Pass Your
Grade 7
General Paper
Examination Skills
Answer Book
E. Matangaidze, M. Muruvi,
E. Mawere
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Test 1
1 C 11 C 21 C 31 D 41 B
2 A 12 A 22 B 32 C 42 C
3 D 13 A 23 C 33 A 43 C
4 D 14 D 24 D 34 B 44 B
5 B 15 A 25 C 35 D 45 A
6 A 16 A 26 D 36 A 46 C
7 B 17 B 27 B 37 D 47 B
8 D 18 B 28 A 38 B 48 C
9 A 19 B 29 D 39 D 49 C
10 D 20 B 30 C 40 C 50 C
Test 2
1 B 11 A 21 B 31 B 41 C
2 A 12 C 22 A 32 B 42 C
3 B 13 A 23 C 33 B 43 D
4 D 14 A 24 A 34 B 44 C
5 C 15 C 25 C 35 D 45 D
6 A 16 A 26 B 36 B 46 C
7 D 17 D 27 C 37 B 47 C
8 B 18 B 28 C 38 A 48 D
9 C 19 D 29 D 39 B 49 C
10 D 20 A 30 C 40 B 50 B
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Test 3
1 C 11 A 21 B 31 A 41 C
2 C 12 C 22 A 32 D 42 C
3 B 13 A 23 B 33 B 43 D
4 B 14 A 24 C 34 B 44 C
5 C 15 D 25 B 35 B 45 B
6 B 16 C 26 B 36 B 46 A
7 C 17 B 27 A 37 B 47 A
8 A 18 B 28 B 38 C 48 C
9 C 19 C 29 A 39 B 49 A
10 B 20 A 30 D 40 A 50 C
Religious and Moral Education
Test 4
1 C 11 B 21 C 31 B 41 A
2 B 12 C 22 C 32 C 42 C
3 A 13 B 23 D 33 B 43 D
4 D 14 A 24 B 34 C 44 B
5 B 15 B 25 A 35 A 45 C
6 B 16 B 26 C 36 B 46 B
7 A 17 A 27 D 37 D 47 B
8 C 18 C 28 C 38 B 48 B
9 B 19 A 29 B 39 C 49 C
10 C 20 C 30 A 40 D 50 B
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Social Studies Revision Questions
Test 5
1 B 11 C 21 C 31 D 41 D
2 B 12 D 22 A 32 B 42 C
3 A 13 C 23 D 33 D 43 B
4 C 14 C 24 C 34 B 44 D
5 B 15 C 25 B 35 A 45 C
6 B 16 C 26 C 36 A 46 B
7 A 17 C 27 B 37 D 47 B
8 A 18 B 28 C 38 C 48 B
9 C 19 A 29 D 39 B 49 B
10 B 20 C 30 D 40 D 50 B
Test 6
1 C 6 B 11 B 16 C 21 C
2 C 7 C 12 B 17 B 22 B
3 A 8 A 13 B 18 A 23 C
4 C 9 C 14 B 19 B 24 D
5 D 10 C 15 B 20 C 25 C
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GENERAL PAPER SPECIMEN
Exam 1
1 C 11 B 21 C 31 A 41 B
2 B 12 D 22 C 32 B 42 A
3 B 13 B 23 B 33 B 43 B
4 B 14 C 24 B 34 B 44 A
5 C 15 D 25 B 35 D 45 C
6 A 16 C 26 B 36 A 46 B
7 C 17 D 27 C 37 B 47 B
8 B 18 C 28 C 38 B 48 C
9 D 19 A 29 B 39 B 49 D
10 C 20 A 30 B 40 D 50 D
Exam 2
1 D 11 B 21 C 31 A 41 D
2 D 12 D 22 C 32 B 42 A
3 A 13 B 23 C 33 A 43 B
4 B 14 C 24 D 34 A 44 D
5 A 15 C 25 B 35 D 45 B
6 B 16 C 26 B 36 C 46 A
7 C 17 D 27 C 37 C 47 C
8 A 18 B 28 C 38 A 48 B
9 C 19 B 29 C 39 C 49 B
10 B 20 D 30 C 40 C 50 C
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MUSIC, ART AND RE QUESTIONS
1 C 11 A 21 B 31 D 41 B
2 B 12 B 22 C 32 B 42 A
3 C 13 C 23 A 33 A 43 C
4 B 14 D 24 A 34 B 44 C
5 C 15 A 25 C 35 D 45 A
6 C 16 B 26 D 36 B 46 C
7 D 17 A 27 B 37 C 47 A
8 B 18 C 28 C 38 A 48 C
9 C 19 B 29 B 39 C 49 B
10 D 20 C 30 B 40 D 50 B
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PART B - PAPER 2
1 a) Bola
b) apologise
c) He slapped Bola to revenge.
