BEROYA MISSION HIGH SCHOOL
FORM TWO GEOGRAPHY MONTHLY EXAMINATION
TIME: 1:30HRS September
2025
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with the total of ten (10) questions
2. Answer ALL questions
3. Section A and C carry fifteen (15) marks each and section B carries seventy (70)
marks
4. All writing must be in blue or black ink
5. All writing must be written in the space provided
6. Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in
assessment room
7. Write your names at the top of every page.
SECTION A (15 Marks)
Answer ALL questions in this section
1. For each of the items (i – x), choose the most correct answer from among the
alternatives and write its letter besides the item number in the answer booklets
provided.
(i) Mpoki is Form One Student at Mtakuja Secondary School. During
Holiday, He went to Dar es Salaam to visit his Uncle who took him to the
beach. Mpoki surprised to saw a raised part of Ocean Floor. How can you
described the feature that surprised Mpoki.
A. Mid Oceanic Ridge
B. Oceanic Trench
C. Continental shelf
D. Continental slope
(ii) Dr. Lymo advised a Meeting at Mombasa (15°E). at noon, the people of
Benin observed the same speech at 8:00 am on the television, suggest the
longitude of Benin.
A. 30°W
B. 45°W
C. 45°E
D. 60°E
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(iii) Problem in the Indian Ocean where the Captain called for the help from
the engineer crew, He told them, the ship is found somewhere in East?
What is bearing of that direction?
A. 125°
B. 090°
C. 270°
D. 180°
(iv) The Ocean Floor, is not flat in natural since it consists uplands and low
land features. Which of the following features is the best for fishing
activities?
A. Continental basin
B. Continental shelf
C. Oceanic Island
D. Oceanic slope
(v) At Mzinga Station, Dr Lawi recorded 12°C as the temperature of the
station at 1500M. What will be the temperature of Kibaha station at 700M
above the sea level?
A. 7.2°C
B. 4.8°C
C. 16.8°C
D. 36°C
(vi) After learning different types of Forest, students were asked to name the
type of Forest which is mostly found in Coastal areas near salt water
bodies like Ocean or Sea. What type of forest will be named by student?
A. Equatorial Forest
B. Coniferous Forest
C. Deciduous Forest
D. Mangrove Forest
(vii) John and Hamis developed a strong debate on the shape of the Earth,
Hamis argued that, a shape of the Earth is flat, while John argued that the
shape of the Earth is not flat. How can you help them?
A. The shape of the Earth is round
B. The shape of the Earth is flattened sphere
C. The shape of the Earth is flat
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D. The shape of the Earth is sphere
(viii) The grid reference Y is 364595. What are the numbers of Eastings and
Northings?
A. 595 are Eastings and 364 are Northings
B. 364 are Eastings and 595 are Northings
C. 364 are Easting and 595 are Eastings
D. 364 are Easting without Northings
(ix) Agatha visited Rufiji River basin project where she saw a Highland area
surrounding the basin that separate it from another. What is that land
called geographically?
A. Mountain
B. Confluence
C. Catchment area
D. Basin perimeter
(x) Sometime the shape of the Sea is anomalous, it can enter the land or
surround the land. All these appearances have different names. What is the
name of the part of Sea that surrounded by land?
A. Peninsula
B. Cape
C. Highland
D. Gulf
Answers
i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x
2. Match the following geographical events in List A with their corresponding dates in
List B by writing the letter of writing the letter of correspondence item in the box
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provided below.
List A List B
(i) Aphelion A. 21 March and 22nd December
st
every year
(ii) Perihelion B. 21st June every year
(iii) Equinox C. 22nd December
D. 3rd January every year
(iv) Summer solstice in the tropic of cancer
E. 21st March and 23rd September
(v) Summer solstice in the tropic of Capricorn every year
F. 4th July every year
G. 23rd December every year
Answers
List A i ii iii iv v
List B
SECTION B: (75 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
3. (a) What is a great circle?
(b) Why does the sun appear larger than other stars that are seen at night?
(c) Describe the importance of parallels and meridians
4. Steven’s family was watching TV at home, the program was a weather
forecasting. Steven and his wife tot angry with the program as they said weather
forecasting is useless to them. As a Form I geography student help Steven’s
family:-
(a) To understand what is weather forecasting
(b) To understand the importance of weather forecasting (five points]
(c) List at least two dangers that a Country will face when weather
forecasting is not implemented.
5. Study carefully the climatic data given for Muheza district and answer the questions that
follow:-
Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Temp 25 25 26 26 24 24 25 24 25 23 25 23
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°C
Rainfall 170 174 160 180 184 178 176 138 100 95 100 125
mm
(i) Calculate the annual rainfall for the station
(ii) Calculate the mean temperature of the station.
(iii) Determine the temperature range of the station.
(iv) What type of climate does the district experience? (Give reason.]
(v) Mention any three economic activities practiced in such area.
6. Ashura was laughing at Josephine when she was studying about earth’s parallels
and meridians. Help Ashura to understand.
(a) Define
(i) Meridians
(ii) Parallels
(b) Mention five (5) important parallels.
(c) Outline four (4) importance of meridians.
7. (a). Define the term weather:
(b). The list Mentioned below is about Instruments for Measuring Elements of Weather,
you as one with a great knowledge name the element of weather respectively with
instruments
i. Thermometer
ii. Hygrometer
iii. Rain gauge
iv. Barometer
v. Sunshine recorder
vi. Wind vane
vii. Anemometer
viii. Evaporimeter
8. (a). Define the term Climate
(b). Differentiate weather from climate five (05) points.
(c) Mention three types of climate:
9. (a) Define the term precipitation
(b) Give five forms of precipitation
(c). Briefly describe three types of Rain
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SECTION C (10 Marks)
Answer question number ten (10) in this section
10. “The world’s climate is neither uniform nor static”. With the relevancies, examine five (05)
factors affecting temperature.
