Sample Section A Questions

(Multiple choice)
1. Which of the following are the three C. to avoid human bias in the
classes of soil? experiment
A. sand, gravel and clay D. to compare the treatments in the
B. gravel, clay and loam experiment
C. clay, loam and sand
D. loam, sand and gravel 5. Which of the following is a contribution to
agricultural production by smallholder
2. How many maize seeds should be planted farmers?
per station if the planting stations are 60 A. training other farmers on food
cm apart? production
A. 1 B. producing food for consumption
B. 2 C. carrying out research on food
C. 3 production
D. 4 D. selling farm inputs to other farmers

3. Which of the following form the three 6. Which of the following is a sign of itch
types of surface irrigation? mite attack in pigs?
A. sprinkler, flood and basin A. loss of appetite
B. flood, basin and furrow B. rough hair coat
C. basin, furrow and sprinkler C. dry, scaly skin
D. furrow, sprinkler and flood D. reduced growth rate

4. Why is it advisable to have a control in an

experiment? Table 1 shows results of an experiment on
A. to avoid environmental interferences poultry breeds. Use it to answer Questions
B. to obtain equal results in the 7 and 8.
experiment

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Table 1 11. Identify a vegetable attacked by the
Breed Eggs laid per week disease
M 8 A. Mango
N 5 B. Cabbage
O 6 C. Tomato
P 2 D. Mustard

12. How is the disease spread?

7. The aim of the experiment was to find out A. by army worms
the effect of B. by wind
A. number of eggs laid per week. C. by splashes of water
B. different breeds on egg production. D. by aphids
C. number of breeds on egg production.
D. age of breeds on egg production. 13. Which of the following chemicals can be
used to control the disease?
8. Which one was the best breed? A. dithane M45
A. M B. dimethoate
B. N C. carbaryl
C. O D. actellic dust
D. P
14. Which of the following is a sign of
9. Which of the following factors should be “Gumboro” in poultry?
considered when designing a field A. bloody diarrhoea
experiment? B. ruffed feathers
A. replication C. twisting of necks
B. transport D. swollen cloaca
C. market
D. climate 15. What name is given to a farming system
when maize is grown together with trees?
10. Which of the following crop husbandry A. shifting cultivation
practices helps crop residues to rot and B. mixed farming
form humus? C. agro forestry
A. early planting D. crop rotation
B. correct spacing
C. crop rotation 16. Top soil is important for crop production
D. early land preparation because it contains:
A. Plant roots
Early leaf blight is an example one of the B. Big air spaces
vegetable disease. Use this information to C. Humus
answer Questions 11 to 13. D. Gravel

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Figure 1 is a bar graph showing the C. the piglets are prevented from
relationship between number of people in a contracting diseases from the sow.
family and the amount of food required per D. the piglets give space for the sow to
year. Use it to answer Questions 17 and 18. breed.
Figure 2 is a diagram of an experimental
set up on soil. Use it to answer Questions
20 and 21.

Figure 2
20. The aim of the experiment is to show the
presence of
A. living organisms in the soil.
B. air in the soil.
Figure 1 C. organic matter in the soil.
D. inorganic matter in the soil.
17. How much food is required for 6 people in
a family?
21. What is the use of the part labelled X?
A. 3 800 kg
A. to weigh the sample
B. 4 000 kg
B. to heat the sample
C. 4 400 kg
C. to cool the sample
D. 5 000 kg
D. to stir the sample
18. What is the family size when the food
22. Which of the following is a symptom of
requirement per year is greater than 3 000
early leaf spot in groundnuts?
kg and less than 4 000 kg?
A. reddish brown spots on leaves
A. 3
B. tiny yellow leaves
B. 4
C. black substance on pods
C. 5
D. water soaked leaves
D. 6
23. Which of the following are the two main
19. A creep feeding area in pigs should be
breeds of pigs in Malawi?
attached to the furrowing pen so that
A. Spotted Black and Spotted White
A. labour costs for feeding the piglets is
B. Large white and Berkshire
reduced.
C. Hampshire and Spotted white
B. the piglets can easily go to the sow
D. Saddle back and Large white
after feeding.