d) Friends forgive each other.
2. a) She was not good at Mathematics.
b) Orpha’s friend, Tawanda Shumbanhete
c) hated cheating
d) She was punished by the Headmaster Mr.
Marada.
3 a) He met an old lady.
b) friends.
c) i) helped carry her heavy bag
ii) gave the old lady some food
4. a) It is Chakafa.
b) i) water to drink
ii) food to eat
c) love or respect, hospitality, kindness,
selflessness
d) christianity
5 a) It is found in Africa.
b) Samatenga, Nyadenga or Dzimuguru,
Musikavanhu, Tenzi
c) They pass messages through ancestral spirits.
d) They should show respect.
6 a) We should help and comfort them.
b) I would give him clothing and food and advise
him to keep clean.
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c) She comforted him and gave him food.
d) Nyaradzo Children’s Home, Madzima etc.
7. a) disobedience b) bad friend
c) He showed forgiveness/ tolerance
d) honest
8. a) Bulawayo b. caregiver
c) he was Mr. Jairos Jiri
d. Blindness (any other example)
9. a) He was Abraham b) Isaac
c) He was a firm believer in God.
d) It was a ram or sheep or lamb.
e) He was married to Sarah.
10. a) The parable of The Sower
b) They were called disciples.
c) They received the Holy Spirit.
d) He was Lazarus.
e) He prayed to God and called Lazarus with a
loud voice to come forth.
11. a) John the Baptist
b) in the Jordan River
c) in the form of a dove d) God
e) Messiah/Emmanuel/ Teacher
12. a) Jesus Christ
b) the parable of Talents/any one
c) one hundred d) gentiles
e) the Holy Spirit
13. a) Founder-Jesus Christ
b) Islam/Mohammed c) A.T.R
d) Hindus
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14 a) i) Ananias ii) Sapphira
b) son of encouragement
c) the Koran
d) the Garden of Eden
15. a) Simon Peter
b) on Pentecost Day
c) i) James ii) John
d) apostles
16. a) Egypt b) Joseph
c) Canaan d) Moses
e) Africa
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b) publicans c) Zaccheous
d) ten e) silver and gold
18. a) David
b) sling
c) soldier/warrior/jew/shepherd/musician
d) talents
e) Old
19. a) on the night he was betrayed
b) its residents were very evil
c) at Jesus’s transfiguration
d) i) when Jesus was baptised
ii) at Jesus’ transfiguration
20. a) resurrection b) Elizabeth
c) 30 years d) beginning of his ministry
e) Lazarus
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Social Studies
1 a) He was father Gonzalo da Silveira.
b) i) Mombasa. ii) Sofala
c) Mavura d) kapararadze
2. a) black and white (or communal and
commercial)
b) Lobengula c) Kaguvi and Nehanda
3. a) Southern African Development Community
b) 1980 c) nine (9)
d) Namibia e) Zimbabwe
4. a) It stands for African Union.
b) it stands for United Nations.
c) It stands for World Health Organisation.
d) It is the United Nations International
Children’s Emegency Fund.
e) He is the Secretary General.
5. a) i) hunting ii) gathering
b) they used caves
c) they made bows and arrows and knobkerries.
6. a) the Eskimos
b) i) wool ii) silkworm
iii) skins/hides iv) trees
7 a) carbohydrates and proteins
b) adequate diet
c) kwashiokor/marasmus/beri-beri
8 a) i) maize ii) bread iii) rice
b) breast milk c) carbohydrates
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9. a) a citizen b) five
c) i)vegetation ii) blood shed during the
liberation struggle
d) the national symbol/emblem
10. a) maize/sadza b) tinning and drying
c) meat/beans/eggs etc.
