DENJEBUYA JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

MID YEAR EXAMINATION 2021

SOCIAL – STUDIES
FORM 1
PAPER 1 Marks: 40
Time: 1 Hour

Name: ______________________________________ Class: __________________________

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Write your name in the space provided above.
2. Answer ALL questions on the grid below.
3. Shade the correct answer.

A B C D A B C D
1 21
2 22
3 23
4 24
5 25
6 26
7 27
8 28
9 29
10 30
11 31
12 32
13 33
14 34
15 35
16 36
17 37
18 38
19 39
20 40

1
1. In what way have people living in the Eastern Margin adapted to their physical
environment?

A. Farming
B. Basketry
C. Canoeing
D. Gathering melons.

2. Which type of rainfall occurs where warm air and cool air meet?

A. Relief rainfall.
B. Orographic rainfall.
C. Convergence rainfall
D. Convectional rainfall.

3. Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting family size?

A. Divorce
B. Education
C. HIV and AIDS
D. Religious beliefs

4. Which human activities are practiced in the Desert environment of Botswana?

A. Mining and tourism

B. Farming and mining
C. Hunting and tourism
D. Fishing and farming

5. Alluvial soil is found in which environmental region?

A. Desert
B. Wetlands
C. Semi-desert
D. Eastern margin

2
6. Which of the following is an environmental conservation strategy?

A. Ploughing along the slopes.

B. The use of trees for fire wood.
C. Use of natural roads for vehicles.
D. The use of solar energy for heating.

The average annual rainfall of an area is more than 600 mm per year.
The average January temperatures are below 26oC.

7. In which environmental zone in Botswana is the area found

A. swamp
B. Semi Desert
C. Eastern Margin
D. Deciduous forest

8. Which type of marriage promotes equality between married couples?

A. Civil marriage
B. Religious marriage
C. Customary marriage
D. Polygamous marriage

9. How does the use of contraceptives influence family size?

A. Increases reproduction leading to larger families

B. Brings about unreasonable spacing between children.
C. Prevent transmission of sexually transmitted diseases
D. Empowers women to determine the size of their families.

3
 10. Which human activity is practiced in the deciduous environment of Botswana?

A. Collection of phane
B. Mining
C. Collection of melons
D. Lumbering

11. Why is it important for members of family to conserve natural resources?

A. Increase their wealth

B. To benefit more than others
C. Preserve them for future generation.
D. To avoid other people from using them

12. A map scale is 1cm represent 100km, what would be the ground distance if places are
4cm apart on a map?

A. 4 cm
B. 400km
C. 400cm
D. 4000km

13. What is a questionnaire in a research work?

A. Asking questions orally

B. Careful study of an event
C. Reading written documents
D. Written questions answered by respondents

Read the information below to answer question 14 and 15

Mr Ratang is married and has two children .He has bought a house in the suburbs in Gaborone,
where he stays with his wife and two children. He is not home most of the time since he works at
Orapa diamond mine.

4
14. What factor has influenced Mr Ratang’s family size?

A. Religious beliefs
B. Standard of living
C. Traditional values
D. Early parenthood

15. Identify ONE challenge facing Mr Ratang’s family

A. Divorce
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Having few children
D. Working away from home

16. Which of the following shows how the Basarwa traditionally conserved their
environment?

A. Use of totems
B. Built temporary shelter
C. Collected fertilized eggs
D. Controlled hunting and gathering

17. Which of the following describes the climate of Botswana?

A. Hot, wet summers and cool, dry winters.

B. Hot, dry summers and cool wet winters
C. Cool summers and warm winters.
D. Dry summers and wet winters.

18. Which of the following describes the vegetation found in the Chobe region?

A. Loses leaves during the dry season

B. Has scattered bushes and trees
C. Trees have long tapped roots
D. Has tall evergreen trees

5
19. Which of the following promotes gender equity in Botswana?

A. Giving equal opportunities to males and females.

B. Educating males to promote strong leadership skills.
C. Treating males and females in exactly the same way.
D. Introducing laws that favour females to solve inbalance in gender issues.