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24. Which of the following is a problem of 28. What is the relationship between the price
agricultural marketing? and supply of oranges?
A. storage of farm produce A. when the price decreases, the supply
B. inadequate land of oranges increases
C. inadequate labour B. when the price increases, the supply
D. storage of farm inputs of oranges increases
C. when the price increases, the supply
25. Which of the following is an input cost in of oranges decreases
crop production? D. when the price increases, the supply
A. purchase of amprol of oranges remains constant
B. purchase of layers mash
C. purchase of day old chicks 29. What is the price of oranges when the
D. purchase of fertilizer supply is highest?
A. 80 MK/kg
26. Which of the following is a symptom of B. 70 MK/kg
damping off disease in vegetables? C. 60 MK/kg
A. yellowing of leaves D. 50 MK/kg
B. brown spots on leaves
C. water soaked leaves 30. What type of weeding is recommended in
D. curling of leaves groundnuts before flowering?
A. light hoeing
27. Which of the following is a chemical B. uprooting
weathering agent? C. slashing
A. wind D. banking
B. temperature change
C. plants 31. The removal of excess plants from a
D. carbonic acid vegetable garden is known as
A. transplanting.
Table 2 shows the relationship between price
B. staking.
and supply of oranges at a certain market. Use it
C. hardening off.
to answer Questions 28 and 29.
D. thinning.
Table 2
Price (MK/kg) Supply (kg) 32. Which of the following is an example of
50 80 an overhead irrigation?
60 90 A. furrow irrigation
70 100 B. drip irrigation
C. basin irrigation
80 110
D. hand irrigation using watering can

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33. Why are box ridges constructed in a 39. Which of the following is a risk on a
garden? farm?
A. to drain water away from furrows A. land
B. to prevent water from entering the B. capital
garden C. theft
C. to hold water in furrows D. labour
D. to carry water away from the garden
40. At what age should piglets be weaned?
34. The variety of groundnuts which has a A. 2 weeks old
bunch type growth habit is B. 2 months old
A. Malimba. C. 6 weeks old
B. Chalimbana. D. 6 months old
C. Manipintar.
D. Chitembana. 41. Which of the following chemicals is used
to control caterpillars in vegetables?
35. Which of the following ways can control A. carbaryl
external parasites in animals? B. dimethoate
A. drenching C. daconil
B. spraying D. sulphur dust
C. vaccinating
D. deworming
A farmer observed the following signs of a
disease in chicks: bloody diarrhoea and
36. Herbicides are used to control
ruffled feathers. Use this information to
A. microorganisms.
answer Questions 42 to 44.
B. predators.
C. weeds. 42. What is the name of the disease that
D. pests. attacked the chicks?
A. Fowl pox
37. What name is given to the practice of B. New castle
conducting an experiment in several C. Gumboro
places? D. Coccidiosis
A. treatment
B. replication 43. Which of the following organisms caused
C. designing the disease?
D. randomization A. virus
B. protozoa
38. Which of the following is not a role of C. fungi
agro-based industries D. bacteria
A. processing raw materials
B. controlling soil erosion
C. providing employment
D. feeding and clothing the nation

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44. The disease can be controlled by giving 50. Which of the following diseases can attack
the chicks transplants?
A. amprol. A. rosette
B. antibiotics. B. headsmut
C. piperazine. C. common smut
D. iodine. D. damping off

45. Which of the following inputs can a 51. Which of the following is part of a report
farmer buy for vegetable production? of an agricultural experiment?
A. vitamins A. treatment
B. antibiotics B. introduction
C. daconil C. replication
D. gamatox D. randomization

46. Which of the following chickens is a 52. Which of the following is not one of the
broiler breed? factors to consider when designing a field
A. White leghorn experiment?
B. Starbro A. treatments
C. Shaver B. replication
D. Hyline C. rotation
D. randomisation
47. Consumers need current market information
A. in order to identify the cheapest 53. Army worms damage maize crops by
market and buy from there. eating
B. make high profits. A. roots.
C. select the best market in which to sell. B. tassels.
D. choose crops wisely. C. cobs.
D. leaves.
48. Why is ploughing important in land
preparation? 54. Which of the following is an effect of
A. to plant early rapid population growth on agriculture?
B. to reduce labour A. inadequate land for farming
C. to grow more crops B. decrease in price of farm inputs
D. to loosen the soil C. improved living standards
D. high cost of labour
49. Money used to start business is called ___
A. capital. 55. Which of the following vegetables can be
B. loan. attacked by black rot disease?
C. income. A. Tomato, cabbage and rape
D. profit. B. Cabbage, onion and garlic
C. Rape, cabbage and mustard
D. Carrot, tomato and garlic