11. a) i)Limpopo ii) Zambezi
b) Mozambique c) sugar cane
12. a) the communal areas
b) for jobs/employment and better housing
c) squatters
13. a) what it is used for
b) concrete and steel
c) houses
14. a) the battle of Chinhoyi
b) Bulawayo
d) British South Africa Company
15. a) i) climate ii) tradition
b) maize and ground nuts
c) lack of proteins
16. a) because they are used for different functions
b) shack
c) anthrax and rabies
17. a) when there are rules and laws
b) the people
c) i) democratic ii) dictatorship iii) monarchy
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18. a) bacteria & fungi
b) you may get bilharzia
c) to provide its citizens with lacking goods
d) produce more goods
19. a) the Reverend Canaan Banana
b) September 2008
c) Morgan Tsvangirai
d) 11 February 2009
e) Arthur Mutambara and Thokozani Khupe
20. a) Independence Day
b) the signing of a peace deal between ZANU
(PF) and PF ZAPU
c) It is a diet which supplies all body
requirements.
d) kwashiokor/scurvy, beri-beri/rickets etc.
21. a) cancer b) by air as it is fast
c) bread and milk/vegetables
Science and Environmental Studies
1. a) i) solid ii) liquid iii) gas
b) i) larva ii) pupa.
2. a) i) round worms ii) tap worms
b) sexually transmitted infections
c) to kill germs.
3. a) A- positive B- negative
b) wood/ paraffin
c) water and solar energy (any two)
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4. a) coal/ wood, paraffin
b) i) water ii) thermal power
iii) solar power
c) i) in a straight line ii) they reflect them
iii) image
5. a) friction
b) i) grease ii) oil
c) they quicken the work/make work easy
d) i) fulcrum ii) load iii) effort
6. a) germs
b) i) 1/2 ii) 6 iii) 750ml
c) cholera / diarrhoea
d) the oral rehydration solution
e) carbon dioxide
7. a) i) ovary ii) uterus/womb
iii) urethra/vagina
b) sperm
c) fertilisation
d) human immuno deficiency virus
e) nine
8. a) soil b) weathering
c) temperature, animal action
d) granite e) clay
f) loam g) humus
9. a) female anopheles/mosquito
b) in still water c) parasite
d) germs e) the gut/stomach
f) the sugar and salt solution
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10. a) maize and rice (any two)
b) beans and ground nuts
c) carnivores
d) grazers
e) habitat
11. a) i) A- leaf ii) B- stem iii) C- roots
b) i) gum tree ii) musasa iii) munhondo
c) dry
12. a) i) bilharzia ii) rabies iii) anthrax
iv) malaria v) cholera
b) sterilising and spraying
13. a) gumtree and pine b) by heating it/stirring
c) they have chlorophyll
d) one is indigenous and the other exotic/ natural
has mixed trees but plantation has pure
stands
e) oxygen
14. a) muscles
b) sunlight, air and moisture
c) north-south and east-west lines for locating
placing on the earth
d) when there are isolated tall objects on the
earth or during a storm
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Paper Two Specimen Paper 2
Test 1
Section A
1. a) She has no family and friends/ accused of
being a witch.
b) You can share problems or get help.
c) that people should understand her innocence
d) God
2. a) Moses
b) the fourth / honour your father and mother
c) Thou shalt not commit adultery.
d) Thou shalt not kill (any commandment).
3. a) Christianity b) Christians
c) the cross d) Christmas/ Easter
e) Islam/Judaism (any other)
4. a) two b) the younger one
c) no such party had been given him/ he was
jealous
d) the fat calf
e) forgive and forget if someone confesses and
repents
Section B
5. a) for warmth and protection against rain/ against
wild animals
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b) silos c) architect
d) wheat
6. a) anything living organisms eat to survive
b) to give us energy
c) iodine
d) fruits and vegetables.
7. a) parliament/ legislature
b) police
c) judges and magistrates/ law courts
d) a dictatorship
8. a) water transport b) road and rail
c) Beef is perishable and air transport is fast.
