FORM TWO PRE- MOCK EXAMINATIONS
GEOGRAPHY
GOLDEN SECONDARY SCHOOL – EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
TIME: 2:30HRS
INSTRUCTIONS:
- This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
- Answer ALL questions in section A and B and any two (2) questions from section C.
- Write your Examination number at the top right corner of every page.
- All writing must be in blue or black ink.
- Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
- All wring must be written in the space provided.
SECTION A (25 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. Read the following statements carefully and then write the letter of the most correct answer in the box provided against each questions.
- The objects with leading heads and bright tails on the sky are called
- The asteroids
- The cometarions
- The comets
- The sun
- Lithosphere makes up apart of the Earth’s crust which compose of
- Water and plants
- Rocks
- Rock and air
- Rocks and animals
- The time when the sun is overhead on latitude 23½ or 23½N and S is called
- Equatorial overhead
- Equinox
- Aphelion and perihelion
- Tropical climate
- Which of the following is the largest scale
- 1:50,000
- 1:10,000
- 1:100,000
- 1:1,000,000
- If it is 3.00pm at Musoma 330E in Tanzania, what will be the time at Bankok 500E.
- 10.00 am
- 4. 32 pm
- 10.00 pm
- 4.08 pm
- Iringa at 800m above sea level has a temperature reading of 280C. Determine the temperature of Karatu which is located at 1400 metres above sea level.
- 3.60C
- 24.000C
- 24.40C
- 31.60C
- The four seasons that occur on the Earth’s surface are the result of
- Rotation of the moon on its axis
- Rotation of the earth on its axis
- Evolution of the earth
- Revolution of the earth
- The approximate distance of the moon from the sun is
- 378,200 mill km
- 375,000 mill km
- 386,000 mill km
- 376,000 mill km
- What is the compass bearing of North North West (NNW)?
- 3150
- 337½0
- 0.480
- 2200
- The following lists the element of weather except
- Wind, humidity and temperature
- Humidity, mountains and rainfall
- Claud cover, temperature and wind
- Temperature cloud cover and rainfall
- Match each item in LIST A with responses in LIST B by writing the letter of the correct response below the corresponding item number in the table provided.
LIST A | LIST B |
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Answers
LIST A | i | ii | iii | iv | v |
LIST B |
- Each of the following statements is either true or false. Write TRUE against a true statement or FALSE against a false statement.
- Monoculture is a practice of growing only one type of cash crop in the same field for ten years. ………………..
- RUBADA is a river development project that have been well improved in Pangani river due to HEP. …………..
- The distance from home to the water sources do affect only girls because they are the one who dig wells. ……………….
- Corn production in the USA is mainly for domestic uses. …………………
- In Tanzania, cotton is highly produced by small scale farmers. ……………..
- Water supply has little effect on the quality of life of a house hold. …………………..
- Climate is an average weather condition of a place recorded over a long period of time average to only twenty years. ………………….
- Among the features of the earth’s surface, mountains one not among them. ………………
- Fold mountains are formed by wrinkling of the earth’s crust due to tension forces. ……………
- In order to establish a good plantation, markets and labour may be the only conditions to be considered. ……………..
SECTION B (45 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
- (a) Outline five (05) benefits of forest resource to the human being and environment.
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(b) Name atleast five (05) uses of water for the development of any country.
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(c) Mention five (05) factors affecting temperature of a place.
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(d) Give any five (05) purposes of T.V.A
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- Study the map extract of Town “T” and answer the question that follow:
- List two ways used by this map to express the scale.
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- Calculate the area covered by Lake BARAKA in square kilometers.
- Give the direction of Moroto village from Makalaa village.
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- What are the features found in the following grid references?
- 025225 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- 035242 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Mention any three (3) economic importance of Lake Barara to the people living around the lake.
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- Carefully stud the climatic data given for the station “X” and then answer the question that follows:-
MONTH | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
TEMP (0C) | 21.7 | 21 | 20.6 | 18.9 | 16 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 16 | 20 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.2 |
RAIN (mm) | 149.7 | 101.6 | 78.7 | 17.8 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 22.9 | 83 | 132 |
(i) What is the annual range of temperature for station x.
- Compute the mean temperature for station x.
- What is the total amount of rainfall as indicated by station x.
- What type of climate does station x experience: ………………………………………………………………………………….
Give two (02) reasons to support your answer above.
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- Suggest two main cash and food crops grown on station x.
- Cash crops (i) ……………………………………………………………………………..
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- Food crops (i) ………………………………………………………………………………
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SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer two (02) questions from this section
- Suggest six (6) ways through which Africa can improve the mining sector.
- What are the six (06) problems facing cotton production in East Africa.
- Using examples from Tanzania, explain six (06) benefits of tourism sector to the economy of Tanzanians.
- Explain six (06) main problems facing transport system in Tanzania.
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