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SIGNAL EXAMS 2022

kenya Primary School Education Assessment
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
Time Ihr 40min

INSTRUCTiONSTO CANDIDATES (Please read these instructions carefully)

You have been given this question booklel and a separate answer sheet. The question booklet contains
S0 questions.
Lo any necessary rough work in this booklet.
When you have chosen your answer, mark it on the ANSWER SHEET, not in this question bookiet.

HOW TO USE THE ANSWER SHEET

U'se an ordinary pencil.
Confirm that the answer sheet that you have been provided with the following:

YOUR ASSESSMENT NUMBER

YOUR NAME
NAME OF YOUR SCHOOL
NAME OF SUBJECT

6. Do not make any marks outside the boxes.

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7. Keep the sheet as clean as possible and do not fold i
8. For each ofthe questions 1 -50, four choices argiven(Thcboices are lettered A, B, C and D. In
each case, only ONE of the four choices is corct. Chose the correct answer from the choices.
9 On the answer sheet, the correct answer is b e wn bykirawing a dark line inside the box in which
the letter you have chosen is written.
Example
In the Question Booklet:
36. Which of the following tools is used in oeaning our homes?
. Soil
B. Broom
C. Spade
D. Tooth brush
The correct answer is B.
On the Answer Sheet:
In the set of boxes numbered 36, draw a dark line inside the box with the letter B printed in it as
indicated below.
36 A] B [C) D
10. Your dark line MUST be within the box.
11. For each question, ONLY ONE box is to be marked in each set of four boxes.

This question paper consists of 8 printed pages

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 1 Which of the following is not part of 4. The following are characteristics of
the human circulatory system? plants as living things except that they
A. Arteries A. reproduce
B. Heart B. grow

C.Capillaries C. move from place to place

D.Trachea. D.react to changes in the environment.

2. The organ that pumps blood in the 5. The roots of a plant are important in that

human body is the they

A. lungs A. make food for the plant
B. arteries B. are the reproductive part of the plant

C. heart C. transport food to other parts of the

D.kidney. plant
D.absorb water and mineral particles.
3. The chart below shows classification of

living things. 6. The experiment below was carried out

by grade 6 pupils.
Living things

M
Leaves Black Polythene bag

Plant
Animal R Vehicles Water

What were they investigating?

The parts labelled M, R and S A. Breathing

respectively are B.Respiration

M R S C. Reproducing

A. Living things plants flowering plants D, Making of plant food.

B. Non-living things avocadoo living things

Vertebrates fish invertebrales 7. Centipedes and millipedes move by
D. Living things plants non-living things A. 1lying

B. walking

C.gliding
D.hopping
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8. Which of the following is not a 13. Which one of the following is a physical
vertebrate? property of bases? They are

A. Snail A. sweet in taste

B. Lizard B. blue in color

C.Antelope C. bitter in taste

D.Rat D. in gaseous form

14. The diagram below shows parts of the

9. What causes pinworms? human digestive system.
A. Eating undercooked meat.

B. Poor hygiene.

C. Dirt from cats and dogs.

D. Eating contaminated soil.

10. The processing of waste materials to

make new items is called D

A. production
Name the parts labe!lled A, B. C and D
B. manufacturing
respectively.
C.conduction
A B D
D. recycling.
C
tongue gullet pancreas stomach

mouth pesophagus| stomach liver

11. Which one ofthe following is a word
teeth trachea |liver pancreas
processor application? tongue food pipe| liver Stomach
A. LaptopP
B. Camera 15. What is the function of the tooth
C. AbiWord below?
D. Facebook

2. The process by which iodine changes

into vapour it is cailed

A. cvaporation

B. sublimation A. Tearing flesh

C. Melting B.Grinding food

C.Crushing food
D.freezing
D.Biting food.
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16. What is the 20. The cover crop shown in the figure
meaning of the term soil

erosion? below is called

A. Rising up of water in soil.

B. Ability of soil to retain water.

C.Carrying away of top soil by vind or

water.

D.Making soil more fertile.

A. pumpkin leaves

17. The best way

of conserving water in the B. brown grass

soil is by C. sweet potato vines

A. cutting down trees D.maize.

B. sinking of dams

C. planting cover
21. Which of the following pairs of plants
crops
consists of climbers?
D.covering soil with polythene bags
A. Beans and mango.
B. Sugar cane and melon.
18. Which of the following is not a way of C. Passion fruit and pumpkin vines.
keeping away wild animais from the D. Water melon and maize.
farm? By using
A. wire mesh fence 22. Which of the following products are

B. safe traps obtained from the domestic animal

below?
C. scare crows

D. mulching

19. Otuoma wanted to plant beans. In which

of the following areas will he harvest in

plenty?
A. Mining areas.

