MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
KACHOLOLA BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL
G10 GEOGRAPHY END OF TERM THREE (3) TEST
TIME: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES
MARKS: 50
Instructions to Candidates.
1. Write your name on the same question paper.
2. There are Fifty questions in this paper. Answer all the questions.
Four each question, there are four possible answers, A,B,C and D.
Choose the answer you consider correct and mark x on the answer of your choice.
SECTION A : MAP WORK AND BASIC TECHNIQUE
Question 1 to 12 are based on the 1:50000 map extract of kildonan ( Zimbambwe).
1.What Man made feature is found in grid reference 3871?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dip tank
Dam
Factory
Mine dump.
2.The general height above sea level of the land in grid square 3570 is ….
A.1300m
B.1280m
C.1260m
D.1240M
3.The vertical interval used on the map for Kildonan is …..
A.80m
B.60m
C.40m
D.20m
4.Find the distance along the railway line from the southern edge of the map upto the bridge in
grid square 4265.
A.3.4km
B.3.0km
C.2.4km
D.2.0km
5. What type of land form is found on the north eastern part of the map?
A. A Beach
B. A Dyke
C. Mountain
D. An Embarkment
6. The general flow of the Murembwe River is from ….
A. North to south
B.South –east to north west
C. South to north
D. South west to north west
7. Calculate the gradient along the slope from the summit of Muneni Hill in grid square 4264 to
the huts in grid square 3964.
A. 1:14
B. 1:19
C. 1:24
D. 1:29
8. According to map evidence , the main economic activity on the eastern side of the railway line
is ….
A. Agriculture
B. Cattle ranching
C. Lumbering
D. Mining
9. The main type of vegetation that grows on the eastern side of the narrow tarred road on the
map is ….
A. Dense bush
B. Medium bush
C. Sparse bush
D. Plantation
10. What physical feature is found along Mukwadzi River at grid reference 439720?
A. Confluence
B. Delta
C. Ox-bow lake
D. Rapids
11. In which of the following grid squares is Orchard farming practiced?
A. 3772
B. 3872
C. 3972
D. 4072
12. Grid square 4475 has the highest concentration of an urban settlement due to the presence
of….
A. Agriculture activities
B. Lumbering
C. Valley
D. Railway transport
SECTION B.ELEMENT OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
13. Find the latitude for town Y in the Northern Hemisphere whose angle of elevation is 460 on
21st March?
A. 00
B. 250
C.440
D.670
14. Which one of the following planets takes the longest period of time to make one revolution?
A. Earth
B. Jupita
C. Mars
D. Venus
15. Which of the following is not an aspect of volcanicity?
A. Batholith
B. Dyke
C. Fold
D. Geyser
16. The soil along the river banks in its lower course are fertile mainly because of the…
A. Decomposition of the leaves from trees along the banks
B. Decomposition of silt during the floating of the plain
C. Droppings of the animals that come to drink water
D. Fishing activities that are done in the lower course
17. The drainage pattern likely to be formed on volcanic mountains is…
A. Confluence
B. Dendritic
C. Radial
D. Trellis
18. Which one of the following materials from an eruption of a volcano makes the movements
of people in the nearby places difficult?
A. Ash
B. Composite cone
C. Lava
D. Parasitic cone
19. Which of the following river loads is largely responsible for both lateral and vertical
corrosion?
A. Material in solution
B. Material in suspension
C. Soil creep
D. Traction load
20. The following are river sources except…
A. Lake
B. Marsh
C. Ocean
D. Spring
21. The major cause of syncline and anticline is……false.
A. Compression
B. Rotation
C. Tension
D. Vertical
22. Dissected plateaux are caused by….erosion.
A. Gully
B. Lateral
C. Sheets
D. Vertical
23. At the delta, a river discharges the water through several channels called…
A. distributaries
B. meanders
C. streams
D. tributaries
24.Which of the following latitudes is the longest?
A.290S
B.510N
C.600S
D.790N
25.A jet started off from London longitude 00 at 2:00 p.m from Lusaka longitude 300E and took 2
hours 40minutes to reach Lusaka. At what time did the jet arrive in Lusaka?
