PRESIDENT’S OFFICE  REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 

DAR ES SALAAM CITY SECONDARY SCHOOLS EXAMINATION ASSESSMENT 

FORM FOUR PRE - MOCK EXAMINATIONS

034/1 AGRICULTURE 1

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3:00 Hours  Year: 2025

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of Eleven (11) questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two (2) questions from section C.
3. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B carries fifty four (54) marks and section C carries thirty (30) marks.
4. All writings must be in blue or black ink.
5. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer sheet (s).

SECTION A (16 Marks) 

Answer all questions in this section

1. For each of the items (i) – (x) choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer sheet(s) provided.

(i) What is the price of management as applied in production, however, loss may sometimes occur unpredictably?

1. Interest 
2. Wages 
3. Rent 
4. Capital 
5. Profit

(ii) Why animals such as donkeys ,oxen and horses have been used more as a source of farm power than others?

1. They require adequate grazing land
2. Their working speed is very high
3. They are generally hard, strong and easy to feed
4. They can work in
5. They can easily be trained to become oxen for farm work.

(iii) Why agriculture is regard as an art?

1. It companies several branches of study
2. It integrates several subjects
3. It involves crop cultivation and rearing of livestock
4. It involves application of skills which can be manipulated
5. It uses scientific principles

(iv) Crop pests control method has different mechanism action, which method is used to control pest by breaking their life circle.

1. Biological method 
2. Cultural method 
3. Mechanical Method
4. Chemical Method 
5. Physical Method

(v) What might be the problem of land being planted without tillage operations?

1. Loss of soil fertility 
2. Growth of weeds 
3. Outbreak of diseases
4. Occurrence of soil erosion
5. Crops mature early

(vi) What should be done to collect acidic soil so that it become suitable for growing agricultural crops and microbial activities

1. Acidification 
2. Salinization 
3. Alkalinization
4. liming 
5. Conversion

(vii) The following are the importance of physical properties of the soil texture except.

1. Influence soil aeration 
2. Influence water movement 
3. Affect the ability of soil to hold nutrient.
4. Influence root penetration
5. Influence microbial activity

(viii) If a farmer think of effective utilization of soil nutrients and control system would be most appropriate for the purpose?

1. Crop rotation 
2. Relay cropping 
3. Monoculture
4. Intercropping 
5. Mixed Cropping

(ix) Why minimum tillage is practiced in soil conservation system?

1. It doesn’t destroy soil structure
2. It increase porous surface
3. It ensure least soil compaction
4. It enables the soil to retain moisture for a long time

1. 1and 4
2. 1 and 3 
3. 3 and 4
4. 2 and 3 
5. 2 and 3

(x) What do we call the action of goat to eat leaves of tree and shrubs?

1. Feeding 
2. Eating 
3. Browsing 
4. Muzzling 
5. Tethering

2. Match the examples of uncertainties in agriculture production in list A with the corresponding types of uncertainties in production in list B by writing the letter of the correct response in the table provided

SECTION B (54 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

3. Risk is unknown situation that has measurable like hoods of happening due to implementation of production plans on the farm .

(a)Briefly Explain four (4) types of risk that affect farming business. 

(b) Suggest three methods of overcoming the effect of risk in farming

4. Planning in livestock involves setting objectives and determines a cause of action for achieving those objectives.

1. Evaluate four importance of planning.
2. Briefly explain three consequence of poorly planning livestock enterprises.

5. A vice is undesirable or unnatural habit of an animal such as egg eating.

1. Discuss five (5) control measure of both cannibalism and feather peaking.
2. Suggest four (4) preventive measures against egg eating.

6. Growing different crops in the same piece of land at different season should be done by observing six principles. Briefly describe each of the principles by indicating its importance.

7. Understanding land use pattern has many benefits. Discuss five (5) major and use pattern in Tanzania.

8. Agriculture is one of the science subject taught in Tanzania secondary schools. Using six points (subjects), explain how the knowledge of other subjects can be use in agriculture.

