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DIVINE EDUCATION CENTRE
PRE-PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATION
2022
SOCIAL STUDIES WITH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (ITEM 1of 4)
Time allowed: 2hours 15 minutes
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Read the following instructions carefully: FOR EXAMINERS’
1. Do not write your school or district name anywhere on USE ONLY
this paper.
2. This paper has two sections A and B. Section A has 40 Qn. No. MARKS EXR’S
questions and section B has 15 questions .This paper No.
has 12 pages printed altogether.
1 - 10
3. Answer all questions. All the working for both sections
A and B must be shown in the spaces provided. 11 – 20
4. All working must be done using a blue or black ball 21 – 30
point pen or ink. Any work done in pencil will NOT be 31 – 40
marked except drawings and diagram. 41 – 43
5. Unnecessary changes in your work and handwriting
44 – 46
that cannot be easily read may lead to loss of marks.
6. Do not fill anything in the table indicated 47 – 49
“For examiners’ use only” and the boxes inside the 50 – 52
question paper. 53 - 55
TOTAL
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SECTION A:40 MARKS
Questions 1 to 40 carry one mark each.
1- What do we call the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s
equator?________________________________________________________
2- Write down one artificial raw material for making clothes.
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3- Give one reason why Kampala City has a high population.
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4- How do people benefit from a factory built near them in a community?
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5- State any one disadvantage of a deficit budget to a family.
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6- Which type of vegetation is described as “Ever green”?
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7- In which way do people living on the slopes of Mount Elgon and Kilimanjaro benefit
from volcanic soil?
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8- State one major contribution of a teacher in a community.
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9- In the space below, draw a map symbol of a rift valley.
10- Why should African government ensure food security?
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11- How did Dr. Apollo Milton Obote become the first prime minister of independent
Uganda?
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12- Write one danger caused by floods in an area.
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13- State any one cause of civil wars in Africa.
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14- Give any one result of unemployment.
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15- How do newspapers promote the economic development of a country like Uganda?
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16- Name any one physical feature which forms a natural boundary between Tanzania
and Mozambique?
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17- Why did Arabs come to East Africa?
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18- Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan are landlocked countries. Write down one
disadvantage these countries have because of their location.
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19- Which continent in Africa is also known as Oceania?
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20- Mention the furthest northerly point of Africa.
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21- State one way the government of Uganda can discourage the movement of people
from rural areas to urban areas.
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22- Give one reason why the Arab traders travelled in groups to the coast of East
Africa.
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23- How can a good road network promote development?
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24- Give one way apartheid policy was practiced in South Africa.
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25- What role is played by the Ministry of Disaster preparedness and Refugees in
Uganda?
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26- State one economic importance of a market to people.
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27- Mention one problem caused by the tourism industry.
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28- How do ocean currents determine the climate of Africa?
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29- Give the major reason why cotton growing declined in Uganda.
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30- How did Sir Samuel Baker help to end slave trade in East Africa?
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31- Who is believed to be the founder of Buganda kingdom according to Banyoro
tradition?
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32- Name the means of transport shown below.
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33- In which way does the Judiciary help to promote peace in a democratic
government?
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34- Which UN agency helps to conserve the environment?
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35- Why do people sleep in houses?
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In each of the questions 36-40 answer EITHER Christianity or ISLAMIC
question but not BOTH in a particular number.
36- Either: Name the material God used to create Eve
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Or: Name the material Allah used to create Hawa
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37- Either: Why do Christians read the Bible?
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Or: Why do Muslims read the Quran?
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38- Either: State one importance of prophets in Christianity.
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Or: State one importance of prophets in Islam.
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39- For both: What is success?
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40- Either: Why are Christians encouraged to dress decently while going for prayers in
church?
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Or: Give one reason why female Muslims do not sit in the same place with males
in the mosque during prayers
SECTION B:60 MARKS
Questions 41 to 55 carry four marks each.
41- Name the main cash crop grown at Kenana Extension
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(b) Give two factors that led to the establishment of Gezira Irrigation Schemes.
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
(c)State one problem Gezira Irrigation Scheme faces.
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42- a) Give the meaning of the term multipartism
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(b) State two advantages of multipartism.
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
(c) In which way does multipartism promote democracy?
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43- a) Write briefly about these terms as related to rivers.
(i) A tributary
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(ii) A delta
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(b) State two ways rivers promote industrial growth
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
44- Write ITCZ in full.
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(b) How does deforestation lead to global warming?
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(c) State two factors which influence the climate of an area.
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
45- How is Katonga Region important to the economic development of Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC)
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(b) Give two factors favouring oil palm growing in Democratic Republic of Congo
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
(c) Why is irrigation farming not practiced in DRC?
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46- Study the sketch map below and answer questions that follow.
(a) Name the railway line labeled L
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(b) Give one economic importance of town P to county J
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(c) Name the features marked with letters
(i) U_____________________________________________________
(ii) T _____________________________________________________
47- Why is Emperor Haile Selassie remembered in the political history of Africa?
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(b) Name the liberation movement group which led Mozambique to independence.
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(c) Write down two problems faced by African nationalists during their struggle for
independence.
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48- Draw the pictures of the following objects
(i)Tree (ii)Hut
(b) Draw the maps of the following objects
(i) car (ii) water pot
49- Which kind of trees shed their leaves during the dry season?
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(b) Why do plants have the following features?
(i) broad leaves
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(ii) thick barks
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(c)What is the difference between short grass savanna and tall grass savanna?
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50- Study the diagram showing levels of the local government and answer the
questions that follow.
LCV LCIV Y LCII Z
(a) What title is given to the person who heads the local council levels labelled by
(i) Y_____________________________________________________
(ii) Z ____________________________________________________
(b) Name the local council level labeled Y
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(c) What title is given to the official who chairs debates in the LCV meetings?
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For each of the questions 51 to 55 answer EITHER the Christian OR the
Islamic questions but not BOTH in the same question.
51- Either: (a) Give one way Adam and Eve failed to live up to God’s standards.
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(b) How did God show love to Adam and Eve as part of creation?
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(c)Mention two ways Christians have failed to live up to God’s standards today.
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
Or: (a) Give one way Adam and Hawa failed to live up to Allah’s standards.
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(b) How did Allah show love to Adam and Hawa as part of His creation?
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(c) Mention two ways Muslims have failed to live up to Allah’s standards today.
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
52- Either: (a) Why does God allow mature Christians to get married?
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(b) State any two qualities of a good marriage partner.
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(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
(c) What role is played by a religious leader during church marriage?
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Or: (a) Why does Allah allow mature Moslems to get married?
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(b) State any two qualities of a good marriage partner.
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
(c) What role is played by a religious leader during Nikkah?
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53- Either: (a) What is prayer?
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(b) State two importance of prayers to Christians.
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
(c) Give any one way Christians should pray to God.
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Or: What is salat?
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(b) State any two importance of salat to Muslims
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
(c) Why do Muslims humble themselves during prayer?
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54- Either: (a) What is death?
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(b) What reward will God give to the righteous Christians on the judgment day?
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(c) Give two things a Christian should do to enable her /him live with God in heaven.
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
Or: (a)What is death?
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(b) What reward will Allah give to the righteous Muslim on judgment day?
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(c)Give two things Muslims should do to enable him/ her live with Allah.
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
55- For both: (a) What is authority?
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(b) Mention two types of authority
(i)______________________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________________
(c)state one way through which believers misuse their authority.
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