THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION
013 GEOGRAPHY
(For Both School and Private Candidates)
Time: 3 Hours Year: 2022
Instructions
This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C.
Section A carries fifteen (15) marks, section B fifty five (55) marks and section C carries thirty (30) marks.
Map extract of Ilonga (Sheet 2652) is provided.
Programmable calculators, cellular phones and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the examination room.
Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
SECTION A (15 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. For each of the items (i) — (x), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter besides the item number in the answer booklet(s) provided.
(i) Which set of elements of weather are mainly used to classify climate of an area?
Humidity and precipitation
Temperature and rainfall
Temperature and sun shine
Temperature and humidity
Wind and temperature
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(ii) The local time at Greenwich Meridian is 10:30 am on Thursday. What will be the time at longitude 180°E?
10:30 pm on Thursday
10:30 am on Wednesday
12:30 am on Wednesday
11:00 am on Friday
12:00 pm on Thursday
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(iii) Which one is a major environmental problem facing most of African cities?
Loss of biodiversity
Soil erosion
Air pollution
Deforestation
Overgrazing
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(iv) Suppose you were walking along river Rufiji and you had a chance to observe the drainage pattern with uniform rock structure and rock resistance, suggest the name of that drainage pattern.
Dendritic
Trellis
Radial
Parallel
Centripetal
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(v) Suppose you are living in an urban center and you are interested in keeping livestock. What type of livestock keeping would be suitable for you?
Sedentary
Transhumance
Ranching
Pastoralism
Nomadism
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(vi) Which earth crust processes caused the formation of Uluguru mountains?
Prolonged denudation
Wrinkling of the earth's crust
Sinking of the earth's crust
Outflow and spread of lava
Faulting of the earth's crust
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(vii) The following diagram shows the sun, the earth and the orbit of the moon around the earth. Study it carefully and then answer the question that follows:
At which position of the moon is lunar eclipse likely to occur?
V
W
U and V
U
X
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(viii) Husna and his young brother Hamid like to play with wet soil around their home. They enjoy observing quick percolation of water in the soil. What type of soil were they playing with?
Clay
Silt
Loam
Sand
Silt and clay
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(ix) Earthquakes and volcanoes have a clearly identifiable pattern over the earth's surface. Which area is not prone to earth quakes and volcanoes?
Coast of Alaska
East African rift valley
Andes mountain
Himalayan belt
Sahara desert
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(x) Which location of mineral occurrence is best for shaft method of mining?
Horizontal to the earth's surface
Very close to the earth's surface
In a river valley
On the earth's surface
Lay deep into the earth's surface
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2. Match the type of climate in List A with their corresponding latitudes North and South of the Equator in List B by writing the letter of the correct answer beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
6. (a) A group of students were sitting at a high steep face of a rock along the sea coast of the Indian Ocean. They observed the breaking movements of ocean waves in which ocean water is thrown up the beach and retuned under gravity down the shore.
(i) What are the two wave processes the students observed?
(ii) Mention four erosion processes involved in that ocean wave.
8. Suppose you have been asked to conduct a research on poor performance of students in Mathematics subject at your school, explain ten stages you would follow.
10. "Tanzania has realized that improving transport is inevitable for sustainable socio-economic development." Justify this quotation by giving seven points