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56. The washing down of nutrients in the soil 62. Supplying in maize should be done
profile is called ______ A. during planting
A. decomposition. B. before germination
B. leaching. C. soon after germination
C. infiltration. D. before planting
D. erosion.
63. Cannibalism in a deep litter house takes
57. Which of the following is an effect of place when there is inadequate
overgrazing? A. light.
A. high infiltration and low runoff B. feed.
B. high infiltration and high runoff C. drugs.
C. low infiltration and low runoff D. litter.
D. low infiltration and high runoff
64. Which of the following is an example of a
58. What is the name of the feed given to pigs surface irrigation system?
that are ready for the market? A. drip
A. creep feed B. watering can
B. grower’s mash C. sprinkler
C. fattener meal D. furrow
D. weaner meal
65. Which of the following inputs can be
59. Which of the following management included in crop production?
practices is done in poultry? A. actellic
A. thinning B. amprol
B. dipping C. grower’s mash
C. farrowing D. troughs
D. debeaking
66. What is the function of the omasum in the
60. Which of the following crops is a legume? digestive system of a ruminant animal?
A. turnips A. digests proteins
B. pepper B. absorbs water
C. peas C. separates feed
D. lettuce D. digests cellulose

61. Sunlight influences poultry production in 67. Which of the following is an extensive
that it increases production of farming system?
A. manure. A. shifting cultivation
B. eggs. B. crop rotation
C. feed. C. agroforestry
D. feathers. D. mixed cropping

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68. Which of the following pests transmits 72. Which of the following animals is a pig?
rosette disease in groundnuts? A. sow
A. termites B. doe
B. grasshoppers C. boar
C. aphids D. cock
D. beetles
73. Which of the following is a biological
69. Which of the following marketing weathering agent?
functions can allow farmers to sell their A. water
produce when demand is high? B. wind
A. distribution C. temperature
B. grading D. plant roots
C. transportation
D. storage 74. Which of the following breeds of pigs is a
local breed?
Table 3 shows demand and supply of A. Spotted black
bananas in relation to price. Use it to B. Berkshire
answer Questions 70 and 71. C. Hampshire
D. Saddle back
Table 3
Price Demand Supply 75. Which of the following factors can
(MK/kg) (kg) (kg) increase the supply of farm produce to the
5 620 100 market?
10 510 180 A. low population
20 290 410 B. low prices
25 135 540 C. high prices
D. cost of production
70. What is the relationship between price and
demand for bananas? 76. An “equilibrium price” is the
A. demand decreases as price increases A. selling price
B. demand increases as price increases B. highest price
C. demand does not change as price C. lowest price
increases D. market price
D. demand is equal to price
77. How many maize seeds should a farmer
71. What is the income when the price of plant per station if the spacing between
bananas is K20? planting stations is 30 cm?
A. K 700 A. 1
B. K 720 B. 2
C. K 5, 800 C. 3
D. K 8, 200 D. 4

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Figure 3 is a diagram showing a farm 81. Which of the following diseases attacked
structure. Use it to answer Questions 78 the vegetables?
and 79. A. black rot
B. leaf spot
C. damping off
D. bacterial wilt

82. The microorganism that causes the disease is

A. virus
B. fungus
C. protozoa
D. bacteria

Figure 3 83. Which of the following ways can control

78. What is the name of the farm structure? the disease?
A. fence A. reduce watering
B. cattle crush B. spray daconil
C. dip tank C. correct spacing
D. granary D. remove infected plants

79. Which of the following is the importance 84. Which of the following activities on a
of the farm structure? farm can deplete natural resources?
A. acts as a crop storage facility A. establishing woodlots
B. keeps away farm animals B. constructing box ridges
C. keeps farm animals at night C. cultivating on steep slopes
D. acts as a crop processing facility D. making ridges across the slope

