THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
ORGANISATION OF HEADS OFNON-GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(OHONGSS)
FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATION
013 GEOGRAPHY
TIME: 3HOURS YEAR: 2024
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of 11 questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two questions in section C.
3. Map extract of Songwe sheet 244/3 is provided.
4. All writing should be in blue or black ink, except for diagrams that must be drawn in
pencil.
5. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
6. Write your examination number on every page of your answer booklets
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SECTION A (16 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. For each of the items (i-x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and
write its letter beside the item.
(i) Form three students were making revision on the concept of features formed by
wind erosion. What do you think is correct about the features formed by wind
erosion?
A. Batholith, dykes, and volcano
B. Rock pedastals, yardangs and zeugens
C. Sills, batholith and phacolith
D. Crystalline, sediments and metarmophic
E. Soil profile, soil texture and rocks
(ii) Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal scored a winning goal for his team against Man City at
5:00pm in England (150W) at what degree of longitude was the goal scored at
7:00pm In Mbeya?
A. 600W D. 450E
B. 150W E. 450W
C. 300W
(iii) Students from Kilimahewa secondary school conducted a study tour to volcanic
region and when they reached the area, they were wondering the way hot water was
forcefully emitted into the atmosphere from the ground due to volcanic eruption.
This feature is called.....
A. Hot spring D. Water fall
B. Crater lake E. Mud flow
C. Geyser
(iv) Hamis is a form three student, he saw the deposition of moisture or frozen water
from the atmosphere but he didn’t know what it was. What would you call what
Hamis saw?
A. Hail D. Sleet
B. Precipitation E. Snow
C. Rain
(v) The boundary that separates the mantle and crust is termed as
A. Mohorovic C. Conrad
discontinuity discontinuity
B. Guternberg D. Atmosphere
discontinuity E. Core
(vi) The process of peeling off and falling of the rock mass like an onion is called?
A. Change in D. Frost action
temperature E. Granular
B. Exfoliation disintegration
C. Crystallization
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(vii) If temperature at 500m where the tourist starts climbing Mount Kilimanjaro is 20°C,
what will be the temperature when they reach 2000m above the sea level?
A. 10°C D. 12°C
B. 5°C E. 15°C
C. 11°C
(viii) What is the dominant characteristic of a rock formed from eruption of lava from
interior of the earth surface?
A. Metamorphic D. Sedimentary
B. Crystalline E. Igneous rock
C. Formed in layer
(ix) The people around Lake Nyasa were facing the problem of land shortage for
agricultural activities and construction of their dwellings due to the presence of the
lake, but they decided to fill sand and mud in some parts of the lake so as to have
the area for performing their daily economic activities. What type of process that
was done by the Nyasa people?
A. Land degradation D. Land reclamation
B. Land increase E. Irrigation
C. Water sealing
(x) Mr Mahimbo and his students visited a certain National park in Tanzania and saw a
thick forest, tree dwellers, animals and people who engaged in cultivation of cocoa
and coffee. What types of forest will you suggest among the following;
A. Equatorial D. Tropical savanna
B. Mediterranean E. Polar climate
C. Tropical
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2. Match the items in list A with the correct response in list B by writing the letter of the
correct response beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
LIST A LIST B
(i) Is the arrangement of soil on the slope from the top A. Leaching
to the bottom B. Soil
(ii) Refer to the empty spaces between particles of the C. Salinization
soil materials especially which undistributed D. Soil structure
(iii) The vertical section from the surface to the parent E. Weathering
rock characterized by distinct layer F. Soil profile
(iv) Acidic or alkalinity used to determine the amount of G. Soil porosity
hydrogen ions in the soil H. Soil p.h
(v) Is the arrangement of the soil particles into I. Soil catena
aggregate compound particles J. Soil texture
(vi) The process of washing down nutrients in the
solution from top soil layer to sub soil layer
SECTION B (54 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
3. Carefully study the map extract of Songwe sheet 244/3 provided answer questions that
follow
a) Measure the length of railway from grid reference 020080 to grid reference 100137 in
km
b) Identify any three methods used to show the relief features of the mapped area
c) Change scale of the map into the statement scale
d) With evidence mention two means of transport shown in the mapped area
e) With evidence from the map identify three social services which found in the mapped
area
4. Read carefully the statistical data bellow showing cash crops production (00 tones) in
east Africa in the year 2023
CROPS
COUNTRY
COFFEE TOBACCO COTTON
Kenya 280 200 150
Uganda 300 170 80
Tanzania 250 100 290
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a) Construct a multiple bar graph
b) Comment on the nature of the production according to your graph
c) Show merits and demerits of the graph provided (three points per each)
5. A geography teacher at Kalimjee secondary school assigned his students to determine the
distance by measuring series of straight lines on the ground. As an expert in surveying:-
a) Advice the students of Kalimjee secondary school the suitable survey technique for
their assignment
b) Name at least four equipment they likely to use
c) Mention four importance of survey
6. Research is a scientific investigation aimed at finding solutions to geographical problem.
By giving out six (06) points describe sources of research problem.
7. Carefully study the photograph attached, then answer the questions that follow.
a) With two reasons, identify the type of photography.
b) Name two possible economic activities being conducted in the area.
c) Suggest the type of climate of the area.
d) At which time was the photograph taken.
8. Katoto is a farmer whose farm is near a dry river valley. On one side of river valley water
from the dry river valley diverted to the wet river valley.
a) Explain that phenomenon took place.
b) With the aid of diagram explain three major features produced.
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SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer only two questions from this section
9. Tanzanian government moves to enter into an agreement to release port of Dar Es Salaam
with an international company known as DP World of Dubai. As a form four student who
knows about water management, prove with six points that harbors with good
infrastructures are important to Tanzania.
10. Soil is normally different from one place to another in terms of their physical,
biological and chemical properties. However this is determined by the factors
and processes involved during its formation. Critically, in six points elaborate how
soil is beneficial to human life.
11. Man power mobilization is one of the ways geared towards solving population problems
as well as economic and environmental predicaments. As a form four student, discuss six
(6) problems facing the mobilization of man power in Tanzania.
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