THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL

KPSEA 2024
PREDICTION SERIES 1 TERM 1.
AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION.
APRIL 2024.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES (Please read Carefully)

1. You have been given this paper and a separate answer sheet.
2. The question paper has 30 questions. Answer ALL the questions.
3. All rough works are done in the question paper.
4. When selecting your answer, please mark it in the answer sheet using a
pencil not on the question paper.
5. Ensure the answer sheet provided to you has the following.
YOUR ASSESSMENT NUMBER.
YOUR NAME.
SCHOOL NAME.
DATE OF ASSESSMENT.
NAME OF THE SUBJECT.
6. Do not make any marks outside the boxes.
7. Keep the answer sheet as clean as possible.
8. For each question from 1-40, four answers choices are given as A, B, C
and D. In each case, only one answer is correct. Choose and mark the
correct answer only and leave the rest unmarked.
9. On the answer sheet, show the correct answer by marking it with a
dark line inside the brackets. For, example in the answer sheet below
the answer is [D] and should be marked as indicated below.
10. [A] [B] [C] [D]
10. Your dark line must be within the brackets.
11. For each of the Questions, Only one answer is to be marked per
question.

AGRICULTURE. 1. Identify the type of soil erosion likely

to take place when there is heavy
rainfall in short period pf time.
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A. Splash erosion. B. Sheet A. Allows few plants to be grown.
erosion. B. Uses the space above the ground.
C. Gulley erosion. D. Rill C. Less pests and diseases.
erosion. D. Produce cleaner crops.

2. Which practice does not control soil 9. Which one of the following is true
erosion by covering the ground? statement about domestic animals?
A. Mulching. B. Planting A. Small domestic animals can be
trees. kept in urban area because they
C. Cover cropping. C. Building need small space.
gabions. B. Large domestic animals require
small space for rearing.
3. Which one of the following is not used C. Small domestic animals multiply
when preparing sunken bed? faster than large domestic
A. Tape measure. B. animals.
Panga D. Both A and C.
C. Shovel. D.
Slasher. 10. The water that runs on the ground
after a heavy rainfall majorly causes
4. Which two methods prevent soil A. Damage to roads.
erosion by filtering out soil particles B. Diseases.
in surface rub-off? C. Soil erosion.
A. Planting tree and trash lines. D. Surface run off.
B. Grassed drained channels and
gabions. 11. Identify the type of vegetable
C. Terraces and cover cropping harvested by plucking the head.
D. Planting trees and gabions. A. Kales.
B. Cabbages.
5. Shallow pits are also known as: C. Sorghum.
A. Channels. B. Sunken D. Tomatoes.
beds
C. Gabions D. Zai pits. 12. Preserving fruits and vegetables
helps to
6. Shallow pits, moisture beds and A. Increase shelf life.
sunken beds all help to: B. Add flavour.
A. Grow crops. C. Makes them sweeter.
B. Conserve soil moisture. D. Get spoiled.
C. Control soil erosion.
D. Maintain soil fertility. 13. Splash erosion takes place due to
lack of
7. Which one of the following is not a A. Ground.
deterrent? B. Vegetation cover.
A. Euphorbia fence. C. Better farming.
B. Thorny plants. D. Seeds.
C. Safe trapes.
D. Gun shooting. 14. Exposed plant roots on bare land
are an indication of
A. Splash erosion.
8. Which one of the following is not an B. Sheet erosion.
advantage of Vertical gardens? C. Rill erosion.
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 D. Gulley erosion. 21. The process that maintains food in
good conditions for sometime to
15. The purpose of shading in crops is avoid spoilage is known as
to A. Food poisoning.
A. Prevent direct sunlight. B. Food preservation.
B. Reduce evaporation of moisture. C. Nutrient preservation.
C. Avoid pests and diseases. D. Food conservation.
D. Protect plants.
16. Which of the following crops is not 22. All the following are deep-fried
suitable to be used as a cover crop? foods except
A. Beans. A. Chicken.
B. Arrow roots. B. Maandazi.
C. Pumpkin. C. Chips.
D. Sweet potatoes. D. Chapati.

17. All the following practices involves 23. __________ is the removal of dirt
caring for seedlings in a nursery and stains from clothes in order to
except. maintain their appearance.
A. Mulching. A. Airing.
B. Watering. B. Laundering.
C. Thinning. C. Ironing.
D. Harvesting. D. Knitting.

18. All the following are maintenance 24. Fruits and vegetables can not stay
practices carried out on tools and for a long period of time with out
equipment used on the farm except. getting spoiled. This makes them
A. Use he tool for correct purpose. A. Portable.
B. Store well after use. B. Perishable.
C. Always sharpen the cutting parts. C. Bulk.
D. Leave them in working areas. D. Nutritious.

19. The practice of replacing dead 25. Preserving vegetables helps in all
seedlings after planting is known as the following except
A. Thinning. A. Avoiding wastage.
B. Gapping. B. Saving money.
C. Weeding. C. Makes vegetables available
D. Transplanting. throughout.
D. None of the above.
20. The tool below is used during.
26. A part from sun drying, fruits and
vegetables can also be preserved by
drying using a
A. Airing.
B. Dehydrators.
C. Refrigerators.
D. Oven.
A. irrigation. B. Thinning.
C. Harvesting D. Weeding. 27. Which of the following can be used
NUTRITION. instead of a sponge when cleaning
glass windows?
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 A. Bucket. A. Proteins.
B. Soft cloth. B. Balance diet.
C. Old newspapers. C. Proteins.
D. Soap. D. Water.

28. ________ Is preparing food to make

it editable and safe.
A. Cooking B. Conserving
C. Drying. D. Cleaning.

29. The food nutrients required by the

body in large quantities are known as
A. Micronutrients.
B. Carbohydrates
C. Macronutrients
D. Proteins.

30. A child suffering from marasmus

could be due to lack of______________

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