80. Top soil is important for crop production 85. Which of the following parasites can
because it contains distract an animal from eating due to
A. humus irritation?
B. gravel A. liver fluke
C. plant roots B. tape worm
D. big air spaces C. biting louse
D. round worm
Form two students observed that leaves of
vegetables were drying even when water 86. Which of the following is a basic business
supply was adequate. Use this information management concept?
to answer Questions 81 to 83. A. record keeping
B. selling
C. marketing
D. grading

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87. The major limitation of human power is 92. Which of the following is a minor factor of
that it is production?
A. scarce A. capital
B. slow B. land
C. inefficient C. climate
D. expensive D. labour

88. Which of the following factors are 93. What name is given to the money that a
necessary for seed germination? farmer obtains from a bank in order to start
A. soil, moisture and light business?
B. air, moisture and warmth A. income
C. warmth, air and light B. loan
D. soil, warmth and air C. interest
D. capital
89. How can land degradation be controlled?
A. cultivating along the river banks 94. The available food that is required to meet
B. applying inorganic fertilizers people’s needs in a country is called food
C. making ridges across the slope A. supply.
D. practicing irrigation farming B. production.
C. distribution.
A farmer keeps pigs in a khola. He provides D. consumption.
feed and water to the animals everyday.
Use this information to answer Questions 95. The method of applying fertilizer to maize
90 and 91. plants by making holes on both sides of the
plant is _______
90. The name of the system of raising pigs is A. broadcasting.
A. rotational grazing. B. foliar.
B. stall feeding. C. banding.
C. continuous grazing. D. dollop.
D. free range.
96. Which of the following factors is not
91. What is the importance of this system of necessary for seed germination?
raising pigs to the growing population? A. air
A. reduces labour B. warmth
B. reduces dependency on one type of C. soil
food D. water
C. helps to control population growth
D. increases meat production 97. Which of the following is a ruminant
animal?
A. Pig
B. cattle
C. rabbit
D. chicken
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98. Which of the following farm structures is 102. Which variety should farmers be advised
used in animal production? to grow?
A. crush A. P
B. granary B. Q
C. shed C. R
D. bam D. S

99. Why should vegetables be stored in a cool A sample of garden soil was dried until it
place? had constant weight. The results are shown
A. to sell them quickly below:
B. to prevent them from thieves Weight of soil before drying = 4g
C. to make them soft Weight of soil after drying = 3g
D. to prevent them from withering.
Use this information to answer Questions
100. Which of the following is an intensive 103 and 104.
farming system in animal production?
A. stall feeding 103. The aim of the experiment was to find out
B. mixed cropping the amount of
C. free range A. humus in the soil.
D. agroforestry B. water in the soil.
C. air in the soil.
Table 4 below shows results of an D. living organisms in the soil.
experiment on varieties of maize expressed
in kg/ha. Use it to answer Questions 101 104. What was the percentage of the soil
and 102. constituent found in the experiment?
Table 4 A. 25
B. 33
Variety Yield (kg/ha) C. 40
P 4318
D. 75
Q 3269
R 2657 105. Calcium is important to layers because it
S 1840 helps in formation of
A. large chicks.
101. The aim of the experiment was to find out B. large eggs.
the variety that was C. egg shells.
A. fast maturing. D. egg yolk.
B. disease resistant.
C. easy to harvest. 106. Which of the following is a predator of
D. most productive. chickens?
A. round worm
B. tick
C. mite
D. raven
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107. Which of the following is a safety measure 113. Which of the following fertilizers is
when spraying chemicals in vegetables? applied to maize as a basal dressing?
A. wearing a jacket A. Sulphate of Ammonia
B. wearing a mask B. Calcium Ammonium Nitrate
C. spraying on a windy day C. 23 : 21 : 0 + 4S
D. spraying while harvesting D. Urea

