MINISTRY OF GENERAL EDUCATION

SOSTAZ PETAUKE DISTRICT

Mock Examination for School Certificate ordinary Level

GEOGRAPHY 2218//1

PAPER 1

AUGUST 2021

TIME: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

Instructions to candidates

1. Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.

2. Ensure that your name, center number and candidate number have been correctly
written on the spaces provided above

3. There are fifty (50) questions in this paper. Answer all the questions. For each
questions, there are four possible answers A, B, C and D, circle the option you consider
to be correct.

Information to candidates

1. Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for any wrong
answer

2. Cell phones and calculators are not allowed in the examination room

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SECTION A: MAP WORK AND BASIC TECHNIQUES

Questions 1 to 12 are based on the 1: 50 000 map extract of Bindura (Zimbabwe)

1. What is the six figure reference of the bridge that carries the wide tarred road as gravel road
across the Pote River?

A. 171804

B. 173 804

C. 187 804

D. 804 173

2. What is the height of the summit Gudza hill in grid square 2478?

A. 1080 metres

B. 1140 metres

C. 1180 metres

D. 1317.2 metres

3. What is the gradient between the Trigonometrical station in grid square1679 as the bridge in
grid square 1780?

A. 1 in 1

B. 1 in 6

C. 1 in 15

D. 1 in 60

4. Find the distance along river poto from the western edge of the map up to the bridge in grid
square 1780.

A. 2. 0 kilometers

B. 3. 0 kilometers

C. 4. 0 kilometers

D. 5.0 kilometers

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5. The Mazowe river generally flows from…………………………….

A. North east to south west

B. South west to North east

C. North to south

D. East to west

6. In which grid square are the following: a power line, Railway embankment, wide tarred roads
and sewerage ponds flow?

A. 2085

B. 2185

C. 2285

D. 2385

7. What is the main economic activity for Bindura?

A. Farming

B. Fishing

C. Lumbering

D. Tourism

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Study the map extract below and answer question 8.

8. Which of the following physical features is found in the above map extract?

A. Divide

B. Flood plain

C. Interlocking spurs

D. Waterfalls

9. The settlement part in the area south of polo river is ………………….

A. Dispersed

B. Linear

C. Nucleated

D. Radial

10. Map evidence shows that the railway branch line burn side as below was constructed to
transport.

A. Fish bundles

B. Plantation crops

C. Quarried materials

D. Town employment

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11. What is the main vegetation type found in the central part G Bindura?

A. Dense bush

B. Forest

C. Medium bush

B. Sparse bush

12. The dominant drainage pattern in the map extract of Bindura is generally……………

A. Dendritic

B. Trellis

C. Radial

D. Rectangular

SECTION B: ELEMENTS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

13. Study the diagram below

The diagram shows the position of the earth in its Orbit on ………………….

A. 21st march

B. 21st june

C. 22nd December

D. 23rd September

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14. Budapest (Hungary) and Cape Town (South Africa) lie along the same meridian (180 E.).
Budapest lies at 47oN while Cape Town lies at 33oS. What is the approximate distance between
them?

A. 1554 km

B. 3663 km

C. 5217 km

D. 8880 km

15. The permanent tilt of the earth’s axis and revolution of the earth in its Orbit together cause...

A. Day and night

B. Deflection of the wind

C. Difference in the times between places on different meridians

D. Varying lengths of the day and night at different times of the year.

Study the diagram below and answer questions

16. The feature above is most likely to have been caused by …………………………..

A. Erosion

B. faulting

C. Folding

D. Jointing

17. The up folds in the earth’s crust due to compressional forces are called…………………..
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 A. Anticlines

B. Nappe

C. Overfold

D. Synclines

18. Sediments deposited in the mouth of the river build a ……………………………………

A. Basin

B. Delta

C. Erosional plain

D. Flood plain

19. Which of the following is not an agent of weathering?

A. Animals

B. Air pressure

C. Plants

D. Rainfall

20. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follows:

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The volcanic feature X shown in the diagram above is a …………………………..

A. Caldera

B. Crater

C. Dyke

D. Spine.

21. Which of the following is known as a potent rock breaker in the temperate latitudes?

A. Biotic factors

B. Frost actions

C. Repeated temperature changes

D. Repeated wetting and drying

22. Which of the following is the correct order of the processes that lead to the formation of a
river delta?

A. Corrosion, transportation, deposition

B. Deposition, corrosion, transportation

C. Deposition, transportation, corrosion

D. Transportation, corrosion, deposition

23. Apart from an anemometer, what else can be used to estimate wind speed?

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 A. Aneroid

B. Beaufort scale

C. Hygrometer

D. Wind rose

24. Study the diagram below showing an air pressure system and answer the question that
follows.

Which one of the following systems is represented by the above diagram?

