BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

JUNIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

AGRICULTURE 16/4

Paper 4 Alternative to Coursework SAMPLE PAPER

Marks: 40 Time: 1 Hour

Candidate

Full Names:

Centre Number: J C Candidate Number:

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write your full names and examination number in the spaces provided above.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

3. Answer ALL questions.

4. Read all questions carefully before attempting to answer them.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

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This question paper contains 7 printed pages.

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The diagram below shows a tractor pulling a farm implement used to carry out Use

a certain management activity. The farm implement is used immediately after

ploughing. Use it to answer questions 1(a) and (b).

1. (a) (i) Name the management activity that is being carried out.

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(ii) Describe how the management activity can be carried out in a 4 m x 1 m

plot.

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(b) (i) Name any one vegetable you have studied.

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(ii) Describe how the vegetable named in (b) (i) is prepared for marketing.

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The picture below shows a pest feeding on a crop. Use

Use it to answer questions 2 (a) and (b).

2. (a) Name the pest.

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(b) Describe how the pest can be controlled using an environmentally friendly
method.

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Use the information below to answer questions 3 (a) and (b).

Jaone’s plot measures 10 m2 and it has 4 weeks old vegetable seedlings

planted in rows. Jaone was advised to apply a fertilizer on the plot. 

3. (a) Outline four steps to show how Jaone should apply the fertilizer on the plot.

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(b) State three activities that Jaone should carry out in preparation for the Use

application of the fertilizer.

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The diagram below shows a farmer applying some fertilizer.

Use it to answer question 3 (c).

(c) Name the method of fertilizer application used.

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The diagram below shows a plant growing in a piece of land which is about to Use

be used for vegetable production. Use it to answer question 4 (a).

4. (a) Outline five steps that can be taken to prepare the piece of land for planting a
vegetable crop.

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(b) Describe how a concrete plot is prepared. Use a well labelled diagram to
support your description.

Description

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Diagram

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Use the information below to answer question 5 (a) and (b). Use

A plot measuring 2 m x 1 m was basal dressed with kraal manure at an

application rate of 200 kg/ha in preparation for sowing vegetable seeds. The
seeds were sown on the 20th February. On February 29, the seedlings
emerged from the soil. The following day on March 1, you were asked to take
over the management of the plot until the maturity of the crop.

5. (a) Prepare a record to show all the management activities you would carry out
up to the maturity of the crop.

Date Activity Reasons for activity Tools used

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(b) Calculate the amount of kraal manure which was applied on the plot. Use

1 ha = 10000 m2

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(c) State two advantages of applying kraal manure to the soil in a vegetable plot.

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