Agriculture · Paper 2 · 2020
37 questions 🇹🇿 NECTA ✓ MSAgriculture · Paper 2 · 2020
37 questions
3-hour timed simulation · auto-graded · counts toward ranking
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Section A
Match the plants in List A with the plants reproductive structure in List B by writing the letter of the correct response below the corresponding item number in the table provided.
- Banana (1 mk)
- Sweet potato (1 mk)
- Onion (1 mk)
- Strawberry (1 mk)
- Irish potato (1 mk)
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For each of the following statements, write TRUE if a statement is correct or FALSE if a statement is not correct in the spaces provided.
- Low temperature enhances organic matter decomposition. (1 mk)
- Management is one of the functions of an entrepreneur. (1 mk)
- Hides and skins of livestock are used to make leather and leather products. (1 mk)
- Unreliable rainfall is one of the institutional problems facing agriculture in Tanzania. (1 mk)
- Hand pulling is a cultural method of controlling weeds growing too close to crops. (1 mk)
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(b) Account five advantages of animal power in farm enterprise. (i) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (ii) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (iii) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (iv) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (v) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
- Briefly explain six safety precautions to be observed in a workshop. (6 mk)
- Account five advantages of animal power in farm enterprise. (0 mk)
- (1 mk)
- (1 mk)
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Section B
(a) What do you understand by the following terms as they are used in agricultural economy? (i) Industrialization (ii) Substance farming (b) Which measures can be taken by the Government to improve the agricultural sector in Tanzania. Give seven measures.
- What do you understand by the following terms as they are used in agricultural economy? Substance farming (0 mk)
- Which measures can be taken by the Government to improve the agricultural sector in Tanzania. Give seven measures. (0 mk)
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State one use for each of the following in a deep litter system:
- Waterers ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (1 mk)
- Perches ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (1 mk)
- Nests ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (1 mk)
- Feeders ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (1 mk)
- ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (1 mk)
- ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (1 mk)
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(b) Briefly explain how the following price determinants influence price of an agricultural good. (i) Taxation ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (ii) Government Levies ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (iii) Supply ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
- Taxation (0 mk)
- Government Levies (0 mk)
- Briefly explain how Supply influences price of an agricultural good. (5 mk)
- Supply (0 mk)
- Elasticity is equal to one (0 mk)
- Elasticity is equal to one (2 mk)
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Section C
Evaluate eight importance of livestock production on the economy of Tanzania.
- Importance 1 (2 mk)
- Importance 2 (2 mk)
- Importance 3 (2 mk)
- Importance 4 (2 mk)
- Importance 5 (2 mk)
- Importance 6 (2 mk)
- Importance 7 (2 mk)
- Importance 8 (2 mk)
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