A. A cyclone in the southern hemisphere

B. A cyclone in the northern hemisphere

C. An anticyclone in the northern hemisphere

D. An anticyclone in the southern hemisphere

25. On a map , lines joining places with equal amount of cloud are known as……………….

A. Isobars

B. Isohels

C. Isonephs

D. Isohyets

26. Study the diagram below representing the amount of cloud cover.

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What is the amount of cloud cover shown in the diagram?

A. 2/8

B. 4/8

C. 6/8

D. 7/8

27. The earth’s atmosphere gets………………………………………………….

A. Thicker as altitude increases

B. Thicker as latitude decreases

C. Thinner as altitude decreases

D. Thinner as altitude increases

28. Which one of the following is characteristic of Mediterranean climate?

A. Heavy participation all year round with a double maximum

B. Hot, dry summers and wet, mild winters

C. Long winter drought with short summers

D. Long west summers with dry winters.

29. Which of the following climatic regions is not crossed by the prime meridian?

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 A. Equatorial

B. Hot desert

C. Savanna

D. Temperate continental

30. Study the climate data below for station X, whose altitude is 18 meters above the sea level.

MONTH J F M A M J J A S O N D
TEMP(0C) 21 21 19 17 14 13 12 13 14 16 18 19
RAINFALL(MM) 15 08 18 48 78 84 89 66 43 31 18 10
The natural vegetation at station X would be ………………………………..

A. Evergreen trees and Shrubs

B. Grass land with willows

C. Tall grass inter faced with trees

D. Teak forests and mangroves

31. Which of the following is a characteristics features of vegetation in cool temperate regions?

A. Broad leaves

B. Bulbous roots

C. Cone shaped tress

D. Waxy leaves

32. The extreme diurnal range of the temperature is characteristics of the…………………….

A. Equatorial climate

B. Hot deserts climate

C. Mediterranean climate

D. Sudan climate.

SECTION C : ELEMENTS OF WORLD HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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33. Study the diagram below which shows population structure.

Which statement is true regarding the population as depicted in the above structure?

A. High fertility and high mortality

B. Low fertility and high mortality

C. Low fertility and low mortality

D. Low life expectancy.

34. The equatorial regions are sparsely populated because .

A. Of dangerous animals

B. Of thick forests

C. Primitive people live there

D. Soils are not good for agriculture

35. Which of the following best describes what life expectancy is?

A. Number of years a person is expected to live

B. Number of years a person is expected to be very productive

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 C. Period when resources available can sustain the population.

D. Period when the fertility rate of the population is at its highest.

36. Study the map below and answer questions 36 and 37.

Which of the shaded areas marked A, B, C and D has low population density due to arid climatic
conditions?

38. Which one of the following crops can be used as a fuel, stock feed and alcoholic drink?

A. Barley

B. Maize

C. Sugar cane

D. Tea

39. Which of the following crops grows best at the mean temperature of 24o C- 26oC, heavy
summer rain of 2000 mm and well drained soils rich in potash?

A. Cocoa

B. Coffee

C. Maize

D. Wheat

40. Viticulture is the growing of………………………………………………….

A. Citrus fruits and canning

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 B. Grapes for wine making

C. Vegetables and canning

D. Wheat and processing it

41. Which of the following is a type of extensive farming ?

A. Dairy farming

B. Fish farming

C. Ranching

D. Truck farming

42. What farming techniques are most farmers likely to resort to in order to improve soil
fertility?

A. Contour ploughing

B. Shifting cultivation

C. Terracing

D. The growing of cover crops

43. Study the diagram below.

What source of energy is based in the above diagram?

A. Biomas

B . Geothermal

C. Petroleum

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 D. Wind

44. In which of the following are oil traps likely to occur……………. Impervious rock layers.

A. Anticlines above

B. Anticlines below

C. Synclines above

D. Synclines below

45. Which of the following energy sources leads to contaminations of soil by radioactive
materials ?

A. Hydro- electric power

B. Nuclear power

C. Solar power

D. Thermal power

46. Which one of the following is not a major use of coal?

A. Fueling

B. Generating electricity

C. Raising steam power

D. The manufacture of chemical products.

47. Study the map of Australia below.

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Which raw material obtained from areas W and Z is most important in iron and steel industry?

A. Coal

B. Iron ore

C. Limestone

D. Nickel

48. Which of the following types of energy is referred to white coal?

A. Geothermal

B. Hydro- electricity

C. Natural gas

D. Petroleum

49. At a hydro- electric power station , what directly converts potential energy in water to
electricity?

A. Generator

B. Penstocks

C. Transformers

D. Turbines

50. The consumption of steel products by the Automobile industry is not as much as before
because of…………………………….

A. Increased dependence on fiber glass

B. Increased dependence on copper

C. Greater independence on locomotive transport

D. Reduced number of vehicles manufacture.

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