108. Which of the following is not a source of 114. Which of the following types of irrigation
finance (money) for agricultural systems is most suitable for sloping land?
production? A. furrow
A. agricultural extension workers B. basin
B. village banks C. sprinkler
C. personal savings D. flood
D. commercial banks
A pig showed the following symptoms of a
109. Which of the following pests can damage disease: blood in faeces, high temperature
maize in the garden and storage? and difficult breathing. Use this
A. aphid information to answer Questions 115 to
B. locust 117.
C. mouse
D. grasshopper 115. What is the name of the disease which
attacked the pig?
110. What name is given to an estimate of A. hog cholera
income and expenditure that a farmer B. African Swine Fever
expects from a business? C. Mastitis
A. financing D. anaemia
B. profit
C. budget 116. Which of the following organisms caused
D. production the disease?
A. bacteria
111. Agricultural produce can be made B. fungi
available throughout the year by C. virus
A. lowering the price of farm produce. D. protozoa
B. storing the farm produce.
C. advertising the farm produce. 117. The disease can be controlled by
D. improving roads from farms. A. treating the pig udder with antiseptic.
B. injecting the pig with antibiotics.
112. Which of the following varieties of C. adding iron to pig feed.
groundnuts is resistant to rosette disease? D. killing and burning the diseased pig.
A. RGI
B. Malimba
C. Manipintar
D. Chalimbana
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118. What name is given to the practice of 124. Which of the following factors can be used
giving extra feed to pigs in the last six to grade tomatoes for sale?
weeks of pregnancy? A. colour of the tomatoes
A. fattening B. cost of production
B. drenching C. quantity of the tomatoes
C. flushing D. availability of markets
D. steaming up
125. Why should a farmer provide a heater in a
119. Which of the following is an effect of broiler house during the first 2 weeks?
deforestation in agriculture? A. to kill parasites
A. increased labour costs B. to provide light
B. increased soil erosion C. to provide warmth
C. increased price of firewood D. to scare away predators
D. increased land for farming
126. Oxidation in chemical weathering involves
120. Which of the following ways can help to reaction of
improve animal production? A. carbon dioxide and water.
A. use of correct land husbandry B. carbon dioxide and iron.
practices C. oxygen and iron.
B. applying a lot of inorganic fertilizer D. oxygen and water.
C. use of improved breeds
D. applying herbicides correctly 127. What is the main reason for providing pigs
with “pig finisher”?
121. Which of the following is an example of a A. to make the pigs docile
live fence? B. to fatten the pigs
A. brick fence C. to allow pigs produce more milk
B. wire fence D. to prepare the pigs for breeding
C. wooden fence
D. hedge fence 128. Which of the following is an extensive
farming system?
122. To which group of vegetables does pepper A. mixed cropping
belong? B. agroforestry
A. fruit C. stall feeding
B. leaf D. ranching
C. root
D. legume 129. What happens to demand and supply of a
commodity at equilibrium price?
123. Which of the following is the main factor A. demand is greater than supply
of production? B. demand and supply are equal
A. climate C. supply is greater than demand
B. market D. demand and supply increase
C. quota
D. capital
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130. Which of the following is an organic Tobacco farmer borrowed K40, 000.00
fertilizer? from a bank at an interest rate of 25% per
A. Compost manure annum. Use this information to answer
B. Calcium Ammonium Nitrate Questions 135 and 136.
C. Urea
D. Sulphate of Ammonia 135. What was the total interest at the end of
the year?
131. How many kilogrammes of seed would be A. K 1, 600.00
required for a 5000 m2 plot if seed rate is B. K 2, 500.00
25 kilogrammes per hectare? C. K 10, 000.00
A. 12.5 kg D. K 50, 000.00
B. 125 kg
C. 200 kg 136. If the farmer obtained K63, 000.00 at the
D. 125000 kg end of the year, how much profit did he
make?
132. Which of the following practices can help A. K 13, 000.00
to increase food supply in Malawi? B. K 23, 000.00
A. encouraging people to move from C. K 53, 000.00
rural areas to urban areas D. K 103, 000.00
B. teaching farmers improved farming
methods 137. Which of the following is a problem faced
C. encouraging farmers to practise by poultry farmers in Malawi?
monocropping A. inadequate water supply
D. encouraging farmers to cultivate B. inadequate land
marginal lands C. high cost of labour
D. high cost of feed
133. Which of the following is a crop
production tool? Figure 4 is a diagram of a groundnut pest.
A. feed trough Use it to answer Questions 138 to 140.
B. watering can-
C. syringes
D. hammer

