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Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

2019 Agriculture Paper 1

SECTION A (30 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

I. Name four aspects of faÎn fall that afïcct agriculture. (2 marks)

2. State four factors that determine the depth of cultivation. (2 marks)

3. State four factors that influence the quality of farmyard manure.(2 marks)

4. State two factors that determine national income. (1 marks)

5. State four causes of land fragmentation. (2 marks)

6. Name two types of labour records.(2 marks)

7. State four ways in which crop pests are classified.(2 marks)

8. What is the minimum number of people required to form a co-operative society in Kenya? (½ marks)

9. Give two examples of fixed costs in maize production. (1 marks)

10. What is meant by the term production function? (1 marks)

11. State three cliaractcristics of good trccs for agroforestry.(1½ marks)

12. Name two varieties of sorghum grown in Kenya.(1 marks)

13. State four reasons why agriculture is important to Kenya’s economy.(2 marks)

14. Give two reasons why the use of fire is discouraged in land clearing.(1 marks)

15. State four ways in which mulching conserves water.(2 marks)

16. State four uses of fault records.(2 marks)

17. State four characteristics of shifting cultivation.(2 marks)

18. State the law of supply as used in agricultural marketing.(1 marks)

19. State four ways in which trees improve soil productivity.(2 marks)

20. What is meant by the term integrated pest management? (2 marks)

Section B (20 MARKS)

Answer all the questions in this section

21. The diagram below illustrate a tomato fruit infested by a field pest

(a) Identify the pest. (1 mark)

(b) State two ways in which the pest is economically important. (2 mark)

(c) State two cultural ways of controlling the pest. (2 mark)

22. The diagram below shows a weed

(a) Identify the weed. (1 mark)

(b) Using features on the diagram, give two reasons why it is difficult to eradicate the above weed. (2 marks)

(c) State two ways in which the weed is economically important. (2 marks)

23. The diagram below represent soil structures

(a) Identify the soil structure labelled M, N and P.

M…………………………………( 1 mark)

N…………………………………( 1 mark)

P…………………………………( 1 mark)

(b) Name the type of soil where each of the structures labelled N and Q is found.

N…………………………………..( 1 mark)

Q…………………………………..( 1 mark)

24, The diagram below shows an illustration of a crop field practice.

(a) Identify the field practice illustrated above.(I mark)

(b) Name two crops which require the practice illustrated.(2 mark)

(c) Give two reasons for carrying out the practice on one of the crops you have named in (b) above. (2 marks)

SECTION C (40 marks) Answer any two questions from this section

25. (a) Explain seven factors that should be considered when selecting seeds for planting. (7 marks)

(b) State four benefits of adequate and reliable rainfall in vegetable crop production. (4 marks)

(c) State four pieces of information contained in an invoice.(4 marks)

(d) State five roles of calcium in crop production.(5 marks)

26. (a) Describe how sugar cane is harvested.(5 marks)

(b) Explain four factors that determine the nutrient content of hay.(4 marks)

(c) State seven roles of a farm manager.(7 marks)

(d) Describe four methods used to reclaim a swampy land for agricultural production. (4 marks)

27. (a) Describe the production of carrots under the following subheadings:

(i) land preparation (3 marks)

(ii) planting (4 marks)

(b) Describe six ways in which grass cover helps in soil and water conservation. (6 marks)

(c) Explain seven nursery management practices. (7 marks)

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Due to numerous inquiries from parents, teachers, and the 2019 KCSE Candidates on the procedure on how they can download the examinations result-slip online, I present this simple guide.

What you need before starting to download the KCSE result slip:

• Secondary School KNEC Portal Username
• Secondary School KNEC Portal Username
• 2019 KCSE Candidate’s Index Number

Procedure on How to Download the KCSE 2019 KCSE Result Slip Online via KNEC Portal

To access the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, Result Slip, Go to the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, online portal.

Let me vividly outline the steps:

1. Using a Computer with an internet connection, open your preferred web browser.
2. Enter the following KNEC Portal URL address; https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke/.
3. Sign in to the KNEC portal and enter the School Username and Password.
4. On signing in, you can view the summary of the KCSE Results.
5. Sort Out the results by entering the candidate’s index number in the box titled “FROM INDEX” and “TO INDEX NUMBER.”
6. Then, click on the “View Report” button. Automatically, the result slip with student’s grades will be displayed.
7. Click the “Export function” to download the Result slip in the document format of your choice.

That’s it, you have downloaded the KCSE 2019 Result slip. You can send it wherever you want.

Method to Check KCSE 2019 Results

The 2019 KCSE Candidates can check the results of their examination using a mobile phone or through the internet.

As candidate send ‘ your index number’ followed with ‘KCSE’ to 20076.

You will be charged Kshs.25 above the standard SMS rates for a message sent.

Alternatively, check the KCSE 2019 examinations results free of charge through the KNEC website.

Go to KNEC website through this link https://www.knec-portal.ac.ke/

Pioneer Girls High School is a private secondary school in Gatanga that managed to post a stunning school mean of 7.832 to emerge among the top best schools in KCSE 2019 Examination results in Murang’a County.

Pioneer Girls’ High School is a Girls’ boarding secondary school in Murang’a County.

95 candidates from the school sat for the 2019 KCSE examinations and 68 out of them managed the KUCCPS university direct entry.

The candidates who scored grade C and below are only 27 and among the no one scored a mean grade of E.

Pioneer Girls’ High School KCSE 2019 Results

Here are the KCSE 2019 results for Pioneer Girls’ High School, Murang’a County.

Details about Pioneer Girls’ High School

• Phone: 0705 723030
• Website: http://pioneergirlsschool.co.ke/

Njiiri School is an extra County secondary school in Kigumo that managed to post a stunning school mean of 8.328 to emerge among the best schools in Murang’a County.

Njiiri School is a Boy’s boarding secondary school in Murang’a County.

387 candidates from the school sat for the 2019 KCSE examinations, and 310 out of them managed the KUCCPS university direct entry.

The candidates who scored grade C and below were only 79 and among them, no one scored a mean grade of D- and E.

Njiiri School KCSE 2019 Results

Here are the KCSE 2019 results for Njiiri School, Murang’a County.

Details about Njiiri School

• Website: https://njiirischool.sc.ke
• Email adress: info@njiirischool.sc.ke.
• Phone: +254 789 1050 77.

In the middle of the coronavirus global pandemic, the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, has said that it will not pay over 3,500 teachers and secretariat staff who by the 14th of January 2020 failed to file their wealth declaration.

The commission released the sad news through a circular dated the 14th of April 2020.

In the circular, TSC CEO said, those who did not comply with the government’s directive of filing the wealth declaration online have been removed from the TSC payroll.

However, the commission says that those teachers will only be returned to the payroll after meeting certain conditions.

The conditions stated by TSC includes; writing a letter through the headteacher or principal or supervisor, explaining why they did not follow the instructions set by the government of declaring their wealth.

Besides, their immediate supervisors must confirm that the teachers or the workers are currently active.

The circular reads ” The Headteacher/Principal/Supervisor to confirm in writing, that the employee has been in active service, and /or has been teaching all along”

After writing the letter it should be signed by the supervisor, and forwarded to the teachers service commission headquarters through the county director stroke sub-county director, says the circular.

All the Kenyan government employees were mandated by law to file their wealth declarations online for the year 2017/2019. The procedure entailed declaring individual Income, Assets, and Liabilities by the 31st of December 2019 through the Wealth Declaration online portal.