SUMMIT HEIGHTS SCHOOLS 1

2024 TERM THREE MOCK EXAMINATIONS

1. Which of the following terms means the 6. Which of the following early explorers
position that one is holding in society? had the first view of the great falls of mosi
a. Power – o – Tanya
b. Role a. Mongo park
c. Status b. Vasco dagama
d. Rights c. Henly Stanley
2. Which of the following lives assist d. Dr. David Livingstone
geographers to locate places on a map 7. In which of the following districts did the
a. Longitudes and latitudes first leprosarium start?
b. Equator and tropical of cancer a. Dowa
c. Prime meridians and b. Salima
longitudes c. Nkhotakota
d. Equator and tropical of cancer d. Dedza
3. Who was the first leader of the Blantyre 8. Identify the following causes of road
mission after its establishment in Malawi? accidents
a. Hennery Henderson a. Pole near the road
b. Duff MacDonald b. Gravel roads
c. David clement scot c. Over speeding
d. Alexander Hetherwick d. Shinning road signs
4. Identify the following example of wage 9. Which of the following raw materials is a
labour? resources used in a primary industry?
a. A teacher a. Sugar
b. Self-employment b. Rees
c. Tea picking c. Cooking oil
d. Doctors d. Fuel
5. Which of the following groups of people 10. Which of the following are extensive flat
in Africa do Malawians belong areas
a. Bantu a. Plains
b. Nilotes b. Plateaus
c. Negroes c. Rift valleys
d. Hamites d. Mountains

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11. Which of the following tribes in Malawi c. By pointing to the fixed
was the first to be in contact with the direction of the wind
Arabs? d. By pointing up and down to
a. Lomwe the direction of wind
b. Yao 17. Which of the following effects of civil war
c. Sena may lead to starvation?
d. Tumbuka a. Injuries
12. Which of the following appoints the chief b. Destruction of property
justice in Malawi? c. Famine
a. Magistrates d. Violet
b. Judges 18. Which of the following arms of
c. President government is mainly responsible for
d. Registrar marking laws of the country?
13. Which of the following is a characteristics a. Executive
of tropical rain forest b. Legislature
a. Waxy surface trees c. Judiciary
b. Thorny trees d. Town assembly
c. Well scattered trees 19. What did Sir Harry Johnston do to stop
d. Heavy thick trees slave trade in Malawi?
14. Which of the following is a disadvantage a. He fought the Yao chiefs
of fact as a mode of communication b. He destroyed villages of slaves
a. Takes too long to reach c. He discouraged slave trade in
destination churches
b. Messages lose value d. He made a treaty with Jumbe
c. Expensive to buy a machine III
d. Works where computer is 20. Mr. Phiri is earning a living by making
available brooms. What type of work is he involved
Figure 1 shows an instrument for measuring in?
weather. Use it to answer questions 15 and 16 a. Paid work
b. Voluntary work
c. Self-employment
d. Professional work
15. What is the name of the instrument 21. Why was the calendar important to the
a. Anemometer Egyptians
b. Wind vane a. To check movement of the
c. Wind rose moon
d. Wind sock b. To tell when the expect floods
16. How does point Z indicate the direction c. To foretell the coming of
of the wind enemies
a. By pointing to direction where d. To keep records of dead
the wind is going pharaohs
b. By pointing to direction where 22. When does a bill become a law
wind is coming from