134. Which of the following ways can control

the spread of African Swine Fever?
A. imposing quota on pig production
B. quarantining all infected and healthy
pigs Figure 4
C. cleaning pig houses
D. vaccinating all infected pigs

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138. What is the name of the pest? Table 5 shows treatments which were used
A. weevil in a “Weeding Trial”. Use it to answer
B. aphid Questions 143 to 145.
C. termite Table 5
D. beetle PLOT MAIZE TREATMENT
VARIETY
139. The damage that the pest causes to 1 DK 8071 Weeded once
groundnuts is that it 2 DK 8071 Weeded twice
A. bores groundnut stems. 3 NSCM 41 Weeded three times
B. transmits virus to groundnuts. 4 DK 8071 Not weeded
C. eats groundnut seeds.
D. causes yellowing of leaves. 143. What was wrong with this experiment?
A. The number of plots were very few.
140. Which of the following methods can be B. Some plots were weeded more times
used to control the pest? than others.
A. planting groundnuts early C. One plot had a different variety from
B. fumigating groundnut seeds in the rest.
storage D. Only hybrid maize varieties were
C. planting improved varieties of used.
groundnuts
D. harvesting groundnuts early 144. What was the variable in the experiment?
A. frequency of weeding
141. A trader intends to transport fresh eggs to B. number of plots
a market far from the farm. What should C. maize variety
be done to ensure that the eggs reach the D. plot size
market safely?
A. take the eggs to the market in the 145. Which of the following was a control
afternoon treatment?
B. advertise the eggs in the newspapers A. weeded once
C. package the eggs in trays B. weeded twice
D. grade the eggs properly C. weeded three times
D. not weeded
142. Which of the following irrigation systems
is suitable for hilly areas? 146. The allocation of different types of work
A. sprinkler and tasks to females and males on a farm
B. basin is division of labour according to
C. flood A. ages of the workers on the farm.
D. furrow B. size of the farm.
C. gender of the workers on the farm.
D. equipment available on the farm.

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Figure 5 is a diagram of a crop husbandry 150. Which of the following is the use of the
practice in tomato production. Use it to material labeled N
answer Questions 147 to 150. A. to enable the tomato roots to absorb
nutrients.
B. to prevent the tomato fruits from
rotting
C. to support the seedling from the
ground
D. to allow the tomato fruits mature
early

151. Which of the following practices on a farm

can help to conserve forests?
A. building dams
B. shifting cultivation
Figure 5
C. making fire breaks
147. The crop husbandry practice shown in the
D. making ridges along the slope
diagram is __________
A. hardening off.
152. Which of the following poultry feeds
B. pruning.
should be given to chickens raised to
C. thinning.
produce eggs between 6 and 20 weeks old?
D. staking.
A. chick mash
B. finishers’ mash
148. Why is the crop husbandry practice
C. layers’ mash
important in tomato production?
D. growers’ mash
A. It enables the tomato plant grow
straight.
153. In an experiment, it was concluded that
B. It allows the tomato fruits mature
seeds stored in a granary could germinate
early.
while those stored in a refrigerator could
C. It prevents the tomato fruits from
not. The aim of the experiment was to find
rotting.
out the effect of
D. It enables the tomato roots to absorb
A. storage facilities on germination.
nutrients.
B. air on germination.
C. temperature on germination.
149. What name is given to the material labeled M
D. humidity on germination.
A. root
B. symbiont
154. A farmer planted 840 seeds. Forty percent
C. stake
of the seeds germinated. How many seeds
D. thread or rope
did not germinate?
A. 336
B. 504
C. 560
D. 630
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155. Which of the following are examples of 158. What is the structure used for?
fixed inputs for a farmer who grows A. controlling ticks by showering
vegetables and keeps chickens? animals with chemicals.
1) fertilizer B. controlling ticks by dipping the
2) poultry vaccine animal in chemicals.
3) sprayer C. holding animals so that they can be
4) permanent labour closely inspected.
A. 1 and 2 D. keeping animals when they are
B. 2 and 3 about to give birth.
C. 3 and 4
D. 1 and 4 159. Which concepts of farm business
management help farmers to make proper
156. Which of the following is not a decisions on a farm?
characteristic of a good house for layers? 1) profit and loss
A. well thatched 2) farm records
B. clean and dry 3) financing
C. creditworthy 4) budgeting
D. well lit A. 2 and 4
B. 1 and 3
Figure 6 is a diagram of a farm structure. C. 2 and 3
Use it to answer Questions 157 to 158. D. 1 and 4

160. The chemical for controlling maize stalk

borer is
A. actellic.
B. menazon.
C. dimethoate.
D. diptrex.

