EXAMINATION COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA
MOCK EXAMINATION ORDINARY LEVEL
GEOGRAPHY 2218/1
PAPER 1
MONDAY 22rd JULY, 2024
1: 50 000 Survey map is enclosed with this paper
Additional materials:
Cotton thread
Protractor
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes marks: 50
Instruction to candidates
1. Ensure your name is written
2. There are fifty (50) questions in this paper. Answer all the questions
3. For each question, there are four possible answers A, B, C and D. Choose the one you consider
correct and by crossing it with ‘X’ or by circling it.
Information for candidate
1. Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for any wrong answer
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SECTION A: MAPWORK AND BASIC TECHNIQUES
Questions 1 to 12 are based on the 1:50 000 map extract of Victoria falls Town
(Zimbabwe).
1. What is the six-figure grid reference of the trigonometry station 528/T?
A. 721 964
B. 726 194
C. 755 193
D. 193 735
2. Find the distance along the Masuwe River from grid 74 to bridge in square
7513…………………………………………meters.
A. 1300
B. 1400
C. 2300
D. 500
3. What is the gradient of the unmarked spot height 927 from the view point?
A. 1:22
B. 1:23
C. 1:44
D. 1:43
4. What man -made feature is found in grid square 7718?
A. An embankment
B. National monument
C. Pump house
D. dam
5. All the following are means of transport used by tourist to get into Victoria town in
Zimbabwe except………………...?
A. Air
B. railway
C. road
D. water
6. From the map evidence, which one of the following economic activities is not carried out
in Victoria Falls.
A. Farming
B. Power transmission
C. Rail transport
D. Tourism
7. What is the direction of Princes Elizabeth island in grid square 7720 from canary island
in square 74222?
A. North East
B. North West
C. South East
D. South West
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8. What is the difference in height of land between Mazowe falls in grid square 7813 and
Game park entrance gate in grid square 7313.
A. 10m
B. 20m
C. 30m
D. 40m
9. What type of vegetation is dominant on the map extract of Victoria falls town…? Bush.
A. Medium
B. Sparse
C. Very dense
D. Very open
10. The channel of the Zambezi river east of grid line 78 and south of grid line 16 can be
describe as ………………………
A. Flat
B. Narrow
C. Steep
D. Wide
11. In which of the following grid squares is there evidence for generation of electricity?
A. 7620
B. 7718
C. 7812
D. 7917
12. Study the map extract and answer question
The feature found on the diagram above is…………………………
A. Plateau
B. Seasonal marsh
C. Gorge
D. Lake
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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
13. What is the approximate straight line distance between Budapest (47°N) and Zambia
(15°S)?
A. 930 km
B .3552 km
C. 5217 km
D. 6882 km
14. Which of the following is no longer considered as a planet?
A Uranus
B Earth
C Pluto
D Neptune
15. A plane destined for place X (75⁰W) leaves Zambia (30⁰E) at 12.00 Hours. What would
be the time when the plane leaves Zambia at place X?
A. 19.40 Hours
B. 05.00 Hours
C. 19.20 Hours
D. 05.40 Hours
16. The other name for volcanic mountains is ...
A Block mountain.
B Fold mountains.
C Mountains of accumulation
D Residual mountains
Study the following diagram and answer question 16.
17. The feature marked E is………?
A. Graben
B. Horst
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C. Fold
D. Fault
Study the following diagram and answer question 6
E.
18. The volcanic feature X shown in the diagram is called …
A Geyser
B Volcanic plug or spine
C Basic lava dome
D Plateau
19. Which one of the following is not a process of chemical weathering?
A Frost action.
B Decomposition
C Oxidation
D Solution
20. What name is given to the lines that connect places of equal cloud cover?
A. Isohels
B. Isohyet
C. Isonephs
D. Isobars
Study the diagram below.
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21. The possible development of the drainage pattern above occur……………
A. Heterogeneous rocks
B. Igneous rocks
C. Homogeneous rocks
D. Metamorphic rocks
Study the diagram below and answer question 22.
22. Feature X is formed as a result of the ...
A. explosive ejection of acid lava.
B. silent ejection of basic lava
C. flow of magma.
D.Accumulation of magma
Study the diagram below and answer question 23 .
23. The diagram represents the ………….. of a river.
A first stage
B lower or old stage
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C middle, valley or mature stage
D source stage
Study the diagram below showing weather information for station Z and answer
question 24 and 25.
24. Which of the following A, B, C, or D depended on the use of the isobars as unit of
measurements?
