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ST. MARY’S MAZINDE JUU SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM ONE OPENING EXAMINATION, JULY 2024

CIVICS

TIME: 2:00HRS Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Instructions

 This paper consists of three sections A, B and C

 Answer all questions in all sections
 Any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room
 Remember to write your name on every page of your examination paper

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

QUESTION SCORE EXAMINER’S
NUMBER INITIALS
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SECTION A: (15 Marks)

1. For each of the item (i – x) choose the correct answer in the space provided by writing the letter of the
correct answer.
i. Mr. Matata works as carpentry at Uhuru market in Mjimwema village. How can you describe the
kind of job which is performed by Mr. Matata?
A. Mental- related works
B. Physical-related work
C. Intellectual-related works
D. Making of furniture
ii. Which of the following kind of citizenship is granted in Tanzania to a person from a Common
wealth country?
A. Citizenship by naturalization
B. Citizenship by birth
C. Citizenship by descent
D. Citizenship by registration
iii. The following are the various kinds of relationship that can be used to form a group of family in
a society EXCEPT
A. Marriage relationship
B. Blood relationship
C. Neighbouring relationship
D. Adoption relationship
iv. Joyce is a single mother who lives with her four children at Nyauko Street. Which of the
following is not a factor that may cause such kind of Joyce’s family?
A. Death of both parents
B. Divorce
C. Death of one parent
D. Personal choice
v. Which of the following is the advantage of the family stability at the national level?
A. Reduce the number of street children
B. It building high self-esteem
C. Increase the development of science and technology
D. Promotes individual development
vi. In many urban areas in Tanzania, there are street children who roaming in the street with no
permanent residence. Which of the following you think is not a factor that may cause this
problem?
A. Cruelty in their families
B. Wealthiest of their families
C. Lack of family care
D. Separation of their families
vii. The situation that allow many secondary students in Tanzania to choose the job that they like to
do in their lives is referred as
A. Career choice
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B. Career development
C. Career improvement
D. Career
viii. Which of the following set describes the parental responsibilities at the family level?
A. maintaining family discipline, attending to school and providing basic needs
B. Obeying elders, perform domestic task and organizing family activities
C. Providing basic needs, maintaining family discipline and organizing family activities
D. Engaging in learning, providing basic needs and taking care of the children
ix. The legal status of a person in Tanzania which enable him or her to be protected and given
privileges by the government is referrers as
A. Citizen
B. Citizenship
C. Dual citizenship
D. Refugees
x. How health problems can affect the career development of a person?
A. Make mental or physical difficult to a person to perform activities
B. Reduce adequate time to a person to perform activities
C. Limit the ability of a person to afford it financially
D. Encouragement and approval from the people

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2. Match the item in List A with the correct response form List B.

LIST A LIST B
i. The kind of family which mostly is found in the developed countries A. Extended family
ii. The family which exists shortly after the marriage between husband and wife B. Compound family
before they have the children C. Step family
iii. The kind of family which consists of children and one side of parent either D. Nuclear family
father only or mother only E. Child headed family
iv. The kind of family which mostly found in local areas in developing countries F. Couple family
v. The family in which spouses remarry following divorce or widowhood from G. Single-parent family
their previous families

LIST A i ii iii iv v
LIST B

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SECTION B (70 Marks)

3. Read the following passage carefully and then answer the question that follow;
Family starts when a man and woman joined together by marriage to become husband and wife. As the
days go one, these partners on the presence of love, tolerance and acceptance in their families, they
maintain their families and become stable. Stable family is the one which usually characterized by
members loving, caring, respecting and communicating to each other to achieve common goals. Usually,
the strong bond among the family members creates the stability in the family. In the stable families,
members of the family work together and share the resources of the family communally and the essential
needs of the family are taken care of. Family stability is contributed by the respect, communicating
openly, following religious teachings and having a positive attitude. Family stability is important in a
community because it enables the family members to participate in socio-economic development
activities, it ensures that family members engage in good habits and it enables the family members to
feel free to participate in various activities. Normally, the basis of the stable family is focused on the
positive effects and does not allow the negative effect within the families

Questions
a. i. Suggest a suitable title for the passage…………………………………………………………
ii. List down two factors that contribute to stable family
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iii. What are two advantages of stable family?
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iv. What is the basis of stable family in a community
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v. What is family stability according to the passage?
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b. With five points, identify the features of unstable family

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4. (A). As a With examples, explain the relationship of five members that may form the extended family in
our societies
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(B). How family stability contributes to the development at the family, community and national level?
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5. (A). Choosing career is an endless process. Use five the knowledge you have to describe five procedures
you will follow in choosing career
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(B). It is very important for a person to know and understand the career of his or her choices. Use five
points to explain on how you can get information on careers

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6. (A). As a form one student at Umoja secondary school, propose five ways that can be taken by the
societies and government at large to support the special groups in Tanzania
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(B). Use five points to show, how can you identify the needs of each special groups around our societies
in Tanzania?

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7. (A). What five factors will you provide that lead to many children to be left and leave with one parents?
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(B). Use five points to explain, how the family are important in progressive social and economic
development in a community?

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8. (A). If you are required to to explain on the advantages of the people to work in their occupation, which
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(B). With five points, explain the factors that may happen if the people in Tanzania stop working in their
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9. (A). Use five points to explain the privileges that are granted by the government of Tanzania to its
citizens only
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(B). Give five points to explain, what will happen if a Kenyan citizen will live in Tanzania illegally?
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SECTION C (15 Marks)

10. The good behaviour of some youth in Tanzania is the result of stable families in some communities that
make each family member to perform his/her responsibilities effectively. Use five points to explain the
consequences of neglecting to fulfill the responsibilities of each family member.
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