient responsible for fruit developments in plants is
A. Potassium.
B. Calcium.
C. Phosphorus.
D. Nitrogen.
30. Most forests are destroyed due to
A. veld fires.
B. soil erosion.
C. siltation.
D. high raifall
31. The diagrams shows
A. deep litter system.
B. hay box brooder.
C. canopy brooder.
D. battery cage system.
32. A deficiency of iron in animals causes
A. anthrax.
B. aneamia.
C. kwashiorkor.
D. nagana.
33. Sheep is kept at a farm to supply
A. wool.
B. eggs.
C. draught power
D. ransport.
34. Keeping animals under controlled system is called
A. free range farming.
B. semi-extensive farming.
C. intensive farming.
D. extensive farming.
35. One disadvantage of using intensive system for keeping poultry is that
A. hens usually get lost.
B. hens do not produce quality eggs.
C. it is expensive to manage.
D. require little management.
36. On free range farming, animals
A. get all the nutrients.
B. grow fast.
C. do not move freely.
D. do not get all the food nutrients.
37. To kill all the germs in poultry housing we should
A. paint the housing.
B. disinfect the housing.
C. take all hens out of the housing.
D. put a roof
38. In hens, proteins help in the quality development of
A. eggs.
B. strong legs.
C. strong feathers.
D. blood
39. To avoid mixing tools in a store room, a farmer uses
A. number system.
B. tool board.
C. colour codes.
D. inventory recording.
40. Oiling metal farm tools helps to
A. prevent rust.
B. make them strong.
C. make them sharp.
D. record them easly in the inventory.
41. Which machinery is used for harvesting in commercial farms?
A. tractor.
B. combine harvesters.
C. lorry.
D. planter.
42. The method of keeping tools is called
A. tool board.
B. tool shed.
C. tool rack
D. tool inventory.
43. Total amout of money used at a farm is called
A. bonus.
B. income.
C. costs.
D. expenditure.
44. Agricultural exports earns Zimbabwe
A. foreign currency.
B. salaries.
C. money.
D. food.
45. All farm tools are recorded in
A. farm registers.
B. farm inventory.
C. farm diary.
D. farm budget.
46. A natonal market for milk products production is
A. C.S.C.
B. G.M.B.
C. COTCO.
D. D.M.B.
47. When planning a farm budget __________ shoub be included.
A. cost of seeds and fetilisers.
B. number of workers.
C. number of animals.
D. time of harvesting.
48. To keep moisture for a long time, we should do
A. weeding.
B. liming.
C. mulching.
D. crop rotation.
49. Study the diagram below and answer the foolwing question.
Farming method shown is
A. inter-cropping.
B. monoculture
C. mixed-cropping.
D. specialised cropping.
50. Best example of a cash crop is
A. rice.
B. sorghum
C. maize
D. tobacco