B. Areas where eroded soil is deposited.

A. Skin and manure.
C. Construction sites.
B. Milk and pork.
D.Areas cultivated for long.
C. Pork and manure.
D. Fat and fur.
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23. Which of the following is an indigenous 28. The figure below shows a type of start
cereal? knownas
technique in a race
A. Maize

B.Beans
C.Wheat
D. Sorghum.

24. The transfer of seedlings from the nursery

bed to a seedbed is referred to as

A. germination A. Head start

B. thinning B. Crouch start

C. transplanting C. Frog jump

D. pruning. D.Bullet start.

29. Which of the following cards are used

25. The following are importance of
innovative gardening except that it in managing soccer games

A. provides us with food A. Blue cards

B. is a way of mulching B. Yellow cards

C. saves money C. Square cards
D. is a source of income. D.Pinpoint cards.

26. Bunch start in athletic track events is 30. What is tagging in rugby?

also called
A. Pulling tags or stripes from the
striker carrying the ball to restrict
A. bunch tracker
their attack to the try line.
B. skier
B. Passing the ball to the team mate.
C.bullet start

D.relays start C. Opposing the scorig

D.Throwing the baBl that was offside.

27. The following are types of starts used in

31. Why is pivoting important in frisbee
sprints except
game?
A. crouch start

B.juggling start
A. Striking the opponent
C. elongated start
B. It helps a thrower to evade the opponent.
C. Elevating team mate.
D. medium start
D.Helps in scoring.

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32. Which of the following techniques is Which is the correct order in which the
not used in swimming? above events are performed?
A. Breaststroke A. (ii), ) , i), (v)
B. Headstand B. (ii), (), (iv), (ii)
C. Backstroke C. (1). (i). (ii), (iv)
D.Sidestroke. D.(ii), (i), iv), )

33. The figure below shows a type of field 35. How.should one approach during run
used in games. through finishing technique?
A. With the neck bend.
B. Full speed.
C.Chest at back.
D.Legs apart.

36. Which one of the following is not a

non-communicable disease or disorder?
A. Diabetes

The field shown above is B.Obesity

C. Chancroid
A. a soccer field
D. Asthma.
B. an athletics track field
C. a discuss field
37. Girls experience the following physical
D.a volleyball pitch
changes during adolescence except
A. hips broaden
34. The following are steps involved in
B. wet dreams
doing a bunch start.
C. menstruation begins
) Placing both feet behind the starting
D.development of breasts
line. Arms straight shoulder-width
apart with fingers spread behind the
38. Name the personal items below
line and a thumb turned avay
respectively.
(i) Keep the head in the line with the

body, eyes focused ahead down on

the lane.

(ii) Placing the legs such that the toes

of the rear foot are apPproximatehb

in line with the heel of the front foot.
A. Tooth brush, nail softener.
(iv) On the set commamd go in ready
B.Pumice stone, hair brush.
position with the whole body amd
C. Comb, pumice stone.
raise ihe hips just above the
D.Comb, nose cleaner.
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39. Which of the following groups consists A. Do not dry clean, use chlorine
of nutrients found in food? bleach, use a hot iron.
A. Fats, proteins, water. B. Dry clean, use chlorine, use a cold

B. iron.
Fiber, vitamins, carbohydrates.
C. Do not dry clean, use chlorine,
C. Vitamins, water, oils.
use a medium cold iron.
D.Proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins.
D.Dry in shade, use detergents,
do not iron.
40. A child was seen to have swollen, body

parts bleeding gums, unhealthy skin, 43. Which of the following statements is
body weakness and with wounds that take not true about time management?
long to heal. Which of the following A. Finish work on time.
nutrients does the child require in B.Avoid time wastage.

plenty? C. Doing more useless things.

A. Carbohydrates D.Avoiding stress.

B. Vitamins C
44. Which of the following surfaces is
C.Proteins
made of cement?
D. Vitamin D.
A. Sink
B. Walls
41. Kitchen tools and equipment are made
C. Doors
of the following materials except
D.Cupboards.
A. wood

B. melamine 45. Which of the following is an

immunisable disease?
C.glass
D.wool A.Coughs
B. Malaria

C.Chicken pox
42. What do the following symbols mean in
D. Scabies.
laundry work respectively?

46. Wise buying is inportant in that it

A. helps to avoid impulse buying
B. enables to buy more things not on the

list

C. wastes a lot tme

D. encourages money wastage

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47. Why is warnm soapy vater used in 50. The figure below shows a step of

cleaning' To laundry work.

A. feel nice

B. avoid cold

C.crumble plastics
D. kill germs.

+8. The figure below shows a certain

method of cooking.

The step shown above is

A. sorting

B.cleaning
C.ironing
The method of cooking shown above is D.storing.
A. boiling
B. shallow frying THISIS THE LAST PRINTED PAGE
C. roastinS

D.deep frying.

49. Which one of the following is not an

embroidery stitch?
A. Stem stitch
B. Back stitch

C.Chain stitch
D. Satin stitch.

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