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 a. When parliament has approved c. Earthquakes
it. d. Cyclones
b. When the cabinet has approved 28. Why did the America newspaper send
it. Hennery Motton Stanley to Africa?
c. When the president has signed a. To find out if river Niger is
for it. navigable
d. When the commissioner has b. To promote discovery of the
signed it interior of Africa
23. Which of the following groups of people c. To prove that lake Victoria
are allowed to vote in the local Assembly was the source of Nile river
a. Ward councilors d. To introduce trade
b. Traditional Authorities 29. Which of the following is an impact of
c. Member of parliament intolerance of national development
d. Five appointed members a. Promote interpersonal skills
24. Why was Suez Canal constructed between b. Gives room for others people’s
the Mediterranean Sea and Red sea? views to be head
a. To shorten the distance c. Poor planning due to
between Europe and Asia disagreements
b. To enable small ships pass d. Promote sense of self
through dependence
c. To ease trading between Africa 30. There were several missionaries who
and Europe came to Malawi except
d. To promote ship building in a. Ngoni and Mwenemutapa
Africa b. Dutch reformed church
25. Which of the following is common abuse mission
of office by people in power in the c. The Scottish missionaries
community d. Islam
a. Forced labour 31. Which of the following is the contribution
b. Administering judgment of Maravi kingdom to the modern
c. Corruption Malawi?
d. With holding support a. Hunting
26. Some rulers are not elected. They acquire b. Settled life
their position through inheritance by c. Iron smelting
blood. They rule for life d. Trade in ivory
a. Democracy 32. Which of these are the risky behaviours
b. Autocracy associated with the spread of HIV and
c. Monarchy AIDS?
d. Military a. Drug and substance abuse
27. Which of the following natural disasters b. Eating together
are caused by changes in temperature and c. Kissing
air pressure d. Sharing clothes
a. Floods 33. Which of the following branch of
b. Landslides government is headed by a Mayor?

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 a. District assembly c. Selling
b. Town assembly d. Killing
c. City assembly 37. Which type of climate receive little or no
d. The chairperson rain?
34. Where did the Ngoni came from? a. Tropical Savana
a. Uluba in Tanzania b. Equatorial
b. Mzimba c. Tropical desert
c. Zululand in South Africa d. Mediterranean
35. Refers to how people are 38. Which of the following disasters occur
spread over an area or a country. along river banks?
a. Population a. Landslides
b. Population change b. Floods
c. Population distribution c. Pests
d. Population increase d. Cyclones
Use the diagram to answer question 36. 39. The following is a natural factor that cause
population change
a. Emigration
b. Immigration
c. Birthrate
d. Wars
40. Where is gold found in Africa?
a. Botswana
b. Malawi
c. Zambia
d. South Africa
36. Which of the following is method of
obtaining laves shown above?
a. Raiding
b. Buying

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

41. a. Give any one characteristics of each of the following people in Africa
i. The Hamites _________________________________________________________
ii. The Bantu ____________________________________________________________
iii. Negroes _______________________________________________________(3marks
b. State any two consequences of drug and substance abuse?
i. ________________________________ii. ___________________________(2marks
c. Give two ways that can be used to control population change in Africa?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
42. a. State any two reasons why Blantyre mission was established in Chief Kapeni’s area
i. _____________________________________________________________________

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 ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
b. Give two social services that are provided in Malawi?
i. _______________________________ii. _____________________________(2marks
c. Give any two precautionary measures against natural disasters?
i. _______________________________ii. ____________________________(2marks
d. What is work
_____________________________________________________________(1mark)
43. a. Give any two reasons why resolving conflicts peacefully is important?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
b. Why are mountains important (give two points)
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
c. Mention two modern ways of communication?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
d. What name was given to the preserved dead bodies in Egyptian Civilization?
________________________________________________________________ (1mark
44. a. Give the main cause of the East and Central African slave trade?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
1. Mention two factors that hinder the development of tourism in southern Africa?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
2. Give three ways of enforcing laws in a country?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. _____________________________________________________________________
iii. _______________________________________________________________(3marks
45. a. Why did Dr. David Livingstone came to Africa. Give two reasons
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
b. Mention any two main factors which causes population change in Africa?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
c. List two uses of longitudes?
i. _____________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________(2marks
d. State any one disadvantage of electronic mail or Email
_________________________________________________________________(1
mark
Use the diagram to answer the following questions.

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46. a. Name types of transport label A and D.
A
D (2marks)
b. List two advantages of a type of transport labelled B.
i
ii (2marks)
c Explain one disadvantage of type of transport labelled C.

(2marks)
47. a. Define the term weather.
.
(2marks)
b. Name the instrument which is used to measure rainfall.
(1mark)
c. Mention the use of a thermometer.
(1mark)
48. What does AIDS stand for
A
I
D
S (4marks)
49. a. List two city assemblies in Malawi.
(2marks)
b. How does the local government get money to pay for services. Mention two.

(2marks)
50. Describe two importance of physical features in Malawi.

(4marks)
51. Name two types of work.

(2marks)
52. List one use of money.
(1marks)

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