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SHIRE HIGHLANDS EDUCATION DIVISION

2024 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK
EXAMINATION

SOCIAL AND LIFE SKILLS

Subject Number: M192/I

Wednesday, 20 March Time Allowed: 1 hour
11:00-12:30 pm
PAPER I
(50 marks)

Instructions:
Question Do not write in these
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1. This paper contains 7 pages. Please check
1–5

2. This paper has 50 multiple choice 6 – 10

questions. Answer all the questions. Each 11 – 15
question carries 1 mark
16 – 20
3. Write your Examination Number in the 21 – 25
spaces provided on all the pages of this
26 – 30
question paper.
31 – 35
4. In the table provided on this page, tick 36 – 40
against the question number you have
41 – 45
answered
46 – 50
5. Hand in your paper to the invigilator when
Total
time is called to stop writing.

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1. Which of the following a cause of 6. Which of the following marriages involves

prejudice and discrimination calling of bans before officiating it?
A. Responsibility A. Customary
B. Influence of media B. Civil
C. Love for competition C. Muslim
D. Racism D. Christian

2. Which of the following is a role of voters 7. The following are benefits of pension
in the electoral process? income except
A. inciting violence A. Using it as collateral for loan
B. attending civic education B. Being source of financial security
C. distributing ballot papers C. Preventing worries about future
D. Declaring winners of elections financial problems
D. Being source of government revenue
3. The following are natural ways of for project
controlling population growth except
A certain estate owner has employed boys and
A. Drought
girls aged between ten and sixteen to be
B. Wars
working on his tobacco farm. Use this
C. Epidemics
information to answer questions 8 and 9.
D. floods
8. Which of the following best describes the
Mr Ngude bought some shares in a company
rights violation committed by the estate
listed on the country’s stock exchange. Use
owner?
this information to answer questions 2 and 3
A. Child neglect
4. Which of the following ways of managing B. Child trafficking
personal finances did Mr Ngude mainly C. Child labour
want to achieve? D. Child torture
A. Budgeting
B. Investment 9. Which of the following are causes of
C. Saving violation of rights committed by the estate
D. Taxation owner in the case study?
1. Poverty
5. Which of the following refers to returns 2. Ignorance
Mr Ngude will be getting from the 3. Increase in demand for tobacco
company he has bought shares from? 4. Lack of stiff punishment
A. Annuity A. 1, 2 and 3
B. Compensation B. 1, 2 and 4
C. Dividends C. 1, 3 and 4
D. Stocks D. 2, 3 and 4
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10. Which of the following cases of injustices 15. Which of the following is a positive impact
is committed by an employer who of the kind of society in the village?
dismisses workers for speaking out their A. Exchange of skills
views? B. Dilution of culture
A. Corporal punishment C. Economic exploitation
B. Oppression D. Intermarriages
C. Nepotism
D. Discrimination 16. Which of the following is not a benefit of
national service?
11. Which of the following is an impact of A. Cooperation and unity
Eastern Culture on Africa? B. Hard-working spirit
A. Nuclear family C. Dependence syndrome
B. Arabic language D. Individual initiative
C. Pop music
Before embarking on building schools and a
D. Introduction of Christianity
hospital in the area of Traditional Authority
Tapindula, a certain non-governmental
12. Which of the following global issues leads
organization engaged local people in order to
to brain drain in developing nations?
bring together both human and material
A. Epidemics
resources. Use this information to answer
B. Loss of bio-diversity
question 17 and 18.
C. Terrorism
D. Economic globalization 17. Which of the following best describes the
action taken by the non-governmental
13. The following are principles of good organization?
governance except A. Community mobilization
A. Rule of law B. Sustainable developments
B. Separation of powers C. Local social development initiative
C. Participation D. National service
D. Sustainability
18. Which of the following ways can help to
A certain village has developed into a trading
achieve aims of the action taken by the
and tourist centre where Africans, Asians and
non-governmental organization?
Europeans are found. Use this information to
1. Meeting local leaders
answer questions 14 and 15.
2. Creating partnerships with existing
14. Which of the following best describes the organizations
society in the case study above? 3. Distributing money to attract local
A. Multi-racial people
B. Multi-ethnic 4. Conducting awareness campaigns
C. Multi-lingual A. 1, 2 and 3
D. Multi-cultural B. 1, 2 and 4
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C. 1, 3 and 4 D. An army repairing a bridge

D. 2, 3 and 4 damaged by rains.

19. Which of the following is the duty of the 23. Which of the following is the best way to
Head of State? curb drug and substance abuse among the
A. Pardoning convicted offenders youth?
B. Providing public authorities with A. Following prescriptions
technical expertise B. Use traditional medicine
C. Upholding the country’s sovereignty C. Peer education and counselling
and territorial integrity D. Family help interventions
D. Providing welfare to citizens
24. Which of the following international
20. Which of the following principles of institutions resolves conflicts by arranging
peaceful co-existence is violated by a peace-keeping missions?
country that invades another? A. European Union
A. Mutual non-interference B. International police
B. Mutual respect for each other’s C. International Court of Justice
territory D. The Security Council
C. Equality and cooperation
D. Peaceful co-existence which 25. Which of the following systems of
encourages disarmament government are most likely to be autocratic?
1. Absolute monarch
21. Which of the following is achieved when 2. Constitutional monarch
an international organization provides 3. Democratic
skills and modern techniques to local 4. Military
people who are implementing in project? A. 1 and 2
A. Infrastructural development B. 1 and 4
B. Capacity building C. 2 and 3
C. Advocacy and civic education D. 3 and 4
D. Infrastructural development
26. Which of the following are efforts being
22. Which of the following is an example of taken to curb discrimination?
local social development initiatives? 1. Executing those perpetrating
A. World Vision International building a discrimination
school in a remote area 2. Ratification of human rights declarations
B. Government constructing village 3. Entrenchment of bill of rights in the
polytechnics constitution
C. A group of citizens building a bus 4. Establishment of institutions that
shelter promote human rights
A. 1, 2 and 3
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B. 1, 2 and 4 C. Equal opportunities in employment

