ST RUPERT MAYER HIGH SCHOOL

Form Two: End of Year Examination

HERITAGE STUDIES
PAPER 1

NOVEMBER 2023 SESSION 2 Hour

Additional materials + multiple choice answer sheet
+Soft Pencil + soft eraser
TIME 1 hour
1) A school is regarded as a socialisation agent because___________
A. the number of school are increasing
B. learners are there everyday
C. it provides a platform to share values, beliefs and interact
D. there are school rules
2) Socialisation process begins when a child
A. Is born
B. Becomes an adolescent
C. Begins to walk
D. Is still in the mother ‘s womb
3) In Zimbabwe most people belong to
A. Christianity and Rastafarian religions
B. Islamic and Rastafarian religions
C. Christianity and indigenous religions
D. Buddhism
4) Which of these is an electronic media
A. Billboards
B. Computers
C. Newspaper
D. Posters
5) A family consisting of a father, mother and children is known as
A. Child headed
B. Monogamous
C. Polygamous
D. Single parent
6) Which situation requires voluntary community service in rural areas
A) Building shops for businessman
B) Construction of village water sources
C) Building of individual homesteads
 D) Working in resettlement farms
7) Which of the following is a national identification document
A) Birth certificate
B) Birth record
C) Medical card
D) Voter’s card
8) Floods and droughts are usually as a result of
A) Disaster management
B) Climatic change
C) Mitigation measures
D) Air pollution
9) A totem is
A) An animal that is feared by many people
B) An animal or body organs believed to be sacred
C) Taboos
D) Myths
10) The following helps to identify people except
A) Totems
B) Religions
C) Nationality
D) Skin colour
11) Stone Age people made their houses from _______ and _______
A) Dagga and wood
B) Wood and asbestos
C) Tree branches and grass
D) Dagga and zinc
12) The Early Iron Age people made the following tools except
A) Hoes
B) Axes
C) Screwdrivers
D) Spearheads
13) The Early Iron age came after the
A) Late Iron Age
B) Late stone age
C) Ice Age
D) Early Stone Age
14) The Capital of the first southern African state was
A) Chipfumbadze
B) Great Zimbabwe
C) Khami
D) Mapungubwe
15) The following is a man ‘s right in an indigenous society
A) Kitchen
B) Granary
C) Land
D) Mat
16) Traditional leadership has the ___________ at the bottom
A) Chief
B) Village head
C) President
D) Headman
17) Matrilineal chieftaincy denotes that
A) It is passed from father to son
B) It follows the father ‘s genealogy
C) It follows the mother ‘s genealogy
D) It disregards customs and tradition
18) ________ Chiefs are buried secretly
A) Hera
B) Kalanga
C) Rozvi
D) Ndebele
19) Different chieftaincies have
A) The same burial rites
B) Different burial rites
C) Chiefs buried in the afternoon
D) Chiefs buried in caves
20) Personal identity entails
A) Surname
B) Name
C) Nationality
D) All the above
21) The Bantu people originated from border of
A) Tanganyika and Mozambique
B) The Great Lakes region
C) Zaire and Zambia
D) Cameroon and Eastern Nigeria
22) Defending sovereignty involves
A) The military and security
B) A collective effort from all citizens
C) The people and government
D) Geographical jurisdiction
23) A pandemic which has posed most fatal threats to mankind is
A) Cholera
B) Ebola
C) HIV/ AIDS
D) Malaria
24) Totems are meant to save
A) Plants from extinction
B) People from extinction
C) Animals from extinction
D) None of the above
25) Indigenous knowledge is the local knowledge which is confined within
A) A given locality or community
B) The whole country
C) In cities only
D) None of the above
26) The people who lived outside of Great Zimbabwe walls were
A) Commoners
B) Members of the royal family
C) Soldiers
D) Diviners
27) What was the main reason for the emergency of the Early Iron age.
 A) Iron was easy to get
B) Food security was paramount
C) Improve iron technology
D) Inefficient tools
28) All of the following are national days except
A) Independence day
B) Heroes Day
C) Defence forces Day
D) Christmas day
29) When is Unity day celebrated in Zimbabwe
A) 25 December
B) 18 April
C) 22 December
D) 10 May
30) The courtship that is common in the digital era is through social media platforms like
A) WhatsApp
B) Radio
C) Television
D) Laptop
31) Contemporary courtship is the
A) Forms of dating
B) Forms of finding a partner
C) Forms of dating and finding a marriage partner
D) Forms of finding a marriage partner
32) Traditional courtships practices are fast disappearing because of the following except
A) Human rights and democracy
B) Christianity
C) Economic hardships
D) The presence of uncles and aunts
33) The following played an active role in traditional counselling except
A) Na’nga
B) Malume
C) Professional doctors
D) Parents
35. Identify one heroine of the first Chimurenga A. Kaguvi B. Nehanda C. Mukwati D.
Chaminuka
36. Father Goncalo da Silveira worked mainly in…. A. Ndebele state B. Rozvi state C.
Mutapa state D. Zulu state
37. Passive resistance involves…. A. Armed struggle B. Racial segregation C. Indirect rule
D. Protesting without use of force.
38. The policy of apartheid was mainly used by colonial masters in A. Armed struggle B.
Racial segregation C. Indirect rule D. Protesting without use of force
39. One of the treaties signed by Lobengula stated that, the Ndebele state was to a friend of
the Transvaal Government. Which treaty was this? A. Grobbler treaty B. Moffat treaty C. Rudd
concession D. All of the above
39. Most child headed families get help to attend school from….. A. Boko haram B. Football teams
C. UNICEF D. Criminals
40. A process whereby the world has become interconnected through the use of ICT is
called….. A. Connection B. Globalisation C. World cup D. Conference.