SECTION C (30 Marks)

Answer only two (2) questions from this section

9. Farm records and accounts are stored data and information about activities and financial transaction within the farm. Discuss two (2) types of farm records and evaluate six (6) importance of keeping records

10. Discuss eight (8) basic functions of agricultural marketing giving two advantages of each.

11. Account for any eight (8) points on how crop pest be controlled in the field using cultural control measure.

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KIBAHA DISTRICT COUNCIL

DISTRICT FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATION

AGRICULTURE 1

Instructions 

1. This paper consists of sectioons A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two (2) questions in section C 
3. All answers must be in black or blue pen.
4. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

SECTION A (16 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i)- (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write it's letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided. (10 marks) 

i) What should be done to correct acidic soil so that it become suitable for growing agricultural crops and microbial activities?

1. Liming
2. Salinization
3. Alkalization
4. Acidification
5. Conversion.

ii).The practice of growing highly valued crops such as fruits, vegetables, flower and vines is called;

1. A.Floriculture
2. Olericulture
3. C.Horticulture
4. D.Pomology
5. Viticulture

iii).Wheat, barley, rice and oarts are classified as;

1. A.legumes
2. Pulse
3. Cereal crops
4. Beverage crops
5. Fibre crops.

iv).The practice of rearing livestock and at the same time growing some crops in the same piece of land is called;

1. Mixed cropping
2. Mixed farming
3. C.Monocropping
4. D.Crop rotation
5. E.Interplanting .

v).a plough, disc harrow, sprayers and ridgers are example of

1. A.Tools
2. B.An implement
3. A machine
4. D.Tractor
5. Combined harvesters.

vi).The type of saw used for cutting or sowing sharp curve in wood work is called.....

1. A.Coping saw
2. B.rip saw
3. Cross cut saw
4. tenon saw
5. Hack saw.

vii). The practice of providing support to sterms of certain crop plant so as to prevent them from falling or breakage is called....

1. propping
2. staking
3. trellising
4. pruning
5. Earthing up.

viii).The process of changing the form of crop produce from raw form to usefull product is refered to as—

1. Processing
2. Transporting.
3. Storage
4. grading and sorting
5. Marketing.

ix).The expected rewards for entrepreneurship for its contribution to the production process is –

1. A.Loss
2. Economic growth
3. C.Capital
4. Profit
5. Wages.

x).A soil which is able to supply a plants with their nutritional requirements adequately is said to be-

1. Infertile soil
2. Arable soil
3. C.Well drained soil.
4. Fertile soil
5. Wet soil.

2. Match the uses of different livestock production tools in List A with the corresponding types of livestock tools in List B by writing the letter of correct response beside the item number in answer booklet provided.

SECTION B (54 marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

3. Give three (03) factors which characterize intensive farming (09 marks)

4. State three (03) ways by which wind affect the growth of crops (09 marks)

5.a) Before initiating livestock enterprise of your choice it is better to select a suitable livestock to keep. What do you think are basic consideration in selecting a suitable livestock type to rear in your community.(5 Marks). 

b) Financial planning of livestock enterprise should always look on the production cost for certain livestock of your choice. In two points, describe production cost to be considered in financial planning for newly Dairy cattle in your farm.(4marks).

6 In agricultural day to day activities soil is essential. List six characteristics of fertile soil.

7.a) Explain briefly the concept of weathering as it is used in soil forming process.(4 marks) 

b). In the process of forming the soil, there are five factors that influence it. Explain briefly five factors which influence the named process. (5marks).

8 Identify the farm records below and question

1. Identify the type of farm record (03 marks)
2. State two different information that should be entered in remark column (03 marks)
3. State four uses of farm record (03 marks)

SECTION C: (30 marks)

Answer two (2) questions in this section.

9. Your village would like to establish an apiary or meliponary. If you're the only knowledgeable person about the practice in this village, advise in six points the factors to consider when they want to locate the site for the named project (15 marks).

10. Suppose you receive twenty Day old chicks (Layers) from nearby farm. As an expert in Agriculture, explain six management requirements from Day old chick (Doc to the 28th day inorder to get good layers for egg production in your farm.( 15marks)

11. "In subsistence farming, nearly all crops and livestock raised are used to sustain the life of farmer and his/ her family". By using six points explain the reality of this statement. (15 Marks)