A.6:00pm
B.6:40pm
C.7:00pm
D.7:40pm
26. At which angle is the earth’s axis inclined resulting in the change of seasons and length of
day?
A.23.50
B.66.50
C.900
D.3600
27. The hot lavas that are highly fluid, rich in iron and magnesium are called….
A. Acid lava
B. Basic lava
C. Cinder cones
D. Lava plains
28.A seismography is used to determine the….
A. magnitude of the earthquake
B. intensity of the earthquake
C. source of earthquake
D. thickness of earthquake
29. Which of the following is not an agent of weathering?
A. waterfalls
B. tsunami
C. Animal
D. Air pressure
30. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a youthful valley?
A. ox-bow lake
B. pothole
C. V-shaped valley
D. waterfall
31. Which one of the following features of erosion is commonly found in the lower course of a
river?
A. Cataract
B. distributary
C. interlocking spur
D. river capture
32. The volcanoes that have erupted before and still have the potential to erupt in future are
referred to as….
A. Active
B. Dormant
C. Extinct
D. viscous
33. The low pressure belt along the equator is referred to as…
A. doldrums
B. hoarse latitude
C. polar high
D. temperate latitude
34. The rate of decrease in temperature with altitude is called…
A. Convection
B. Lapse rate
C. Insolation
D. Solar radiation
35. Which type of rainfall results from the meeting of two different air masses?
A. Acid rain
B. Convection rain
C. frontal rain
D. orographical rain
36.A plane left Zambia (300E) at 21:00 hours on Wednesday .What will be the local time at place
P(1050E) when the plane is leaving Zambia.
A.02:00 hours on Thursday
B.02:00 hours on Wednesday
C.16:00 hours on Wednesday
D.16:00 hours on Thursday
37. Which one of the following list contain a river’s load carried as traction?
A. Boulders, pebbles and stones
B. dissolved matter in water
C. Silt, mud and mod woods
D. Silt, stones and boulders
38. Why are some volcanic cones steep sided in their formation ?because…..
A. The lava flows quietly and is not very explosive
B. the lava flows slowly and seldom travels far before solidifying
C. the lava spreads out as thin sheets over great distances before solidifying
D. of the every hot lava that are highly fluid
39. Fold mountains are also known as mountains of…
A. Accumulation
B. Denudation
C. Deposition
D. Elevation
40. The information below relates to a natural phenomenon
(i) the crust shakes
(ii) sea level recedes below normal low tides
(iii) wild animals flee to high altitude lands
(iv) inundation of coastal land by water
To which of the following does the information relate to
A. volcanic eruption
B. severe avalanche
C. tsunami occurance
D. cyclonic infusion
41. What would be the angle of elevation of the mid-day sun for a place on latitude 580S on 22nd
December?
A.24.50
B.32.50
C.55.50
D.67.50
42. Sediments deposited in the mouth of a river builds…
A. basin
B. delta
C. erosional plain
D. floodplain
43. Which one of the following is not a process of chemical weathering?
A. Decomposition
B. Frost action
C. Oxidation
D. Solution
44. The center of earth is referred to as…?
A. Crust
B. Mantle
C. Lithosphere
D. Core
45.The oceanic crust is called…..?
A. Sial
B. Sima
C. Nife
D. Sin
46. A normal fault results from which type of force?
A. tension
B. compression
C. transverse
D. thrusts
47. The point on the earth’s surface that is directly above an earthquake is called….?
A. epicenter
B. cone
C. inner core
D. none of these
48. Low land that is between two mountains or hills is called….?
A. Valley
B. Plain
C. Peninsula
D. Fields
48. Which one of the following is a landform?
A. Mountain
B. Globe
C. Map
D. compass
49.When rocks that are carried by the river scrape away the bed and banks it is called….?
A. Abrasion
B. Attrition
C. Hydraulic action
D. Solution
50. Erosion is vertical or downwards ….?
A. At the confluence
B. At the mouth of the river
C. At the source of the river
D. throughout the entire river profile.
Good Luck