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TRUST MIDTERM III- 2024

P.5 SOCIAL STUDIES AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Time allowed: 2 Hours 15 minutes

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READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. This paper has two sections: A and B. Section A has 40 FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY
questions (40 Marks) and Section B has 15 questions. QUESTION MARKS INITIALS
NUMBER ATTAINE
2. Answer ALL questions. All answers to both sections A and D
B must be written in the spaces provided. 1-10
11-20
3. AII answers must be written using a blue or black ball
21-30
pointpen or ink. Any work written in pencil will not be 31-40
marked. 41-43
4. Unnecessary changes in your work and handwriting that 44-46
47-49
cannot be read easily may lead to loss of marks.
50-52
5. Do not fill anything in the table indicated ‘’FOR 53-55
EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY’’ TOTAL

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Turn over
Section A (60 Marks)
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1. Why do people keep dogs in their homes?

2. Which term is used to refer to the raised flat topped piece of land?

3. Name the country that borders Uganda to the North.

4. State the opposite direction of South West.

5. Name one way of preserving fish in your community.

6. Which group of people introduced coffee growing in Uganda?

7. Name one way how children can keep security in the homes.

8. How is a barometer useful at the weather station?

9. Which sea port handles most Uganda’s imports and exports?

10. Name one tribe that carry out nomadic pastoralism in Uganda.

11. How is a heading (Title) helpful on the map?

12. What is Barter trade?

13. State the cradle land for the Bantu people in Uganda.

14. Name one crop that grows very well in the swamps.

15. Give one reason why we should have prefects in the school.

16. What does the road sign below mean?

17. What are interlacustrine kingdoms?

18. According to legends, who was the first king of Buganda?

19. Name the type of soil which is the best for making pots.

20. Name one tool in the school that can help us to keep time.

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21. How was the bolas useful to the Stone Age people?

22. Name the first ethnic group of people to come to Uganda.

23. In which season should farmers plant the crops?

24. Name any one type of leaders in your district.

25. Why are zebra crossings put on the busy roads?

26. State the main duty of police.

27. What is the work of a veterinary doctor in your community?

28. Give one importance of tourism to a country like Uganda.

29. Who heads all the civil servants at the district?

30. Name the largest National Game Park in Uganda.

31. Which vegetation zone covers the largest part of Uganda?

32. State any one symbol of a school.

33. What is rural-urban migration?

34. Which explorer named mountain Rwenzori “the mountain of the moon”?

35. According to legends, who was the father of Gipir and Labong?

For questions 36 to 40, answer either Christianity or Islamic but not both in the same number.
36. Either: Name the last book in the Holy Bible.

Or: Name one Holy Book in the Islamic faith.

37. Either: Who baptized Jesus Christ?

Or: Who was the mother of Prophet Mohammad?

38. Either: Which apostle denied Jesus three times?

Or: In which country was Mohammad born?

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39. Either: Who was the father of Isaac?

Or: How did Prophet Ibrahim show great faith to Allah?

40. Either: What is lent period?

Or: What is saum?

SECTION B
41. a) How is a Stevenson screen useful at the weather station?

b) Give a reason why the Stevenson screen is painted white.

c) Name any two weather instruments kept in the Stevenson screen.

i) __________________________________________________________________________________
_
ii) __________________________________________________________________________________
_
42. Match the elements of a map in list A to their uses in list B correctly.
List A List B
Title to calculate actual distance between places on a map
Scale to interpret symbols on a map
Compass to understand what the map is all about
Key to find direction between places on a map

a) Title:_______________________________________________________________________
b) Scale:______________________________________________________________________
c) Compass:___________________________________________________________________
d) Key:_______________________________________________________________________
43. Study the sketch map of Uganda below and use it to answer the questions that follow.

a) Name the ethnic group of people who followed the route marked:-
Q: ____________________________________________________________________________
P:_____________________________________________________________________________
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 b) Which ethnic group of people has their cradle land in country marked R?
______________________________________________________________________________

c) Give one reason why the ethnic group of people marked Q left their cradle land.

44. a) Name the Indian who opened the first shop in Kampala.

b) Which money currency did the Indian traders introduce in Uganda?

c) Name any two plantation crops that the early Indians in Uganda grew.
i) ______________________________________________________________________________
ii) ______________________________________________________________________________
45. a) Mention any two reasons why the explorers came to Uganda.
i) _____________________________________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________________________________
b) Mention any two difficulties the early explorers met in Uganda.
i) _____________________________________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________________________________
46. a) Mention any two economic activities done in Kalangala district.
i)
ii)
b) Give any one problem the people of Kalangala face.

c) Name another Island district found in Lake Victoria.

47. a) What was the Stone Age period?

b) Why did the Stone Age people in the early Stone Age eat raw meat?

c) Name the Stone Age tool below

______________________________________________________
48. a) What is slave trade?

b) Which group of people carried out slave trade in East Africa?

c) Name any two contributions of the early Arabs towards the development of Uganda.
i) _________________________________________________________________________________
ii) _________________________________________________________________________________
49. a) Name the place where people should keep their money safely.
______________________________________________________________________________
b) Give two importance of banks to the people in our community.
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 i) _____________________________________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________________________________
c) Which bank in Uganda prints money notes?

50. Write the following abbreviations in full.

a) L.C:
_____________________________________________________________________________
b) CAO :
___________________________________________________________________________
c) RDC: __________________________________________________________________________
d) DEO: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
For questions 51 to 55 answer either the Christianity or Islamic but not both in the same number.
51. Either: a) What is prayer?

b) Give any two reasons why people pray.

i) ___
ii) ___
c) Name the prayer that Jesus taught his apostle.

Or: Give two reasons why Muslims pray.

i) __
ii) __
b) What do we call the prayers the Muslims say at the Mosque on Friday?

c) Name any one daily prayer for Muslim.

______________________________________________________________________________
52. Either: Why do Christian remember the following days;
i) Christmas:

ii) Easter Sunday:

iii) Holy Thursday:

iv) Good Friday:

Or: Write four Holy Books in Islam.

i) ______________________________ iii)______________________________
ii) _____________________________ iv)______________________________
53. a) Either: What is a parable?
_________________________________________________________________________________
b) Write down two examples of parables written in the Holy Bible.
i)
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c) Why did Jesus use parables in his teaching?

Or: Write down four pillars of faith in Islam.

i) ___________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________________
iii)___________________________________________________________________________
iv)___________________________________________________________________________
54. Either: Name the first miracle that Jesus performed.

b) Name the place where Jesus performed the first miracle.

c) Apart from the miracle you have mentioned in a above, mention any two other miracles that Jesus
performed.
i) ___
ii) ___
Or: Who was the father of Prophet Muhammad?

b) Who was the mother of Prophet Muhammad?

c) Write down any two miracles that Mohammad performed.

i)
___
ii) ___
55. Either: Name the two parts of the Bible.
i)
ii)
b) Write two gospel books.
i) ii)
Or: Write down four pillars of Islam.
i) __
ii) ____
iii) __
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