UGANDA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD

PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATIONS

2023
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
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 SECTION A
Questions 1 to 40 carry one mark each.
1. Name any one livestock kept in Uganda.
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2. Identify any one type of weather which requires the use of an
umbrella.
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3. How does a bee and a bean plant benefit from each other?
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4. How can you help a local fisher man to make his fish stay longer
without rotting?
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5. Which human food is got from cotton seeds?
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6. In which way is melanin in the skin useful to people?
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7. Identify the method of seed dispersal shown below.

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8. Give an example of a plant which is dispersed through the above
method.
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9. Why is it dangerous to eat under cooked pork?
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10. John’s torch uses 3 dry cells to light. Calculate the voltage of
John’s torch.

11. Write any one advantage of fencing animal to farmers.

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12. Apart from a measuring cylinder, name any other instrument used in
measurement of volume of irregular objects.
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13. Which form of energy enables plants to make starch?
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14. Give any one advantage of reading medical instructions before using a
drug.
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15. Give any one property of floating objects.
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16. Why is it important to teach children oral and dental care?
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17. Apart from a watch, name any one other device at home that uses dry
cells.
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 The diagram below shows a leg of a bird. Use it to answer
question 18 and 19.

18. Name the kind of food that the above feeds on.
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19. How are structures labelled x useful to such birds?
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20. How can you help a crop farmer to improve the fertility of his land?
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21. Mention any one material used for building a permanent house.
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22. Why would you encourage all people at home to use an insecticide
treated mosquito net?
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23. How is a cat of help to a crop farmer?
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24. State any one use of water at school.
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25. What action can you take to help a child who has an insect in the ear?
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26. Name the mineral nutrient responsible for the formation haemoglobin
in blood.
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27. Identify any one health problem which is associated with population
increase.
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28. The diagram below shows a farm practice. Identify this practice.

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29. Apart from being used for food, write any other use of seeds to
people.
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30. In which way is the function of muscles similar to the one of joints in
the body?
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31. Give any one use of animal cow dung to people.
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32. Name any one disease that can spread due to poor dispersal of
refuse.
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33. Why should people spread out their beddings regularly in the
sunshine?
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34. Draw a diagram of an example of a wedge in the space below.

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35. Why is it important for a community to clean their water sources
regularly?
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36. Which part of the human alimentary canal produces hydrochloric acid?
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37. Name the process in plant which is similar to sweating in people.
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38. Give any one disadvantage of refraction of light to people.
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39. What advice would you give to breast feeding mother to help her
produce more milk for her baby?
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40. State any one advantage of using electricity for cooking.
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SECTION B: 60 MARKS
Questions 41 to 55 carry four marks each
41. (a) Match the following types of joints with their locations in
the body correctly.
A B
Gliding joints Elbow and knee
Pivot joints wrist and ankle
Ball and socket joints at the neck
Hinge joint shoulder and hips.
A B
(i) Gliding joints …………………………………………………………
(ii) Pivot joints …………………………………………………………
(iii) Ball and socket joints …………………………………………………………
(iv) Hinge joint ………………………………………………………..
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42. (a) Which part of the following crops can be used for producing
alcohol?
(i) Millet …………………………………………………………………………
(ii) Cassava ……………………………………………………………………….
(b) Name the fungus which is used in the production of alcohol.
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(c) Apart from waragi, give any other example of an alcoholic drink.
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43. The diagram below is of an electric bulb; use it to answer the
questions that follow.

C
A

(a) Name the part labelled A.

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(b) Why is part marked with letter A coiled?
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(c) What is the use of gas found in part marked C?
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(d) What energy changes take place when an electric bulb is in use?
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44. (a) Write any one example of each of the following
(i) Solute ………………………………………………………………………………..
(ii) Solvent ………………………………………………………………………………
(b) How can you separate a mixture of beans and stones?
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 (c) Give a method of separating mixtures used when getting juice from
passion fruits.
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45. (a) Mention any one way of preparing cassava for food.
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(b) Name any two examples of food stuffs got from plants that are
rich in proteins.
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(c) Why should children be given more foods rich in proteins?
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46. (a) Name the second stage of the life cycle of a cockroach.
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(b) State any one disease spread by cockroaches to people.
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(c) How can you help family members to reduce cockroach infestation
in a home?
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(ii)…………………………………………………………………………………………………
47. Use the list of items below to answer questions that follow.

Goat wind coal sisal

(a) Name any two items above that belong to renewable resources.
(i)……………………………………………….. (ii) ………………………………………
(b) Identify one item that is a fossil fuel.
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(c) Apart from providing meat, give any one other product provided by
the goat.
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48. (a) What type of birds do farmers keep for the following purposes?
(i) Meat production ……………………………………………………………….
(ii) Egg production …………………………………………………………………
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 (b) Give one disadvantage of keeping poultry birds under free-range
system.
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(c) Write any one advantage of keeping records in a poultry farm.
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49. Re-arrange the following steps of making ORS in their correct
order.
• Measure one litre of drinking water in a clean container.
• Stir the mixture and taste before it is given to a patient.
• Measure eight levelled tea spoons of sugar and one levelled tea
spoon of salt in the container.
• Wash your hands with clean water and soap.
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50. (a) Write one way through which HIV spreads from an infected
person to a healthy person.
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(b) State any one effect of HIV/AIDS to the community.
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(c)Why should children be taught about HIV/AIDS?
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(d)Give one way of caring for a person with HIV/AIDS.
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51. (a) Identify any two objects that produce light of their own.
(i) ………………………………………….. (ii) ……………………………………….
(b) Give two uses of light in the environment.
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52. (a) Mention any one condition for rusting to occur in metallic
materials.
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(b) Why is rusting regarded as a chemical change?
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(c) How can you protect metallic materials from rusting?
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(ii) ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
53. The diagram below shows mushroom. Study it and answer
the questions which follow.
X
R

(a) Name part labelled x.

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(b) Of what use are structures marked R to mushrooms?
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(c) How do mushrooms feed?
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(d) How do people benefit from growing mushrooms?
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54. (a) State the importance of the stomata on the plant leaf.
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(b) Give the two types of venation in plant leaves.
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(c) Why do some plants shed their leaves in dry seasons?
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55. The table below shows characteristics of different types of
soil. Use it to answer the questions below.
A B C
-Dark in colour -coarse or rough -Sticky of slippery
-Has a lot of humus. -largest air spaces when it rains.
-Has silt -Highly aerated -water logged
-Has bigger particles -Has finest particles.

(a) Identify the type of soil at A and C.

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(ii) C ……………………………………………………………………………………..
(b) Which soil sample would you use for the following?
(i) Making pots ……………………………………………………………………..
(ii) Filtering muddy water …………………………………………………………

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