SUBJECT: AGRIC.

SCIENCES
PAPER : 1
EXAMINATION: JUNE 2024
GRADE : 12
PRESENTER: MRS MONAKALI. L
(AMATHOLE EAST)
 STRUCTURE OF PAPER-1

• SECTION A = QUESTION 1 = 45
• SECTION B = QUESTION 2 = 35
= QUESTION 3 = 35
= QUESTION 4 = 35
TOTAL MARKS = 150 marks

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DISTRIBUTION OF TOPICS &
ALLOCATION OF MARKS
SECTION A
QUESTION 1
Total for Section A = 45 marks
Weighting = 30% of 150 marks
 Animal nutrition = 15 marks
 Production, Protection & Control =15
 Animal reproduction = 15

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 Cont. of Section A
QUESTION 1.1 20 marks
Weighting : 44.4% of SECTION A
Instruction:
Various options (A, B, C and D)are
provided as possible answers to the
given question questions.

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 Cont. of Section A
QUESTION 1. 2 10 marks
Weighting : 22.2% of SECTION A
Instruction:
 Matching Columns
 Indicate whether the descriptions in
COLUMN B apply to A ONLY, B
ONLY, BOTH A and B or NONE of
the items in COLUMN A

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 Cont. of Section A
QUESTION 1.3 10 marks
Weighting : 22.2% of SECTION A
Instruction:
 Give ONE word/ term (CONCEPTS)
 Needs knowledge acquisition and analysis
of terminologies

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 Cont. of Section A
QUESTION 1.4 5 marks
Weighting : 11.1% of SECTION A
Instruction:
 Change the UNDERLINED WORD(S)
(CONCEPTS)
 Needs knowledge acquisition and analysis
of terminologies

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 SECTION B
QUESTION 2: ANIMAL NUTRITION
Weighting: 23,3% of 150 marks
 Classification of animals based on their
digestive tracts (ruminants and non
ruminants)
 Digestive organs based on diagrams,
names, location, functions and their
adaptations, age (young and mature
animal).

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 Cont. of Question 2
• Processes involved in digestion
(chemical and mechanical digestion,
ingestion, peristalsis, re-troperistalsis,
regurgitation, mastication, absorption,
assimilation, eructation, egestion.

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 Cont. of Question 2
 Feeds:
• Classes (concentrates and roughages)
• Examples, Ratios (Proteins and
carbohydrates)
• Types of feeds (maize meal, Lucerne, silage,
oat hay etc
• Components of feeds: (Carbohydrates,
proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and water)
• Functions and deficiency symptoms of feed
components.
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 Cont. of Question 2
 Calculations:
NB: Correct formulars
• Nutritive ratio (wide or Narrow) include 1: in
each step
• Peason square
• Digestibility co-efficient (full formular, data
interpretation, analysis and suitabilities)
• Fodder flow (calculate per day, per month,
per year, conversion of units into tons)
• Feed conversion ratio (FCR) no units in the
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 QUESTION 3
ANIMAL PRODUCTION, PROTECTION AND
CONTROL
 Production systems: Intensive ( backyard,
battery cage, deep litter) and Extensive (Free
range)
 Farming systems ( subsistence/ small scale
and commercial/ large scale)
 Handling facilities and equipment (diagrams/
pictures)

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 Cont. of Question 3
 PROTECTION AND CONTROL
• Types of diseases: eg Viral, name of a
disease eg FMD, symptoms eg mouth
blisters, transmission, common infected
animals, preventative measure, economic
implication, role of the farmer, role of the
state.
• Parasites and their life cycles based on
number of hosts and control.

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 Cont. of Question 3
 Plant poisoning (Poison bulb, Maize
fungus, Thorn apple etc)
 Metallic poisoning ( Urea and Salt)
 Prevention and control.

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 QUESTION 4: ANIMAL
REPRODUCTION
 Differentiate between the diagrams of male
(Bull) and female(Cow) animals.
 Primary and secondary sex organs.
 Different parts, functions, congenital defects.
 Processes: spermatogenesis,
oogenesis,fertilization, oestrus, and oestrus
cycles, synchronization of oestrus,
gestation, parturition

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 Cont. of Question 4
 Artificial Insemination, embryo transfer/
transplantation in a sequential order,
cloning/nuclear transfer
 Hormones and their functions.

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 THE END

“DIFFICULT ROADS OFTEN LEAD TO

BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS”
author: Unknown

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