Cambridge International Examinations: Pakistan Studies 0448/02 May/June 2017
Cambridge International Examinations: Pakistan Studies 0448/02 May/June 2017
Cambridge International Examinations: Pakistan Studies 0448/02 May/June 2017
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Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2017 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®,
Cambridge International A and AS Level and Cambridge Pre-U components, and some Cambridge O Level
components.
1(a)(i) A Crops grown for own consumption/use/for the farmer and his family/use 2
it for themselves;
B Crops grown for sale/export/income/profit/grown commercially.
2 @ 1 mark
1(a)(iii) Advantages 4
• Yields increased/increased output/higher yields;
• Allows double/multi-cropping/can use smaller/less land so more
productive/crops grow faster/faster growth;
• Increased income/can sell surplus for profit/higher profits;
• Consistent quality of crops/better quality/healthy growth;
• Meets requirements of international standards;
• Protects against/more resistant to pests;
• Protects against/more resistant to disease;
• HYV crops, shorter/stronger and can withstand strong winds
(therefore less damage);
• Drought resistant.
Disadvantages
• Seeds have to be bought every year/cannot sow seeds produced
from crops grown;
• Exhausts soil/can cause soil to lose its fertility/soil infertile;
• Expensive/poor farmers cannot afford them;
• Extra named input required, e.g. water/fertilisers;
• Not seen as a healthy crop/artificial/genetically modified;
• Lowers species diversity;
• Shortfall in skills/knowledge to use them/needs training.
B Sindh
2 @ 1 mark
Social factors:
• Early marriage/multiple marriages (increases the span for
reproductivity);
• Limited acceptance of birth control/lack of family planning
clinics/education about family planning;
• Religious beliefs (Allah gives Rizq/believe holy prophet wanted the
nation to increase in size);
• Large families seen as a matter of pride/desire for large families;
• Low levels of literacy/lack of education (people are not educated
about the pitfalls of large families/women are illiterate);
• Lack of contraceptives/access to contraceptives/knowledge of
contraceptives;
• People living longer/higher life expectancy/ageing population.
Political factors:
• Increased availability of healthcare/medical facilities, (e.g.
vaccinations/more hospitals/numbers of doctors/ use of
antibiotics/other life-saving drugs);
• Decrease in child mortality (due to improvements in the quality of
medical facilities and/or access to them);
• Death rates have decreased (due to control of diseases, e.g.
malaria or other named disease/due to modern health facilities);
• Improvement in sanitation/water supply (reducing spread of
diseases like typhoid/cholera or other named disease);
• Change in governments (hinders implementation of population
welfare programmes to reduce population growth);
• The hosting of large numbers of Afghan refugees/more people
moving to Pakistan from neighbouring countries/immigration
ETC.
Note: One mark for identification of appropriate idea and a further mark for
development (in parentheses).
Note: Reserve 1 mark for type of farming a further mark is for description.
1 @ 2 marks
Content Guide:
For livestock
• Large multi-national farms
• Bigger source of protein
• Source of milk/ghee/meat
• Sheep/goats can survive on marginal land
Against livestock
• Insufficient land for fodder crops
• Inadequate storage facilities
• Lack of grazing land
• Overgrazing
• Lack of funds
• Unhygienic husbandry
For food crops
• More land can grow food for people
• Well-developed irrigation
• Multi-cropping
• Access to fertilisers/pesticides, etc.
Against food crops
• Mismanagement
• Overuse
• Of water/seepage from canals
• Over-cultivation
ETC.
Note: One mark for identification of appropriate idea and a further mark for
development (in parentheses).
2(b)(ii) • Harvesting/cutting; 2
• Collecting in bales/bundling together/stacking/tying them;
• Laborious/carrying/lifting/picking up;
• Manual work/done by hand.
2 @ 1 mark
Content Guide:
Benefits
• Employment opportunities
• Improvements to roads/other infrastructure
• New settlements
• Educational/recreational facilities
• More trade for local shops
• More work for local ancillary/related industries
Problems
• Farmland/grazing
• Air pollution/dust from chimneys, etc.
• Visual pollution/eyesore
• Roads/railways congested
• Attracts migrants
• Uses large amounts of water/power
ETC.
3(a)(ii) Imports 3
• China/India – regional superpower/strong economy/neighbouring
country/has land links;
• China/India – source of capital/manufactured goods/ technological
goods/import machinery;
• UAE/Kuwait/Saudi Arabia – source of oil;
• Malaysia – source of palm oil;
• India – source of primary commodities, e.g. fruit and vegetables.