Table 6 shows manure obtained from two

types of animals of different ages. Use it to
answer Questions 161 and 162.
Table 6
Manure type P Q R S
Type of animal Goat Pig Goat Pig
Age of animal 4 12 4 12
Figure 6
157. What is the name of the farm structure? 161. Which manure is of highest quality?
A. cattle crush A. P
B. spray race B. Q
C. dip tank C. R
D. cattle ranch D. S

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162. If manure P and R were kept under shade
while Q and S were kept in an open space.
165. Which of the following ways can help to
Which manure would have greater ability
control the parasite?
to improve crop yields?
A. feeding animals properly
A. P
B. putting new stock in quarantine
B. Q
C. spraying animals frequently with
C. R
chemicals
D. S
D. avoiding grazing animals in thick
forests
Figure 7 is a diagram of a parasite of
animals. Use it to answer Questions 163 to
Figure 8 shows a demand curve for beans
165.
at a market. Use it to answer Questions
166 and 167.

Figure 7
163. What damage does this parasite cause to Figure 8
animals? 166. At which price would buyers not want to
A. It sucks blood. buy any beans at the market?
B. It sucks digested food. A. K 5.00
C. It destroys tissues. B. K 7.00
D. It damages the skin. C. K 10.00
D. K 12.00
164. Which of the following diseases does the
parasite transmit in animals? 167. What would be the quantity of beans
A. gumboro supplied to the market if the price was
B. anaemia K5/kg?
C. new castle disease A. 10 kg
D. African swine fever B. 15 kg
C. 30 kg
D. 40 kg

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In an outbreak that occurred at a poultry B. to allow the seedlings to adapt to field
farm many chicks were found with bloody conditions
diarrhoea. Use this information to answer C. to conserve water
Questions 168 and 169. D. to reduce weed growth
168. Name the disease that attacked the chicks.
A. diarrhoea 173. The law of supply states that
B. new castle A. as price increases, the supply of
C. fowl pox goods also increases.
D. coccidiosis B. as price increases, the supply of
goods decreases.
169. Which of the following sanitary measures C. as price increases, the supply of
could be used to control the disease? goods remains the same.
A. Slaughter and bury all infected D. as price decreases, the supply of
chicks. goods remains the same.
B. Keep litter clean and dry.
C. Cover the windows to prevent wind 174. Why are experiments important in
and dust from getting into the house. agriculture?
D. Provide a foot bath to disinfect 1) to help produce improved
chick’s feet before entering the varieties and improved breeds
poultry house. of livestock
2) to improve methods of farming
170. Rosette in groundnuts can best be controlled 3) to help calculate yields
by 4) to control diseases of crops and
1) close spacing animals
2) uprooting infected plants A. 1 only
3) growing resistant varieties B. 1 and 2
4) applying a suitable chemical C. 2 and 3
A. 1 only D. 2 and 4
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1, 2 and 3 175. Which of the following is a storage pest?
D. 4 only A. weevil
B. Stalk borer
171. An example of a straight fertilizer C. aphid
supplying phosphorus is D. caterpillar
A. single superphosphate
B. 20:20:0 176. One hectare of land is equivalent to
C. Urea A. 1 000 m2
D. DAP B. 4 900 m2
C. 10 000 m2
172. What is the importance of hardening off in D. 1 000 000 m2
vegetable growing?
A. to control diseases of vegetables 177. The main components of soil are
A. water, silt, clay and sand.
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B. air, sand, water and soil organisms.
C. inorganic particles, organic matter,
air and water.
D. mineral salts, water, air and organic
matter. 182. Afforestation is most beneficial on steep
Figure 9 is a diagram of soil conservation slopes because it:
structure. Use it to answer Questions 178 A. adds soil fertility.
and 179. B. provides timber.
C. improves the scenery.
D. controls soil erosion.