25. What element of weather is represented by C in the diagram above?
A. Cloud cover
B. direction
C. Sunshine
D. Wind speed
26. The weather condition that temporally affects climate is……………..
A. Tornado
B. Typhoons
C. Tropical cyclones
D. Hurricanes
27. The savannah type of vegetation has the following characteristics except …
A. Evergreen vegetation
B. Scattered trees
C. Tall grass
D. Umbrella shaped canopies
28. What accounts for the occurrence of snow-capped peaks on Mount Kilimanjaroo?
A Altitude
B Latitude
C Longitude
D Vegetation
Study the map of Africa below and answer question 29
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29. Which of the following regions P, Q, R or S experiences westerly winds in winter and
off-shore trade winds in summer.
A. P
B. R
C. S
D. Q
30. Regarding the greenhouse effect, what role do the greenhouse gases play?
A. Allow more heat from the sun to enter the atmosphere.
B. Generate additional heat though chemical reactions.
C. Help humid air to hold more heat within the atmosphere.
D. Trap heat that is reflected from the surface of the earth
Study the table below showing climatic data for a certain station.
MONTHS J F M A M J J A S O N D
Temp 21 21 20 17 15 13 13 13 14 16 18 20
Precip 18 15 23 48 97 111 94 86 58 41 28 20
31. This station lies in ...
A. hot desert area near an ocean.
B. Mediterranean land.
C. A tropical grassland.
D. An equatorial area on a mountain
Study the climatic data below and answer questions
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32. What is the climatic region shown on the climatic data above?
A. Savannah
B. Mediterranean
C. Hot desert
D. Equatorial
SECTION C: ELEMENTS OF WORLD HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
33. The world population may increase except?
A. Lack of family planning
B. Improved nutrition
C. External migration
D. Improved health facilities
34. Which of the following is not associated with overpopulation?
A. A rapid population increases
B. Shortage of work force
C. Decline in the health standards
D. High rate of unemployment
Study the graph below that shows population structure and answer question 35.
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35. The graph shows the population structure of ...
A. Egypt
B. Mexico
C. Spain
D. Zambia
36. The term used to describe young and old people depending on productive people
is………
A. Sex ratio
B. Elderly population
C. Dependency ratio
D. Young population
37. What factor is largely responsible for the dense population of North Eastern Europe?
A. Migration
B Industrialization
C Agriculture
D Tourism
Study the map of Africa below and answer question 37
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38. The type of crop grown in area x is………………………………?
A. Coffee
B. Mangoes
C. Sugar
D. Cocoa
Study the following bar graph showing four major countries that produce wheat
39. Which country is represented by letter A?
A. China
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B. united states of America
C. Argentina
D. Italy
40. The form of energy obtained from abiotic waste is …………..
A. Nuclear energy
B. Tidal energy
C. Solar energy
D. Biomass energy
41. ………………. is a farming method that s allows conservation of ground moisture
and replenishing of soil nutrients?
A. controlled grazing
B. fallowing
C. strip cropping
D. terracing
42. Though Africa has vast water resources it has not developed in the area of Hydro
Electric power. This is because………….
A. most rivers dry up during the year
B. of lack of capital to invest in H.E.P.
C. of lack of skilled man power
D. of poor government policy
43. The cheapest mode of transportation of oil in Africa is is …………………?
A. Road tankers
B. Sea tankers
C. Air transport
D. Locomotives
44. Which country produces most coal in Africa?
A. Nigeria
B. South Africa
C. Zambia
D. Zimbabwe
45. What does the term, “Inter-cropping” mean?
A. Alternating cultivation of crops with fallowing.
B. Growing different crops in different farming seasons.
C. Growing different crops in alternate rows in a field.
D. Growing one type of a crop twice a year in one field.
46. Which one of the following is a feature of plantation agriculture?
A. Big farms with a variety of crops.
B. It is less capital and labour intensive
C. Farms are divided into small holdings.
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D. High mechanization with few laborer’s.
47. How can exhausted soils due to mono-culture practices be replenished?
A . By crop rotation.
B. Use cover cropping.
C. Terrace farming
D. Use of contour ploughing.
48. Which one of the following sources of energy is non-renewable?
A. Petroleum
B. Coal
C. Gas
D. Oil
49. The highest potential Africa has on solar production is based on the abundance of ….
A. Forests
B. Minerals
C. Cloud cover
D. Sunshine
50. When iron is alloyed with chromium the steel which is formed becomes …
A. highly resilient and makes springs
B. tougher and more ductile
C. highly magnetic
D. highly resistant to rust and makes cutlery
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