Social Studies Questions and Answers - Grade 7 End Term 1 Exams 2023 Set 2

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATE

• Read each question carefully
• Answer ALL questions

1. Complete the following table.
   Importance of Social Studies
   

   Personal development	Service to humanity
   a)
   b)
   c)

2. Through which process was the Rift Valley formed? (1 mk)
3. Juma is always ready to help people solve their conflicts. He also likes reading books. Which career would best suit him? (1 mk)
4. Describe the shape of Africa. (3mks)
5. The following are jumbled up names of some countries in Africa. Rearrange the letters to form the correct names of the countries. (2mks)
   HACD ____________________________
   LIMASOA _____________________________
6. The time in Praia 18°w IS 11:40am. What is the time in Nairobi 50°E? (3mks)
7. An image of an individual, an object or a particular scenery is known as
   1. picture
   2. map
   3. plain
   4. sketch map
8. Which type of map will help my brother to carry out land survery in Kiko Estate? (1mk)
9. What is the meaning of solar system? 
10. Describe the shape of the earth. (2mks)
11. Which theory of the origin of the solar system explains about a big cloud of hot gases and dust?
    (1 mk)
12. The earth rotates from __________________________ to _________________________anticlockwise direction. (1 mk)
13. Draw a well labelled diagram of a plan. (5mks)
14. Identify the illustrations below. (2mks)
    
    a)____________________________                       b)_____________________________
15. The diagram below shows the internal structure of the earth. Name the part marked X and Y. (2mks)
    
16. Grade six learners from Koko Academy made a field trip to L. Victoria basin. They came across a vegetation with the following characteristics;
    1. High rainfall through the year
    2. Receive convectional rainfall
    3. Experience high humidity
    4. No distinct season
       The climatic region with the above vegetation is _________________________
       1. Equatorial
       2. Mountain
       3. desert
       4. tropical
17. Use the diagram below to answer the question that follows. Name the vegetation in the letters shown (3mks)
    
18. Which one of the following groups of people consists of River Lake Nilotes only
    1. Samburu, Turkana
    2. Dinka, Japadhola
    3. Nandi, Turgen
    4. Baganda, Bahima
19. The main reason why the Cushites migrated from the horn of Africa was (2mks)
20. State two positive effects of migration and settlement of communities in Eastern Africa. (2mks)
21. Define an age-set. (1 mk)
22. A member of the school administration who chairs staff meeting is
23. List two ways of practising democary in a school. (2mks)
24. The main factor influencing beef farming in Eastern Africa is (2mks),
25. The constitution of Kenya has __________________________ chapters.
26. The main source of revenue for the county government is.  (1mk)
27. What is conflict resolution? (1 mk)

MARKING SCHEME

1.  
   • Personal development;
     1. forming various career pathways
     2. enhances personal growth and development through nthe skills acquired
     3. Appreciating different creatives which promotes interaction in the society e.t.c
   • Serivce to humanity;
     1. Taking leadership roles
     2. Solving problems in the society
     3. Environmental protection etc
2. Faulting and uplifting
3. Administration
4. Africa has an irregular shape. The Southern part of it is narrower than the nothern part i.e. It widesns to the North nand mnarrow to the South
5.  
   1. Chad
   2. Somalia
6. 18° + 50 = 68 ×  4 = 272min. 
   
   4 hrs   32min
    11.40am
   + 4.32
    16.12hrs
   
   1612hrs
   1200 
     4.12pm
   = 4.12pm
7. Picture
8. Topographical maps
9. Solar system is the certain arrangement of heavenly bodies in the space
10. The earth is spherical in shape. It flattens at the poles and bulges at the equator. The shape is said to be oblate/spherical shape.
11. Nebula theory
12. West to East in anti-clockwise direction
13.  
    
    Any example of a plan is acceptable
14.  
    1. Revolution of the earth
    2. Rotation of the earth
15.  
    • Y - core
    • X - Crust
16. Equitorial climate (A)
17.  
    • S - Rainforest
    • R - Bambooo forest
    • Q - Health and Moorland
18. Dinka, Japadhola (B)
19.  Search for pasture and water (drought)
20. Increased trading activities, intermarriage, exchange of culture etc
21. Age set - two or more age groups
22. Headteacher chairs staff meetings
23. Electing school president/captain, involved in making school rules, participating in group discussion, choosing members of a school club, making class rules.
24. Space(land)
25. 18 chapters
26. Allocation from the National government
27. Restore broken relationkships (process)