THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

011 CIVICS 

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

TIME: 2 Hours 30 Minutes 2006/10/09 p.m.

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C.

2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and three (3) questions from section C.

3. Electronic calculators are not allowed in the examination room.

4. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.

5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

SECTION A (20 marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i) - (x), choose the correct answer among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number.

(i) The group of people living in a particular area sharing common customs, traditions and race is called a

1. family
2. society
3. nation 
4. tribe
5. community.

(ii) Local governments are important institutions for facilitating

1. indigeneous culture
2. representative democracy
3. tax collection
4. self-reliance
5. participatory democracy.

(iii) The major defect of indirect rule as introduced by the British colonial rule was that it

1. encouraged tribalism and ethnicity
2. stimulated native development
3. supported land alienation
4. discouraged the spread of Kiswahili 
5. promoted racialism.

(iv) In tanzania the following institutions are responsible for promoting human rights except

1. TAMWA
2. Tanganyika Society of the Lawyers
3. TUCTA
4. Judiciary
5. The constitution.

(v) The United Nations Peace Keeping COmmission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is called

1. UNOSOM
2. UNIMOG
3. ECOMOG
4. MONUIC
5. K - FOR

(vi) Military institutions formed by the big powers as a result of the cold war were the

1. League of Nations and UNO
2. World Bank and IMF
3. NATO and WARSAW pact
4. Security Council and International Court of Justice.
5. Commonwealth and the Non-Alignment Movement.

(vii) The term used to explain the struggle against foreign domination is

1. liberation
2. democratisation
3. nationalism
4. nationalisation 
5. resistance.

(viii) One of the following is not a ministry under the Union Government of Tanzania

1. Security and Defence
2. Home Affairs
3. Finance
4. Science Technology and Higher Education
5. Education and Culture.

(ix) One of the following statements is not true about the cultural defects of colonial education

1. It inculcated self-reliance attitudes
2. It encouraged individualistic instincts of mankind
3. In inculcated racism
4. It despised traditional dances
5. It segregated women.

(x) One major impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAP) to most African Countries is

1. expansion of free social services
2. promotion of African investors
3. reduction of the work force
4. promotion of rural development projects
5. increasing government spending on social services.