PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SHINYANGA REGION
FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATIONS
013 GEOGRAPHY
TIME : 3 hrs 2024
Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of 11 questions.
2. Answer all questions in sections A and B, and any two (2) questions from
section C.
3. Map extract of Arusha (Sheet 55/3) is provided
4. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B carries fifty-four
(54) marks and section C carries thirty (30) marks
5. Programmable calculators, cellular phones and any unauthorized materials
are not allowed in the examination room.
SECTION A (16Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. For each of the items i-x, choose the most correct answer from among the given
alternatives and write its letter beside the item number.
i. Mr Pyetro of Dyuda is a geography teacher of Itigi school, he told his students
that people of East experience sun rise earlier than west because of earth
rotation, which of the following places will experience sunrise earliest on any
day?
a. Kiteto 150 W
b. Bagamoyo 490E
c. Dar es salaam 450E
d. Njombe 350E
e. Mbalizi 300E
ii. Why do two different countries located in different latitudes or hemispheres
experience similar type of natural vegetation? It is because of:
a. Their positions which are very far
b. Similar traditions of the people living in those areas
c. The same type of climate
d. Same onshore prevailing winds
e. Fertile soils, good cloud cover and rains
iii. Joseph was wondering the way slow movement of soil or land associated with
bending of trees, fences and telegraphic pole. What geological processes were
occurring in that area?
a. Talus creep
b. Soil creep
c. Solifluction
d. Mud flow
e. Avalanches
iv. Bugati village has rainfall throughout the year and it is surrounded by dense
forest, which type of forest do you think could be found in this village?
a. Temperate forest
b. Tropical forest
c. Mangrove forest
d. Coniferous forest
e. Deciduous forest
v. Population of any society is not static, it always change. What is the cause of
that dynamism?
a. Mortality, emigration and fecundity.
b. Fertility, mortality and migration.
c. Fertility, fecundity and migration.
d. Migration, mortality and fecundity.
e. Migration, emigration and immigration
vi. Suppose you are living in urban center and you are interested in keeping
livestock. What type of livestock keeping would be suitable for you?
a. Nomadism
b. Sedentary
c. Pastoralism
d. Transhumance
e. Ranching
vii. The solar system is made of the sun, planets and other heavenly bodies which
revolve around the sun. Which planet among the following has the shortest
orbit?
a. Pluto
b. Venus
c. Mercury
d. Earth
e. Neptune
viii. River Ruaha perform three functions erosion, transportation and deposition.
Which stage of the river deposition is dominant?
a. The young stage
b. The old stage
c. The middle stage
d. Upper course
e. Matured stage
ix. Which of the following are the major types of variables in research process?
a. Qualitative and quantitative
b. Dependent and independent
c. Null and alternative
d. Dependent and quantitative
e. Alternative and independent
x. Mr Pimbi told his children to collect the plant remains like grass from the
previous farms and cover the banana plant in a newly cultivated farm. Which
geographical term will be suitable to apply here?
a. Mulching
b. Alleviation
c. Terracing
d. Bush fallowing
e. Leaching
2. Match the descriptions of Marine Features in Column A with the corresponding
features in column B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the item
number in the answer sheets or booklets provided.
List A List B
a. Capturing river
b. Weak river
c. Misfit River
d. Elbow
e. Pirate river
f. Wind gap
g. Menders
h. Earth pillars
i. Hole
SECTION B (54 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
3. Carefully study the map extract of Arusha (sheet 55/3) and answer the questions
that follow:
i. With evidence, State the two (2) types of transport observed from the
map
ii. By giving evidence from the map, describe the dominant type of rocks
found on the map.
iii. With reasons, identify the type of settlement pattern found in the area.
iv. Giving evidence from the map, explain three economic activities
carried on the mapped area.
v. A lorry with heavy weight travelled from point of grid reference
240238 to grid reference 300270 and back to the original point,
measure the distance in kilometers
4. Study the table below showing production of coffee in Tanzania in“000”tons 1990
to 1996
Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Coffee 400 250 200 100 150 80 80
i. Construct a divergent line graph to represent the data above
ii. Give an alternative method that can be used to show the above
data.
iii. What are the two merits and two demerits of the method used?
5. Mr Chitemo was asked to conduct a research about loss of biodiversity at
Mkomazi Game reserve which become more serious. Mr Chitemo before visited
the area of study he decided to study different materials related to his topic.
Thus;
a. Identify the type of research which will be conducted by Mr Chitemo.
b. Create a suitable research problem.
c. Generate two intentions of his research.
d. Give out four reasons why Mr Chitemo studied different materials before
going in the field?
e. Identify the name of the research stage conducted by Mr Chitemo.
6. Form four students at Nyasa secondary school observed different obstacles in
the field when they were chaining, the obstacles varied in size examples of
obstacles observed were forest, pond and hill. They said that all types of
obstacles were there. As an expert in survey
a. What is chain obstacle?
b. Apart from chain obstacle, Mention other two types of obstacle observed
by students in the field
c. Identify three techniques that can be used to overcome it.
d. With the aid of diagram show how are you going to overcome such
obstacle mentioned in (b) above by using Pythagoras theorem
7. Study the following photograph below then answer the questions that follow
a. With two reasons, name the type of photograph shown above
b. State the title of the photograph
c. Mention four famous regions in Tanzania where this crop is grown
d. Mention two condition necessary for the growth of crop you have mentioned
in (a) above
e. State the scale of photograph
f. With evidence show two contribution of crop shown to the economy of
Tanzania
8. (a) Define the term wind erosion
(b) Briefly describe by means of diagrams the role of wind in snapping desert
areas with respect to four erosional features.
SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer two (2) questions from this section.
9. According to the census conducted in 2022 in our country, it has observed that
there is a great variation of the total population in our regions. Explain the
environmental factors that have influenced the uneven population distribution in
Tanzania.
10. Plantation is the most common form of agriculture practiced in tropical region of
Africa, Asia and South America. Justify six (6) characteristics of plantation
agriculture practiced these areas.
11. "Most of the East Africa rivers are not suitable for navigation purpose" Justify this
statement with six points.
