GCE N Level 2024 QN Paper

Name: _________________________ ( ) Class: _____ Date: _____________
GCE ‘N’ Level 2024 Social Studies
Section A (Source-Based Case Study)
Answer all questions.
Exploring Citizenship and Governance
Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the
questions.
You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those
sources which you are told to use. In answering the questions you should use
knowledge of the issue to help you interpret and evaluate the sources.
(1) Study Source A.
Why do you think this photograph was published? Explain your answer. [6]
(2) Study Source B.
What can you learn from this source about laws on COVID-19
vaccination? Explain your answer. [5]
(3) Study Sources C and D.
Does Source C make Source D surprising? Explain your answer. [7]
(4) Study Source E.
How useful is this source about COVID-19 vaccination? Explain your

answer. [7]
(5) How far do the sources in the case study show that COVID-19
vaccination should have been made compulsory during the pandemic?
Explain your answer. [10]
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Should COVID-19 vaccination have been made compulsory during the pandemic?
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Read this carefully. It may help you to answer the question.
By June 2022, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had recorded over 536 million
confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6.3 million deaths. The WHO supported
vaccination as the means to achieve ‘herd immunity’ or immunity of the population, rather
than by allowing the disease to spread through the population.
As COVD-19 vaccines became more widely available and amid growing resistance by
people to be vaccinated against COVID-19, governments and public health authorities
were in a global race to vaccinations voluntary rather than compulsory.
Study the sources below to consider whether COVID-19 vaccination should have been
made compulsory during the pandemic.
Source A A photograph published in The Straits Times, 8 January 2021. It shows

Singapore’s Prime Minister receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Source B An article published by a news website, 9 March 2022.
Austria is temporarily stopping a law introduced in February 2022 to make COVID-19

vaccinations compulsory. The law had called for fines of up €3,600 (approximately
S$5,250) from mid-March for those who did not obey.
The Minister said that the law could no longer be defended. The highly contagious variant
is widely believed to be less serious than pervious forms of the virus, and Austrian
hospitals have been able to cope with the sudden increase in COVID-19 cases. Austria
has dropped almost all coronavirus restrictions in recent weeks. Calls to review the law
on compulsory vaccination have become increasingly loud.
Austria recorded almost 3 million coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic
in 2020.
Source C A photograph published online by an American news website, 10 February

2021. It shows an anti-vaccine protest.
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Source D An article published in USA Today, 10 August 2021.
To win the war against the coronavirus, the only answer is compulsory vaccination – for
all of us. While this seems heavy-handed, we believe there is no alternative. A refusal to
be vaccinated threatens the lives of others. Simply put, getting vaccinated is our patriotic
duty.
The reason: When an effective vaccine is available for COVID-19, it will defeat the
pandemic if it is widely used, creating ‘herd immunity’. The more people who are
immunised, the lower the risk for all of us, including those who are not vaccinated.
We acknowledge that the refusal to obey rules one considers unjust as an American
tradition. But another key American tradition is that we come together when it’s
necessary.
Source E From an article titled ‘Indonesia warns of big fines for refusing COVID-19
vaccine, in a world first’. The article was posted online by the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News in February 2021.
Jakarta is threatening residents with fines of up to 5 million rupiah (approximately S$460)

for disobeying the regulation for compulsory COVID-19 vaccination.
The Deputy Governor of Jakarta said the penalty was a last resort. “If you reject getting
vaccinated, social aid will not be given, and you have to pay a fine,” he told reporters.
Jakarta accounts for about a quarter of Indonesia’s 1.2 million coronavirus infections.
The new regulation follows months of public doubts about whether coronavirus vaccines
are safe and effective. Health agencies in West Java, the province in Indonesia with the
largest population, said they had no plans to enforce compulsory vaccination.
A survey of 1,202 respondents showed 37% were willing to be vaccinated, 40% were
undecided and 17% would refuse.
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SECTION B (Structured-Response Question)
Answer all questions.
Living in a Diverse Society
Study the extracts carefully, and then answer the questions.
Extract 1
“Perspectives of race, language and religion change with each generation. When I
was young, my friends and I would probably feel awkward talking about such
sensitive topics. Racial harmony meant a friendly silence.
Now, young people want to talk about race, debate it, understand it.”
Former Education Minister Ong Ye Kung (2020)
Extract 2
Living in a diverse society brings about benefits such as cultural exchange and
appreciation. There are also opportunities to exchange knowledge and skills.
Extract 3
Living in a diverse society brings about challenges such as prejudice and

discrimination about people. There are also concerns over competition for resources.
(6) Extract 1 suggests that young Singaporeans today are more open to talking
about race.
Why do you think young Singaporeans today are more open to talking about
race? Explain your answer with reference to one reason. [7]
(7) Extracts 2 and 3 show about the benefits and challenges of living in a diverse
society.
Explain how living in a diverse society brings about benefits and challenges. [8]

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Name: _________________________ ( ) Class: _____ Date: _____________

GCE ‘N’ Level 2024 Social Studies

Section A (Source-Based Case Study)

Answer all questions.

Exploring Citizenship and Governance

(1) Study Source A.

(2) Study Source B.

(3) Study Sources C and D.

Does Source C make Source D surprising? Explain your answer. [7]

(4) Study Source E.

How useful is this source about COVID-19 vaccination? Explain your

Source A A photograph published in The Straits Times, 8 January 2021. It shows

Source B An article published by a news website, 9 March 2022.

Austria is temporarily stopping a law introduced in February 2022 to make COVID-19

Source C A photograph published online by an American news website, 10 February

Source D An article published in USA Today, 10 August 2021.

Jakarta is threatening residents with fines of up to 5 million rupiah (approximately S$460)

SECTION B (Structured-Response Question)

Answer all questions.

Living in a Diverse Society

Study the extracts carefully, and then answer the questions.

Former Education Minister Ong Ye Kung (2020)

Living in a diverse society brings about challenges such as prejudice and

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