MINISTRY OF GENERAL EDUCATION

SOSTAZ PETAUKE DISTRICT

Mock Examination for School Certificate ordinary Level

Civic Education 2030/1

AUGUST 2021

TIME: 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES MARK: 100

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Ensure that your name, centre number and candidate number are correctly written
on your answer sheet

2. There are twenty (20) questions in section A. Answer all the questions

3. Section A Four suggested answers are given A,B,C and D. choose the best one and
show it in the space provided by marking on it with a cross (X)

4. Section B has five (5) questions. Answer all the questions in the answer booklet
provided

5. Section C has five 5 questions, answer only two (2) questions.

INFORMATION TO CANDIDATES

Cell phones are not allowed in the examination room

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SECTION A (20 MARKS)

Answer all the questions in this section

1……………………………………is the wing of the government which initiates the making of the National
constitution.

A. Legislature
B. Executive
C. Judicially
D. Courts

2. Name the rule that allows a person to acquire citizenship of one’s parents.

A. Legal aspect
B. Jus Soli
C. Rule of residence
D. Jus Sanguinis

3. What concepts is used to refer to the lack of interest and participation in the elections by citizens in
the country?

A. Voter apathy
B. Voter education
C. Voter empathy
D. Voter equity

4. Part III of the Zambian constitution consists of the………………………

A. Fundamental Rights
B. National values
C. Pension benefits
D. General provisions

5.The situation in which one wants things to himself or herself without considering the feelings of others
is referred to as…………………….

A. Personal corruption and bribery

B. Personal greedy and dishonest
C. Personal pettiness and values
D. Personal weakness and strength

6. Which article of the universal declaration of human rights states that all humans are born free and
equal in dignity and rights?

A. Article 1

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 B. Article 3
C. Article 5
D. Article 7

7. What kind of corruption is associated with the electoral system?

A. Petty corruption
B. Grand corruption
C. Political corruption
D. Economic corruption

8. What is the tenure of office for the elected chiefs in the House of chiefs?

A. 2 years
B. 3 years
C. 10 years
D. 5 years

9. Felonies are crimes such as…………………………………………………..

A. Aggravated robbery
B. Failing to pay tax
C. Littering
D. Voting twice in an election

10. After abusing a certain drug/substance, Juliet was diagnosed with Hepatitis and irregular menstrual
cycles. Which of the substance below could Juliet have been using?

A. Cocain and heroin

B. Harshish and heroin
C. Heroin marijuana
D. Marijuana and cocain

11. Which of the following articles of the Bill of Rights talks about protection of the rights of personal
liberty?

A. Article 12
B. Article 13
C. Article 14
D. Article 15

12. Criminal cases are recorded as Bwalya Phiri vs the people. This is because criminal
cases…………………………..

A. Affects the whole community

B. Are instituted by the director of public administration

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 C. Are serious wrongful acts
D. End in sentencing the offender

13. Economists identify…………………………as the fourth factor of production.

A. Capital
B. Entrepreneurship
C. Labour
D. Land

14. Conflicts are difficult to resolve if they are centered on………………………

A. Economic mismanagement
B. Interests and needs
C. Poverty and illiteracy
D. Values and beliefs

15. Among the special groups, people who are 65 and above are common reffered
as……………………………..

A. Privileged citizens
B. Senior citizens
C. Special citizens
D. The aged

16. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play important roles society. Which of the following is not a
role of a civil society? To………………………

A. Act as a pressure group in society.

B. Act as a watch dog in society
C. Advocates for equal justice in society
D. Campaign against Donor aids in society.

17. What do we call the process of lessening the suffering of the poor by meeting their immediate
pressing needs?

A. Alleviation
B. Empowerment
C. Investment
D. Reduction

18. In Zambia there are two types of marriages that are recognized by law. Which of the following are
those?

A. Cohabitation and customary marriage

B. Cohabitation and religious marriage

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 C. Customary and statutory marriage
D. Statutory and religious marriage

19. The national development plan which covered the period 1965 to 1966 was the……………………………..

A. Emergency development plan

B. First national development plan
C. National transitional development plan
D. Second national development plan

20. Achieving the Goals set out in the vision 2030 is an example of………………………………….

A. Individual panning
B. Long term planning
C. Medium term planning
D. Short term planning

SECTION B (40 MARKS)

There are five (5) questions in this section. Answer all the questions.

1. Study and complete the table showing the constitution review commission

CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMISION YEAR RECOMMENDATION

Chona constitutional review commisions 1972 A
B 1991 Re-introduction of multiparty
Mwanakatwe constitutional review commission 1995 C

(a) identify the constitutional review commission marked B [1]

(b) What was the recommendation of the constitutional review commission indicated by letter A? [1]

(c) What was the recommendation of the constitutional review commission marked C? [1]

(d) Which constitutional review commission included children’s rights for the first time? [1]

(e) What is plebiscite? [1]

(f) Name two main methods used to a constitution [2]

(g) State the method mentioned in (e) which is more representive. [1]

TOTAL: 8 MARKES

2. Explain cultural practices in Zambia [8]

3. Answer the following questions under legal system

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a. What is legal system [1]

b. State two elements of a crime [2]

c. Mention three basic principles of criminal procedures. [3]

d. Explain prima facie. [2]

TOTAL: 8 MARKS

4. Answer the questions relating to civil society in governance issues.

a. State two characteristics of civil society. [2]

b. identify two conditions necessary for establishment of civil society organization. [2]

c. Explain citizen participation. [2]

d. Mention two dangers of not having citizen participation in a country. [2]

TOTAL: 8 MARKS

5. A child is any person below the age of 18 years according to united nations.

a. Who was the first campaigner for children’s rights? [1]

b. Mention three principles of the convention on the rights of the child. [3]

c. identify two optional protocols to the conventions on the rights of the child

d. Explain the role of the government in fulfilling the rights of the child. [2]

TOTAL: 8 MARKS

SECTION C: ESSAY QUESTIONS (20 MARKS)

In this section consists of five (5) essay questions. Answer any two questions

1. Discuss the categories of Human Rights. Describe the characteristics of human rights. [8:12]

2. Analyze the causes of corruption. What are the effects (impact) of corruption on the Zambian society?
[16:4]

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3. Explain the methods of resolving conflict. Describe the positive impact of conflict. [10:10]

4. Explain the indicators of social development discuss the factors of production. [8:12]

5. explain the concepts “marriage” discuss the requirements to enter into the two types of marriages
which are recognized by law in Zambia . [2:9:9]

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