9. a) imports
b) traveller’s cheques
c) notes and coins
d) US dollar;rand (any two)
Section C
10. a) the blood circulatory system
b) deoxygenated blood/ venous blood
c) in the lungs d) they will die
e) four f) oxygen and food
11. a) grass b) giraffe
c) plants d) above shoulder height
e) carnivores f) It will be overgrazed.
12. a) the tree crown/canopy
b) the bark
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c) the stem/trunk
d) the roots, the bark and the leaves
e) the manufacture of food by tree leaves using
light
13. a) because it kills
b) lightning
c) a lighting conductor
d) tallest objects or metal objects
e) stay indoors and wear ruber-soleid shoes
f) you may be electrocuted.
Paper Two Specimen Paper 3
Test 2
Section A
1. a) They intended to steal oranges.
b) He reported to Mr. Mtizwa, the Headmaster.
c) He wanted to prevent the stealing of oranges.
d) It is not good because it is cruel. You may be
arrested.
2. a) He changed water into wine.
b) to show the power of God in his Son/ to make
people happy
c) Egypt
d) He had killed an Egyptian.
3. a) bira/ kurova guva
b) to pay respect to the dead and bring them
home
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c) mukwerera
d) a nyusa/ spirit medium
4. a) Ramadan
b) Eid-ul-fitr/ fast-breaking
c) It is called a mosque.
d) 5 times
Section B
5. a) ZANU and ZAPU (ZANLA & ZIPRA)
b) Africa Day
c) seven (7)
d) Morgan Tsvangirai
6. a) They control our behaviour and protect us.
b) the comunity court
c) the Chief Justice
d) local authorities
7. a) cotton and wool
b) the silkworm
c) Canada is colder than Africa/ difference in
climate, culture and religion
8. a) doctor and lawyer (any two)
b) reading novels/ watching TV etc.
c) gardening/games like cricket etc.
d) crime/ prostitution/ drug taking
9. a) the Red Cross Society
b) Help them with clothes and food.
c) goitre
d) a balanced diet
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Section C
10. a) running water or wind
b) plant grass and trees and dig contour ridges
c) grazers
d) maize/ wheat/ rice/ sorghum etc.
e) sugar cane
11. a) i) fish, milk and beans
ii) because they have proteins
b) Aids
c) abstinence and practising safe sex
d) 200m
12. a) in a cell or battery
b) solar and thermal
c) Hwange
d) steam
e) coal or oil or wood or natural gas
13. a) grass and meat
b) humans and baboons
c) at night
d) the pangolin, the python, the rhino (any one)
e) spraying and burning
Paper Two Specimen Paper 4
Section A
1. a) He had sores all over his body.
b) by giving him food
c) stealing
d) reporting to the teacher
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2. a) Paul and Luke
b) a person who doesn’t believe in God
c) Any two
3. a) an earthly story with a heavenly meaning
b) love and forgiveness
c) when he washed his disciples’ feet/ when he
visited a tax collector’s home
4. a) Hinduism, Judaism
b) Hinduism
c) for revolting against colonial rule
d) A good friend is helpful/ willing to share.
Section B
5. a) i) land ii) racial discrimination
b) Nehanda and Kaguvi
c) 1979
6. a) rickets, marasmus
b) cholera, typhoid
c) employment seeking
7. a) pole and dagga
b) Marondera
c) i) because of wild animals
ii) to avoid mosquitoes
8. a) cheque, money order
b) i) low production ii) black market
c) barter trade
9. a) protection from weather
b) rayon, nylon
c) silk, cotton
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Section C
10. a) liquid b) i)boiling ii) chlorinating
c) i) oxygen ii) carbon dioxide
d) nitrogen
11. a) grass
b) sun
c) giraffe (any other)
d) lion, jackal
e) baboon
12. a) absorption of minerals
b) i) parallel veins
ii) storing food in roots during dry season
c) 8 weeks
d) i) reduces spread of diseases
ii) increases soil fertility
e) sorghum
13. a) siltation
b) i) sheet erosion ii) gully erosion
c) i) army worm ii) maize stalk borer
d) i) fast growth ii) act as a wind break
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Paper Two Specimen Paper 5
Section A
1. a) three b) machinda
c) Honour your father and mother
d) obedient children
2. a) gospels
b) the life story of Jesus Christ
c) Matthew, Mark
3. a) to help them understand
b) one who preaches the word of God
c) They were eaten by the birds.
d) They were productive.
