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PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LINDI REGION
FORM TWO MOCK ASSESSMENT
013 GEOGRAPHY
Time 2.30 Hours May, 2023

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions
3. Section A and C carry fifteen (15) marks each and section B caries seventy (70) marks
4. All writings must be written in the space provided.
5. Any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the assessment room
6. Write your assessment number at the top right corner of every page.

FOR ASSESSOR’S USE ONLY

QUESTION NUMBER SCORE ASSESSOR’S INITIALS

10

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CHECKER’S INITIALS

SECTION A (15 MARKS)

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1. For each of the items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write
it’s letter in the box provided.

i. In a group discussion, Mero told his fellow form two students that “ocean floor consists of
numerous features”. Which one of the following groups of terms do you think mentioned by
Mero as applicable to some parts of the ocean floor?
A. Basin, deep, cirque, plateau
B. Ocean ridge, ocean deep, deep sea plain, continental slope
C. Sea trench, beach, basin, ridge
D. Sea ridge, ocean deep, ocean basin, water falls
ii. The earth is constantly rotates and revolves while inclined on it’s axis. What does a permanent
tilt of the earth axis and revolution of the earth in it’s orbit cause?
A. Day and Night
B. The deflection of winds
C. Difference in time between places on different meridians
D. Varying length of day and night at different times of the year
iii. Ms Kweka visited all tropical climatic regions. In her visits she observed great temperature
variations among the regions. Which of the following tropical climate does Ms Kweka
observed
to have the largest diurnal temperature range?
A. Equatorial climate
B. Tropical monsoon
C. Tropical savanna
D. Hot desert
iv. The students of Nguvu Moja Secondary school visited the farmers at Mivinjeni village, at the
village they observed the farmer cultivating using machines like tractors, what kind of
agriculture was practiced by the farmer at Mivinjeni village?
A. Bush fallowing
B. Large scale agriculture
C. Nomadic cultivation
D. Small scale agriculture
v. When the noon sun is directly overhead at the tropic of cancer (23.5 0N latitude) around 21
June
in the northern hemisphere, the condition known as:
A. Summer Solstice
B. Spring Solstice
C. Winter Solstice
D. Autumn Solstice
vi. The temperature at Korogwe 950m is 24℃ . What is the temperature of Kilimanjaro 5895m
above the sea level?
A. 5.670C
B. 18.150C
C. -5.670C
D. 10.240C
vii. Suppose a meteorologist measured the temperature at Antananarivo 770F and convert it into
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convert from 0F to 0C?

A. 0F = 9/5 (0C + 32)

B. 0C = 9/5 (0F – 32)
C. 0F = 5/9 ( 0C + 32)
D. 0C = 5/9 (0F -32)
viii. A person may either gains or losses time when travels across international date line east or
west respectively .Hence one gains in terms of time by 60 minutes for every 150 of longitude
when travels from:
A. North to South
B. East to South
C. West to East
D. East to West
ix. There are so many imaginary lines drawn to explain the earth’s surface, some are vertical,
horizontal and inclined. Which of the following statements best describes longitude?
A. An imaginary line on the earth’s surface joining the north and south poles
B. The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
C. The distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian
D. The position of a place on the earth’s surface with reference of the prime meridian
x. The tourists from Germany to Tanzania were interested to visit mountains formed by cooling
and solidification of molten material. Which type of mountains will satisfy their interest?
A. Residual Mountains.
B. Block mountains
C. Fold Mountains
D. Volcanic mountains
2. Match the items in LIST A with the corresponding one in LIST B by writing the letter of the
correct response below the item number in the table provided.

LIST A LIST B

(i) The great circle around the middle of the globe A. Curved horizon
dividing the earth into two equal parts B. Longitude
(ii) The position of a point on the earth’s surface in C. Hemisphere
relation to the equator, expressed as it’s angular D. Standard line
distance north and south from the equator E. Parallels
(iii) Either half of the earth’s sphere which has been F. Equator
divided by an equatorial plane through its Centre G. International date line
(iv) The standard line of the earth located at 00 longitude H. Prime Meridian
dividing the earth east and west into two equal parts
(v) The angular distance of a given point measured in
degrees east or west of Greenwich meridian

LIST A i ii iii iv v

LIST B

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Answer all questions
3. Dr . Katigile measured a bearing of Dodoma (NW) from Dar-es-salaam (SE) in Tanzania and

read 3050NW of Tanzania at 11: 30 am

a) Out line four procedures used by Dr. Katigile to measure the bearing
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b) Name the type of bearing measured by Mr Katigile
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c) Show other possible ways that can be used to locate the position of a place
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4. James family was watching TV at home; the program was a weather forecasting. James and
his wife got angry with the program as they said weather forecasting is useless to them.
a) As a F II geography student helps James family to understand the importance of weather
forecasting (Four points)
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b) List at least two dangerous that a country will face when weather forecasting is not
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5 a) Draw a well labeled diagram to show the solar eclipse
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c) Give two impacts which may occur due to solar eclipse

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6. A teacher at Ilulu Secondary School gave an assignment to FII students on identifying various
energy resources both renewable and non – renewable energy resources. As one among Form II
students
a) Mention any five (5) energy resources in the world.
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c) What are the two challenges facing the production and uses of non – renewable resources

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7. In making a good map, scale is very important information to be considered. Without a scale
map is incomplete:
a) With examples, outline three types of map scale
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b) In which ways the map scale can be expressed

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d) Suppose that one centimeter on the map represent a half Kilometer on the ground (1cm to ½
km), covert it into representative Fraction scale
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8. A meteorologist gave the Form two students books to discuss about five climatic regions, In
their reading and discussion they noted one among the five regions is located along 00 to 50
North and south of the equator.
a) What type of climatic region do the students noted being located from 00 to 50?
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b) Where does the climatic region mentioned in (a) above distributed in the world?
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c) Mention five climatic characteristics of the region mentioned in (a) above.

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d) What are the four dominant economic activities that are practiced in the climatic region
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9. Mr Brown is an American investor, he just came from U.S.A and want to set up
manufacturing
industry in your country. He is now stress full since he don’t know where and how he will
manage to establish industry. As a geographer
a) Out line five factors to assist Mr Brown to locate manufacturing industry in your country
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b) Give three (3) importance of manufacturing industry in the country

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c) List down two main challenges that hinder the development of manufacturing Industry

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SECTION C (15marks)
Answer question ten (10)
10. “DAWASCO was the responsible medium for water supply and management in Dar-es –
salaam. The sector helped the government acknowledging people on the importance and need for
water management. Some people failed to understand. As an expert in the whole aspect of water,
describe significances of water management for daily life

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