Exports
• Any named country – increased sales/markets/market
share/enlarge market share;
• China/Afghanistan – neighbouring countries with land links;
• Afghanistan – foodstuffs such as rice, sugar;
• China – to maintain relations/political ties with regional superpower;
• UAE – nearby country via sea/Arabian Sea/Makran Coast;
• USA/Germany/UK – developed economies raw materials, e.g.
cotton yarn/woven cloth or manufactured goods, e.g. sports goods,
linen, suits.
B 2005
C Decreased
Note: Width within demarcations and height must touch the 3m line.
3 @ 1 mark
Note: One mark for identification of appropriate idea and a further mark for
development (in parentheses).
3(c)(i) The difference between the value of goods imported and exported by a 1
country/the value of imports subtracted from exports/the value of exports
minus imports.
1 @ 1 mark
3(c)(ii) • Value of goods imported is more than the value of goods exported; 3
• Uncompetitive quality/low quality of exports;
• Unable to fulfil domestic needs of population;
• Import tariffs/quotas in other countries;
• Dependency on import of capital goods/machinery/ oil/high value
added goods;
• Dependency on importing/exporting agricultural
products/food/named examples;
• Depreciating own currency/rupee against dollar;
• Trade embargoes imposed by other countries.
3 @ 1 mark
Note: Max 3 for explanations for and against one view only.
Content Guide:
Great improvement
• Creates many employment opportunities
• Examples of employment opportunities
• Better paid jobs in tertiary sector
• Improved working conditions
Marala/Khanki/Qadirabad Chenab
Jinnah/Chashma/Taunsa/Guddu/Sukkur/Kotri Indus
Rasul/Trimmu Jhelum
Panjnad Panjnad
Balloki/Sidhnai Ravi
Islam/Sulaimanke Sutlej
Munda Swat
Note: One mark for identification of appropriate idea and a further mark for
development (in parentheses).
4(c)(i) A Domestic 2
B 94% (allow 93–95%)
2 @ 1 mark
Content Guide:
For infrastructure
• Prevents loss of water downstream into sea
• Collects rainfall/snowmelt
• Reservoirs feed perennial canals
• Can store large amounts of water
Against infrastructure
• Source of conflict between countries and provinces
• Social issues
• Loss of fresh water at Indus Delta
• Water intrusion into Sindh
• High initial investment
• Little use in Balochistan where rivers dry up
• Mismanagement by provincial/national government
• Siltation occurs
For water saving
• Planting trees
• Lining canals
• Careful monitoring/regulation of amount of water used
• Better forms of water storage in homes
• Water meters in homes/industries
Against water saving
• Long time scale required to educate sufficient number of people
• Resistance to education
• Water a valuable raw material in industry
• Growing population with increasing demand for drinking water
• Development goal to increase availability of water
ETC.
Note: One mark for identification of appropriate idea and a further mark for
development (in parentheses).
5(c)(i) Rectangular, solar panels are made up of many solar cells which convert 3
the light energy from the sun into electrical energy. They can be placed on
the roofs of houses and other buildings. Large arrays of solar panels can be
sited on the ground, for example, in deserts. Solar panels should face south
in order to collect as much of the sun’s energy as possible. Other solar
power systems use the sun to heat water and the steam is then used to turn
a turbine.
5 or 6 @ 3 marks
3 or 4 @ 2 marks
1 or 2 @1 mark
Content Guide:
For large-scale
• Funding available from China
• Provide very large amounts of power from small amount of uranium
• Large coal reserves
Against large-scale
• Large sums of money/loans needed
• Problems with disposing of/reprocessing/storing waste
• Danger of insurgency threat/accident
• Danger of flooding
• Coal extracted in Pakistan is poor quality for power generation
• Oil expensive to import
• Large coal reserves not exploited
• Fossil fuel reserves are depleting
• Political issues between provinces with the construction of multi-
purpose dams over division of water
For small-scale
• Lower cost to maintain
• Renewable resources do not deplete
• Renewable resources do not pollute the environment
• Biogas – cheap source of energy
• Wind – available land in Balochistan highlands
• Solar – many parts of Pakistan experience 250–300 sunny days per
year
Against small-scale
• Do not contribute/only small amount to national grid
• Renewables only generate small amount of energy
• Wind/solar have high construction cost
• Wind is considered unsightly/harms wildlife
• Not constantly producing energy
• Biogas decreases availability of manure for organic fertiliser
ETC.