4. a) Abraham b) Benjamin
c) i) Heavens were opened.
ii) The Spirit of God came down like a dove
iii) A voice spoke from heaven.
5. a) Mzilikazi
b) Mrs J. Mujuru and Mr. J. Musika
c) Chinhoyi battle
d) There was racial descrimination.
6. a) main food eaten in a country
b) climate/ culture
c) greases
d) lack of adequate nutrients
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7. a) i) dollars ii) kwacha iii) kwacha
iv) pula v) rand
8. a) igloo b) Eskimos
c) water supply/ road network
d) no space for gardening
Section C
9. i) seeds and seedlings ii) planting
iii) reaping and tying iv) curing
v) grading vi) tying and baling
vii) selling
10. a) breaking down of rocks to form soil
b) wind, animals, water
c) They favour well drained soils.
d) banana
e) They have long tap roots that drain water
sources.
11. i) brain ii) wind pipe
iii) gut tube iv) lungs
v) large intestines vi) the heart
vii) transports food and air
12. i) browser ii) grazer
iii) grazer iv) both
v) browser vi) browser
vii) both
13. a) oxygen / carbon dioxide
b) It contains liquid reserves.
c) goitre d) sand soil e) fuel
f) coal , wood g) break
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Paper Two Specimen Paper 6
Section A
1. a) by offering to send her to school
b) She was prepared to let Tapiwa go inspite of
her need.
c) Honour your father and mother
d) Obedience pays off well.
2. a) Simon b) a sinful woman
c) anointed his feet d) he appreciated
3. a) parable of The Sower
b) road, rocky ground, thorns and good soil.
c) People receive the word of God differently.
4. a) pharisee and tax collector
b) the tax collector
c) the tax collector
d) the need to be humble in prayer
Section B
5. a) 1965
b) i) ZANLA - Zimbabwe African National
Liberation Army
ii) ZIPRA - Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary
Army
c) Lobengula - First Chimurenga
Herbet Chitepo - Second Chimurenga
George Silundika - Second Chimurenga
Chief Mapondera - First Chimurenga
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6. a) people who leave their homes to seek work
b) South Africa and Zimbabwe
c) Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique,
Malawi, Lesotho and Swaziland
d) Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi
e) to work in the gold and diamond mines, farms
and manufacturing industries
7. a) U.S.A
b) buiding society
c) ginning
d) sacks and nets
8. a) for carrying weapons of war
b) red
c) electricity, diesel
d) It is permanent.
9. a) fish b) citrus
c) sugar cane - Chiredzi d) tea and coffee
Section C
10. a) HIV
b) drinking contaminated water
c) sexually transimitted infection
d) syphilis and gonohrea
f) hepatitis B
11. a) light
b) wrong connection of cell bulbs may have been
blown out
c) cooking and lighting
d) switching off switches
e) wood
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12. a) sunlight, air and water
b) i) lack of fertility ii) lack of moisture
iii) lack of air
c) worms d) vegetables
e) roots
13. a) transpiration b) transpire
c) spores d) clay
e) loam soil
Paper Two Specimen Paper 7
Home Economics, Music, Art and P.E
1. Foods that do not keep fresh for a long time.
2. i) drying ii) refrigeration
3. insects and small animals that live in the home
4. a join of two or more pieces of cloth
5. indicates the temperature at which the article should
be washed
6. washing, ironing and storing of clothes
7. boiling / use of washing soda
8. to clean away germs / to clean away dirt
9. keeping the body clean
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10. sorting, soaking or steeping, washing, rinsing,
wringing, drying, damping, ironing, airing, packing or
storing.
11. 7 aside
12. controls the match during play
13. warm up
14. a) i)red ii) yellow iii) blue
15. green
16. modelling with clay and plasticine.
17. printing using one object, stencil or colour
18. weaving
19. tonic solfa notes
20. d’
21. crotchet
22. choir
23. singing voice
24. pitch
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