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TRUST JANUARY TRIAL SET 1-2024

P.7 SOCIAL STUDIES
Time allowed: 2 Hours 15 minutes

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READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. This paper has two sections: A and B. Section A has 40 FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY
questions (40 Marks) and Section B has 15 questions. QUESTION MARKS INITIALS
NUMBER ATTAINE
2. Answer ALL questions. All answers to both sections A and
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B must be written in the spaces provided. 1-10
3. AII answers must be written using a blue or black ball point 11-20 pen
21-30
or ink. Any work written in pencil will not be marked.
31-40
4. Unnecessary changes in your work and handwriting that 41-43
cannot be read easily may lead to loss of marks. 44-46
5. Do not fill anything in the table indicated ‘’FOR 47-49
50-52
EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY’’
53-55
TOTAL

Approved by;
Consultant
Science departments

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Mark Tomusiime

TRUST EDUCATION CONSULTANTS Head of Department

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 SECTION A

1. Name the most central continent of the world.

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2. Give the English meaning of the phrase “Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki”.
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3. How did the Alur tribe come into existence in Uganda?
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4. State any one disadvantage of electricity.
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5. Identify any one social activity that unites people in a community.
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6. Who was the mother of Ndahura according to the legend of the Bachwezi?
7. State one factor that led to the building of a factory at Hima.
8. Why is the Ministry of Education and sports encouraging schools to train vocational skills to learners?
9. Name any one material used to make the craft below.
10. Give one cause of poverty among the people of Uganda
11. What process led to the formation of the lake below?

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12. Apart from irrigation farming, give any other way food production can be increased in arid areas.
13. Which Ministry is responsible for refugee problems in Uganda?
14. Name the symbol on the school sign post used to boost communication between the school and its clients.
15. How are valley dams useful to people living in North Eastern Uganda?
16. Which natural forest is found along Kampala-Jinja highway?

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 17. Name the voting item marked with letter P.
18. Write any one way of promoting equality at home.
19. Give any one way NFA conserves forests in Uganda.
20. State the major economic activity carried out in Miombo woodland.
21. A P.7 pupil saw an arrow of a wind vane pointing to the South. From which direction was wind blowing?
22. Mention the common cultural practice among the Bamasaba and the Bakonjo.
23. What makes Pumla Kisosonkole a heroine in Ugandan history?
24. How is the growing insecurity in Eastern DRC a threat to the tourism industry in Uganda?
25. Find the time in Rwanda which is 300W if it is 5:00pm in Ghana.
26. Why is 30th November, 1999 remembered in the history of East African Community?
27. State any one characteristic of each of tropical climate.
28. Where are the headquarters of UNMA found in Uganda?
29. Give the work of a Resident District Commissioner.
30. How do people benefit from swamps?
31. Name the product made from limestone.
32. State any one reason why mineral resources in Uganda are not fully exploited.
33. Give any one group of people who keep security in a community.
34. Name the school facility where sick pupils are taken for treatment.
35. Which hardware component of the computer helps it to stores data for a short time?
For questions 37 to 40, answer EITHER the Christian OR Islamic question but not both. No
marks will be awarded to a candidate who attempts both alternatives.
36. Either: Mention the religion that existed in Uganda before introduction of Christianity and Islam.
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Or: Name the first foreign religion in Uganda.
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37. Either: Give the meaning of the term forgiveness.
Or. Give the meaning of the term Taubah.
38. Either: Why was Joseph put into jail in Egypt?
Or: Why was Joseph put into jail in Msiri?
39. Either: When does a Christian become a member of God’s family?
Or: When does a person who is not born by Muslim parents become a Muslim?
40. Either: How did God examine Abraham’s faith?
Or: How did Allah examine Ibrahim’s faith?
SECTION B (60 MARKS)
41. a) What is vegetation?
b) How is a natural forest different from a planted one?
c) Identify two problems caused due to presence of many forests in an area
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42. Study the table below and answer the questions that follow.
CLIMATE OF PLACE A
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 Months J F M A M J J A S O N D
Rainfall (mm) 25 80 120 150 185 110 40 45 90 170 130 70
Temp 0C 24 26 29 28 25 25 29 30 27 23 24 27
(a) What was the wettest month in place A?
(b) What was the temperature recorded in July in place A?
(c) Give the units (in words) used to measure rainfall.
(d) What was the lowest average temperature recorded in the year at place A?
43.(a) How did early man find food?
(b) What was the use of a bolas by early man?
(c) Give two advantages of iron tools over stone tools.
44. Study the sketch map of Africa below and then answer the questions that follow.

a) Name port marked S.

b) If the time at Accra is 9:00a.m. What is the time at Kigali?
c) Name the European country that colonized country T.
d) Give one reason why dotted area marked U is sparsely populated.
45. a) Name one program that was introduced by the government to reduce illiteracy in Uganda.
b) Give one way in which the above programme has reduced illiteracy in Uganda.
c) State any two challenges the government faces when implementing the above mentioned programme.
46. a) Give any two reasons why districts are divided into sub-countries.
(b) State any one problem faced by districts in meeting needs of people.
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 (c) Which ministry in Uganda is responsible for creating local administrative units?
47. Match the following dams to the rivers where they are found.
i) River Niger - Akosombo dam
ii) River Orange - Kariba dam
iii) River Zambezi - Verwoerd dam
iv) River Congo - Kainji dam
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b) River Orange __________________________
c) River Zambezi __________________________
d) River Congo __________________________
48. a)State any two factors that unite members of a nuclear family.
b) Identify any one cause of domestic violence.
49. a) Give any two reasons why the Bantu left their cradle land.
Give any one factor that influenced the settlement of tribal groups in East Africa.
50. Study the diagram below about how the government of Uganda spends its revenue and use it to answer the
questions that follow.

a) According to the above diagram, what does the government spend on most?
b) Give any one example of a development programme that the government spends on in B2.

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