EXAMINATION NUMBER: __________________________________________________
M012/II
CENTRAL EAST EDUCATION DIVISION
2023 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK EXAMINATION
AGRICULTURE
Subject number: M012/II
Tuesday, 14 March Time allowed: 1 ½ hours
8:00 am onwards
PAPER II
PRACTICAL
(40 marks)
1. This paper contains 7 printed pages.
Please check
Question Tick if Do not
2. This paper has two sections A and B
number answered write in
3. Follow instructions for each section these
4. In the table provided on this page tick columns
against the question number you have 1
answered
5. Hand in your question paper to the
invigilator when time is called to stop 2
writing
IMPORTANT 3
6. Make sure you write your Name in the
spaces provided on all the pages of this
4
paper before you start answering the
questions
TOTAL
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SECTION A (20 MARKS)
1. Describe the procedure of seeding mushroom spawns. Include materials in the
description
Materials that can be used
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(2 marks)
Procedure
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(8 marks)
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2. Study the type of budget in the table below and use it to answer questions a,
b, c, d to e
TOTAL COSTS OF CHANGE (MK) TOTAL REVENUE FROM CHANGE
(MK)
a. Extra cost c. Extra Revenue
100 sacks @ MK200 each 20,000 Sale of 100 bags of
maize stored @ 500,000
10 bottles of actellic dust @
11,000 MK5,000
MK 1100
Casual labour 20,000
b. Revenue forgone d. Cost saved
100 bags of maize @ MK Nil
2,500 each 250,000
a. Identify the type of budget
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(1 mark)
b. Calculate the profit or loss using the information in the table (5 marks)
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c. Should the farmer go ahead with this budget?
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(1 mark)
d. Give a reason for your answer in (c)
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(1 mark)
e. State any two uses of a partial budget
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(2 marks)
SECTION B (20 MARKS)
3. You are provided with specimen J.
a. State any two processing activities through which specimen J undergo in
readiness for storage
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(2 marks)
b. Give any one condition which is required in storage of specimen J.
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(1 mark)
c. Explain one way in which processing companies that use specimen J help to
ensure food security.
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d. (i) What type of demand does specimen J have on the market?
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(1 mark)
(ii) Give a reason for your answer to d. (i).
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e. Sketch a graph to illustrate the demand in d. (i). (3 marks)
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4. You are provided with the following:
- Specimen X
- Soil samples Y and Z
- Two leaves of blue litmus paper
- Distilled water
Procedure 1
- Feel soil sample Y and Z in between thumb and fore finger
a. Record results in the following table
Soil sample How it feels
(2marks)
Procedure 2
- Add to each soil sample in the container 50ml of distilled water.
- Dip the litmus paper in the soil solution and wait for 2 minutes
- Remove the litmus paper and observe the colour change
b. Record results on the colour of the litmus paper in the following table
Soil sample Colour of litmus paper
Y
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(2 marks)
c. Name the soil chemical property that is being investigated
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(1 mark)
d. Which soil is suitable for cultivation of specimen X in relation to results in (c)
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(1mark)
e. Give a reason for the answer
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(2 marks)
f. State any two ways of modifying the chemical property soil sample Y to suit
maize production
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(2 marks)
END OF QUESTION PAPER
NB: This paper contains 7 printed pages