183. Poor root development in plants is caused

by lack of
A. nitrogen
B. potassium
C. phosphorus
Figure 9 D. calcium
178. Name the soil conservation structure.
A. contour bund 184. Why is quota allocation important in
B. steps tobacco production?
C. graded bunds A. to restrict factors of production
D. terraces B. to control the supply of a commodity
C. to reduce demand and supply
179. How does the structure conserve soil? D. to increase yield
A. It rids surface run-off away safely.
B. Provides ground cover. 185. Why is Agriculture referred to as the
C. It reduces speed of surface run-off. backbone of Malawi's economy?
D. It stores water. A. it is the main source of food for the
country
180. Which of the following is a biological soil B. it supplies raw materials for
conservation measure? Malawi's industries
A. overgrazing animals C. it supplies livestock feeds
B. planting grass D. it is the main foreign exchange
C. construction of box-ridges earner for the country
D. use of contour bunds
186. Which one of the following measures aims
181. Why should transplanting of vegetable at allowing rainwater to infiltrate into the
seedlings be done in the morning or soil?
evening? A. storm drains
A. seedlings grow faster. B. water ways
B. there is low evapotranspiration C. box-ridges
C. photosynthesis will be low. D. graded ridge
D. the soil contains more moisture.
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A. K35
B. K30
C. K25
D. K20
191. Mention any two companies that use maize
187. Which of the following are effects of soil
grain as a raw material.
erosion?
A. Chibuku Products and National Seed
1) run off increases
Company.
2) plant nutrients are carried away
B. Grain and Milling Company and
3) water infiltration increases
ADMARC
4) water infiltration decreases
C. Chibuku Products and Grain and
A. 1, 2 and 3
Milling Company
B. 1, 2 and 4
D. ADMARC and National Seed
C. 2, 3 and 4
Company.
D. 1, 3 and 4
192. What is an experiment?
Table 7 shows demand and supply of
A. It is the result of an investigation.
kholowa in relation to price. Use it to
B. It is a way of finding out the truth of
answer Questions 188 to 190.
something or an idea.
Table 7
C. It is the thing or factor being tested.
Demand Supply Price D. It is a control.
(Kg) (kg) (per kg)
70 20 K40 193. Why is it important to have a control in an
60 30 K35 experiment?
40 40 K30
30 50 K25 A. It acts as a treatment in an
20 70 K20 experiment.
B. It is a repetition of treatments which
188. What is the price of kholowa when the spreads the results.
demand is lowest? C. It serves as a comparison of results.
A. K40 D. It helps to have results favouring a
B. K35 treatment.
C. K25
D. K20 194. Yellowing of leaves is to nitrogen as
purple coloration of leaves is to
189. What is the equilibrium price? A. phosphorus
A. K25 B. calcium
B. K30 C. magnesium
C. K35 D. potassium
D. K40
195. The following are advantages of early
190. At which of the prices is the demand for planting except
kholowa greater than the supply of A. the crops mature early.
kholowa?
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B. plants get more nutrients before they
are leached.
C. there is high germination rate
D. the crop escapes certain late diseases
and pests 198. Which of the following inorganic
Figure 10 shows a setup of an experiment fertilizers is not a source of Nitrogen?
on soil composition. Cylinder X contained A. 23: 21: 0 + 4S
25 cm3 water and cylinder Y contained 25 B. Muriate of Potash
cm3 soil. C. Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN)
Later contents from the two cylinders were D. Urea
mixed and the results are shown in
cylinder Z. Use this information to answer 199. Which of the following factors can be used
Questions 196 and 197. for calculating plant population?
1) Spacing between planting
stations
2) Spacing between ridges
3) Number of planting stations per
ridge
4) Number of seeds per station
A. 1 and 4 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1, 2 and 4 only
Figure 10 D. 1, 2 and 3 only
196. What soil component was being investigated
in this experiment? 200. Which of the following terms refers to the
A. air condition where the plant leaves lose
B. water chlorophyll and become yellow?
C. organic matter A. Plant lodging
D. inorganic matter B. Volatilisation
C. Chlorosis
197. Calculate the percentage of the soil component D. Metabolism
under investigation.
A. 5 percent
B. 10 percent
C. 20 percent
D. 90 percent

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