C. 1, 3 and 4 D. Both boys and girls go to school
D. 2, 3 and 4
31. Which of the following factors has
27. Which of the following is responsible for brought world cooperation when countries
implementing decisions in a local with same government systems work
government council? together?
A. Traditional authority A. Political ideology
B. Mayor of the city B. International organizations
C. Chief executive officer C. Political stability
D. Member of parliament for the area D. International protocols

A certain village experienced sudden increase

28. Which of the following universal values
in worms that attack crops. Use this
motivates people to assist those in need?
information to answer questions 32 and 33.
A. Respect for international health
requirements 32. Which of the following types of disasters
B. Respect for the rule of law was experienced by the village?
C. Sympathy and empathy A. Biological
D. Racial and ethnic equality B. Man-made
C. Geomorphologic
29. Which of the following are ways in which D. Climatic
one can prevent infection when caring for
AIDS patient? 33. Which of the following are preventive and
1. Washing hands with soap after mitigation measures of the disaster in the
attending to the patient case study?
2. Wearing gloves when bathing the 1. Preventing farming in river valleys
patient with open wounds 2. Having mechanism for early detection
3. Telling the patient with open wounds 3. Having more agriculture extension
to bath themselves workers
4. Washing blood-stained clothes with 4. Replanting crops where they have
disinfectants been destroyed
A. 1, 2 and 3 A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 2 and 4 B. 1, 2 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4 C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 2, 3 and 4 D. 2, 3 and 4

30. The following are indicators of gender 34. The following are roles of the public in
balance except curbing corruption except
A. Violation of rights A. reporting cases
B. Equality before law B. testifying in court
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C. apprehending suspects in her room. Use this information to answer

D. resisting and rejecting corruption questions 39 and 40.

39. Which of the following best describes

35. Which of the following are effects of
Mary’s problem?
negative attitudes towards the
A. Stigmatization
environment?
B. Self-discrimination
1. Loss of biodiversity
C. Self-condemnation
2. Climate change
D. Loneliness
3. Desertification
4. Afforestation
40. Which of the following can help Mary to
A. 1, 2 and 3
deal with the problem?
B. 1, 2 and 4
A. Committing suicide to forget worries
C. 1, 3 and 4
B. Seeking guidance and counselling
D. 2, 3 and 4
C. Taking alcohol to forget worries
D. Moving to another city to continue
36. The following are examples of corporate
with his life
social responsibility activities except
A. Donating items to an orphanage
41. Which of the following are ways in which
B. Employing non-skilled labourers from
donating blood is important?
local community
1. Improvement of health of the donor
C. Buying materials from local farmers
2. Helping to know one’s health status
D. Paying tax to government
3. Blood donor receives monetary reward
4. Blood donor gets personal satisfaction
37. Which of the following is a way of re-
A. 1, 2 and 3
building self-esteem?
B. 1, 2 and 4
A. Taking drugs and substances
C. 1, 3 and 4
B. Changing your names
D. 2, 3 and 4
C. Setting personal goals
D. Indulging in sexual relations
42. Which of the following qualities is
portrayed by a business person who is
38. Which of the following is the most
able to know and relate with others in
effective way of resisting negative peer
similar or related business?
pressure?
A. Being team player
A. Schooling close to home
B. Being good planner
B. Avoiding age mates
C. Ability to network
C. Being assertive
D. Ability to market
D. Being aggressive
Mrs Ngozo, who owns and runs a grocery
When Mary found out that she is HIV
shop, always, shouts at her customers when
positive, she stopped interacting with other
they try to complain about faulty items she
people. Most of the times, she shuts herself up
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sells. Use this information to answer questions 47. Which of the following best describes
43 and 44. how Wangwiro manages her time?
A. Evaluating time spent
43. Which of the following problems is
B. Setting her priorities
portrayed by Mrs Ngozo?
C. Monitoring her time utilization
A. She insists on discipline among
D. Planning for time available
customers.
B. She has too many customers.
48. Which of the following are benefits of
C. She lacks customer care.
Wangwiro’s actions?
D. She sells expensive goods.
1. It helps to become organized.
2. It helps to become popular.
44. What will be the effect of Mrs Ngozo’s
3. It enables achievement of goals
behaviour on her business?
4. It enables achievement of respect
A. Loss of customers
A. 1 and 3
B. High rate of turn over
B. 1 and 4
C. Having disciplined customers
C. 2 and 3
D. Growth of business
D. 2 and 4
49. The following are places where abused
45. Which of the following is the major
individuals can report their cases except
problem of boy-girl relationships?
A. Court
A. Desire to be kissing each other
B. Office of ombudsman
B. Desire to have sexual intercourse
C. Police
C. Being laughed at by friends
D. Reformatory centre
D. Being unable to teach each other
school work
50. Which of the following is an example of
core values and ethics in Malawian
46. The following are effects of negative peer
society?
pressure except
A. Same sex marriages
A. Becoming popular
B. Doing what peers do
B. Early marriage
C. Respect for elders
C. Abortion
D. Initiation ceremonies
D. School dropout

Wangwiro always does school work and

house hold chores before going to the nearby
hill to enjoy nature. Use this information to
answer questions 48 and 49.

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