Use the sketch map in figure 1 to answer question 20 and 21

Figure 1

 clinic
 lake

 shops


20. What is the direction of the clinic from the shops?

A. South west
B. North west
C. South east
D. North east

21. What is the four figure grid reference of the hill?

A. 1252
B. 1251
C. 5112
D. 5212

6
22. Which of the following is a way of presenting qualitative data?

A. Table
B. Pie chart
C. Diagram
D. Histogram

23. Which of the following factors affect water resources in Botswana?

A. High cloud cover

B. Low rainfall
C. Low temperatures
D. High humidity

24. Which of the following is a responsibility of a married couple in a civil marriage?

A. Have a small family.

B. Equal heads of their family
C. Be faithful to each other
D. Pay bogadi to the wife’s family.

7
 Use the picture below to answer question 25

25. What form of gender based violence is depicted by the picture above?

A. Physical violence
B. Emotional violence
C. Sexual violence
D. Verbal violence

26. Which of the following describe the statement of the problem as a component of
research?

A. Limitations of the research.

B. Questions asked during research.
C. General conclusions of the research.
D. Description of an issue to be investigated.

27. Which of the following is not a way of analyzing Quantitative data?

A. Group similarities
B. Finding the median
C. Finding the mode
D. Calculating the average

8
 Use figure 2 to answer questions 28 and 29

Figure 2

Figure 2 source: internet

28. Identify the weather instrument in figure 2?

A. Anemometer
B. Barometer
C. Sunshine recorder
D. Hygrometer

29. Which statement is true about the instrument? It…

A. Measures weight of air

B. Measures atmospheric pressure
C. Measures the amount of water vapor in the air
D. Measures minimum and maximum temperatures

9
Use figure 3 to answer question 30 and 31.

Figure 3 Source: internet

30. In which environmental region of Botswana are plants in figure 3 found?

A. Wetland
B. Desert.
C. Hardveld
D. Swamps

10
 31. How has the vegetation in figure 3 adapted to the environment?

A. They have fleshy leaves and thick stems to store water.

B. They have thick stems because the area has high rainfall.
C. They are thick and ever green because the soils are fertile.
D. They have shallow roots because the soils are water logged.

Study the information below and use it to answer question 32

According to the recent News Paper reports, woman in Palapye has become popular for her
discovery of herbs which she claims cures HIV and AIDS. She says her grandfather who was a
tradional doctor showed her this plant and taught her never to cut it, because it was a taboo to cut
it.

32. Which of the following concept is described in the above scenario?

A. Socio-Cultural systems
B. Indigenous food systems
C. Modern knowledge systems
D. Indigenous knowledge systems

11
Study the map and use it to answer question 33 to 35

33. Which attribute of a map is NOT shown in in figure 4?

A. Title
B. Scale
C. Direction sign
D. Key

34. What is the straight line distance between P.O. and Station?

A. 2.0 km
B. 2.5 km
C. 2.8 km
D. 3.0 km

35. What is the vertical interval of the map in figure 4?

A. 50 M
B. 75 M
C. 25 M
D. 100 M
12
Use the information to answer question 36 and 37

Mr. Molefe survives by selling firewood. He has a lot customers and sometimes
cannot meet the demand and cuts live trees and dries them.

36. Which major environmental problem in Botswana can be caused by Mr. Molefe’s
business

A. Soil erosion
B. Pollution
C. Land scarring
D. Global warming

37. How can the environmental problem in question 35 be solved?

A. Land rehabilitation
B. Afforestation
C. Litter picking
D. Fallowing

Use figure 5 to answer question 38

Figure 5 Source: internet

13
38. Which of the following describes the formation process of rainfall in figure 5?

A. Warm air rises over relief- condensation- saturation- rainfall

B. Sun heats the land- cool moist air rises- condensation- rainfall
C. Sun heats the land-moist air rises-condensation- saturation- rainfall
D. Sun heats the land – warm air rises- saturation- condensation- rainfall

39. Which of the following is NOT a way of conserving water resources in Botswana?

A. Collecting rainwater to water plants

B. Closing water tap as we brush our teeth
C. Taking bath in a tub instead of a shower
D. Rationing water during dry season

40. Which one of the following cultural practices discriminates against men?

A. Polygamy
B. Paying bogadi
C. Initiation ceremonies
D. Succession on chieftainship

14