PAPER CODE: 532/1
MOCK REF: PLE-735336
Uganda National Examinations Board
Primary Leaving Examination (Standard Science Mock)
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
TIME: 2h 15m
MARKS: 65
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CANDIDATE QUESTION PAPER โ
Instructions to Candidates:
- This paper consists of two sections: Section A and Section B.
- Section A has 25 questions (25 marks). Section B has 10 questions (40 marks).
- Answer all questions in both sections. All answers must be written in the spaces provided on this question paper.
- All answers must be written in blue or black ballpoint pen. Diagrams should be drawn in pencil.
- Unnecessary crossing of work and illegible handwriting may lead to loss of marks.
Section A: (Questions 1 to 25) โ 25 Marks
1 Mark eachQuestion 1 to 25 carry one mark each. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
1.
State one characteristic of essential drugs in Primary Health Care. [1 mark]
P.5 โข Primary Health Care (PHC)
2.
State any one way in which the ironing of clothes is useful when cleaning clothes. [1 mark]
P.6 โข Science at Home and in Our Community
3.
In which method of making water clean do you first allow the impurities to settle at the bottom of a container? [1 mark]
P.6 โข Science at Home and in Our Community
4.
Name the farm structure used to hold cattle or goats firmly during hand spraying, drenching, or vaccination. [1 mark]
P.5 โข Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
5.
State one personal hygiene activity done using a nail cutter or razor blade. [1 mark]
P.4 โข Personal Hygiene
6.
To which class of vertebrates do snakes and lizards belong? [1 mark]
P.5 โข Classification of Animals
7.
Why is it not advisable to give a convulsing or fainted person food to eat or water to drink? [1 mark]
P.6 โข Accidents and First Aid
8.
Why is the floor of a modern pigsty built with a gentle slope towards the drainage channel? [1 mark]
P.5 โข Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
9.
Give any two examples of root tuber crops. [1 mark]
P.5 โข Crop Growing
10.
How does painting an iron gate prevent it from rusting? [1 mark]
P.5 โข Types of Changes in the Environment
11.
State the fundamental law of electrostatics concerning like and unlike charges. [1 mark]
P.7 โข Electricity
12.
What kind of water is recommended for use during tepid sponging, and why should very cold water be avoided? [1 mark]
P.6 โข Accidents and First Aid
13.
Name the disorder of the skeletal system where a bone moves away from its normal position at a joint. [1 mark]
P.7 โข The Muscular and Skeletal System
14.
State the role of anhydrous calcium chloride in the laboratory investigation of rusting. [1 mark]
P.5 โข Types of Changes in the Environment
15.
Give one road safety practice for pedestrians crossing a busy road. [1 mark]
P.6 โข Accidents and First Aid
16.
Give any one function of proteins in the human body. [1 mark]
P.4 โข Food and Nutrition
17.
Give one reason why a person who has fainted should be placed in a cool, open, and well-ventilated space. [1 mark]
P.6 โข Accidents and First Aid
18.
Why should a farmer select healthy and viable seeds before planting? [1 mark]
P.5 โข Crop Growing
19.
Name any one type of latrine. [1 mark]
P.6 โข Sanitation
20.
State any one advantage of breast milk over commercial infant formula milk. [1 mark]
P.5 โข Food and Nutrition
21.
Name the organ in the human body responsible for thinking, intelligence, and memory. [1 mark]
P.7 โข The Nervous System
22.
State one way of preventing the spread of Tuberculosis (TB). [1 mark]
P.7 โข The Respiratory System
23.
State the minimum distance a pit latrine should be dug away from a domestic spring well or borehole. [1 mark]
P.5 โข Primary Health Care (PHC)
24.
What general term refers to cattle kept primarily for ploughing and pulling carts? [1 mark]
P.6 โข Keeping Cattle
25.
How is tepid sponging useful to a casualty with high fever? [1 mark]
P.6 โข Accidents and First Aid
Section B: (Questions 26 to 35) โ 40 Marks
4 Marks eachQuestion 26 to 35 carry four marks each. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.
26.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.5 โข Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
Livestock breeds have different commercial adaptations:
(a) Name the exotic goat breed kept primarily for high milk production. (1 mark)
(b) Which sheep breed is world-famous for producing fine wool? (1 mark)
(c) Give any two reasons why local indigenous goats like the Small East African goat are preferred by subsistence farmers. (2 marks)
27.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.5 โข Keeping Goats, Sheep, and Pigs
(a) Name any one exotic breed of dairy goats. (1 mark)
(b) Name the commercial textile product obtained from Angora goats. (1 mark)
(c) State any two advantages of keeping goats over keeping cattle. (2 marks)
28.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.6 โข The Reproductive System
(a) State the difference between vasectomy and tubal ligation as methods of family planning.
(b) Why is the use of condoms highly recommended during family planning compared to other methods?
(c) Name one natural family planning method.
29.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.6 โข Science at Home and in Our Community
State the importance of the following steps in cleaning clothes at home:
(i) Sorting
(ii) Soaking
30.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.6 โข Science at Home and in Our Community
(a) Name one plant material from which local salt can be prepared at home.
(b) State the physical method used to prepare local salt from ash.
(c) Give any two ways in which the local salt prepared at home is useful to people.
31.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.6 โข Science at Home and in Our Community
Match the laundry terms in Part A with their correct scientific meanings in Part B:
Sorting
Wringing
Rinsing
Soaking
32.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.5 โข Classification of Animals
(a) State any two general characteristics of amphibians. (2 marks)
(b) Give two differences between fish and adult amphibians. (2 marks)
33.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.7 โข Electricity
The diagram represents a simple dry cell:
(a) Name the parts marked:
(i) Outer metal casing
(ii) Central black rod
(b) What is the function of the ammonium chloride paste?
(c) Why does a dry cell eventually lose power (go flat)?
34.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.6 โข The Reproductive System
(a) Write down any two disorders that affect the male reproductive system.
(b) State any one advantage of child spacing to a mother in a family.
(c) Give any one reason why females are highly affected by HIV/AIDS during intercourse.
35.
Structured & Practical Assessment Item
[4 MARKS]
P.6 โข Science at Home and in Our Community
The diagram below shows a simple water purification system. Study and use it to answer the questions that follow:
Swampy water รขโโฌรขโโฌรขโยบ Filtered รขโโฌรขโโฌรขโยบ Point W รขโโฌรขโโฌรขโยบ Stored in the jerrycan
(a) Name any one activity that can be done to water at Point W.
(b) Why is swampy water filtered before being taken to Point W?
(c) State the importance of passing water through Point W.
(d) Mention any one other activity that can be done to swampy water before being taken to Point W to make it clear.
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