ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE PRIMARYSCHOOLS EXAMINATIONS

ZRP KADOMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

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P.O.BOX 480 KADOMA. Tel: 0777199734. Head: 0772388854

GRADE 5 END~~~
OFaimYEAR EXAMINATIONS
for excellence~~~
SOCIAL SCIENCES PAPER 2 NOVEMBER 2021
2HOURS

NAME CLASS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
SECTION A
Answer all questions in this section. Write your answers in spaces provided on
the question paper.

SECTION B
Answer three questions in this section. Write yours answers in the spaces
provided on the question paper.

SECTION C
Answer two questions in this section. Write your answer on the spaces provided

SECTION A
Answer all questions in this section.
1. a) Family consists of
_________________, ________________ and ________________[1]

b) Identify one type of family_______________________________[1]

c) What is a child-headed family?_
_____________________________________________________[1]
d) What causes a single parent family
______________________________________________________ [1]
e) Which family type is made up of father, mother and children?______
________________________________________________________ [1]

2. a) Name one indigenous language in Zimbabwe

______________________________________________________. [1]
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 b) Identify any African marriage cultural practice
______________________________________________________. [1]

c) Which marriage practice has been borrowed from the English?

_____________________________________________________ [1]

d) Christians practice _____________ for those who want to marry? [1]

e) Who directs marriages in Judaism?_____________________________ [1]

3. a) What does a caring society teach its young?_

________________________________________________________ [1]

b) Kneeling is a sign of __________________________ in indigenous

societies. [1]
c) What are neighbours expected to do for each other during hard times?
_________________________________________________________[1]
d) Child-minding is a role left for the ___________________in the
community.
e) Identify a situation which can cause emotional stress
________________________________________________________. [1]

4. a) Identify any rite of passage________________________________ [1]

b) Name any practice for girls who reach adolescence in
Zimbabwe_______________________________________________ [1]
c) Identify any change that takes place on boys at puberty
______________________________________________________. [1]
d) Give any change that takes place on girls at puberty
______________________________________________________. [1]
e) The gestation period of a human being is
_______________________________________________________.[1]

5. a) What is internal migration?________________________________ [1]

b) Give any example of push factors of migration
________________________________________________________ [1]

c) Pull factors of migration include

________________________________________________________ [1]
d) Give an example of effects of migration
________________________________________________________.[1]
e) Write one solution to migration
________________________________________________________.[1]

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 SECTION B
Answer any three questions in this section.
6. a) The person who mediates in the marriage negotiations is called
___________________________________________________[1]

b) A bride price can also be called____________________________ [1]

c) Who presides over a marriage ceremony in Christianity?

______________________________________________________ [1]

d) People give each other __________support in times of hardships. [1]

e) In Islam, families ________________________________marriages [1]

7. Do unto others as you would

______________________________________________________ [1]

b) A _________________________ family has no parents in it at all. [1]

c) Who established the Mutemwa leprosy centre?

________________________________________________________[1]

d) What is a totem?________________________________________ [1]

e) The mother of a bride is called _____________________________ [1]

8. a)Who are the first teachers to teach children values, language and
behaviour?
_____________________________________________________[1]

b) The spirit of __________________________ makes members of the

community help each other. [1]

c) When there is ____________________ in the community all work is

suspended. [1]

d) The whole ___________________ is responsible for teaching its

young life skills. [1]

e) Families expect protection and help from their

______________________________________________________[1]

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 9. a) Why do community people gather at funerals?
______________________________________________________ [1]
b) Write any facility families in the community share
_________________________________________________. [1]
c) Give one reason why socialisation is important within communities
____________________________________________________.[ 1]

d) It is good to _______________________________ together as a

community [1]
e) Learners can show respect by not ______________________ up
others. [1]

SECTION C
Answer any two questions in this section.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

10.a) Identify any two pre-colonial states in Zimbabwe

_____________________________________________________. [1]
c) Where did the Ndebele come from?
_____________________________________________________ [1]
d) What was/is the Shona name for God?
______________________________________________________ [1]

e) Which Ndebele king was cheated into signing the Rudd Concession?
______________________________________________________[1]

11.Families trace their origins back to whom?

_______________________________________________________ [1]

b) What do people use as totems in indigenous Zimbabwe?

________________________________________________________[1]

c) __________________________ is a payment made time and again by

subjects to the ruler. [1]
d) Who arranges marriages in Islam?
________________________________________________________ [1]
e) What unites people of different cultures and religions?
________________________________________________________[1]

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 12.a) Conflict is a ___________________________________________ [1]

b) What causes conflict at home?

_________________________________________________[1]
c) How can a conflict at home be solved?
________________________________________________________ [1]
d) Give an effect that comes with conflict in the community
_______________________________________________________. [1]
e) Strained relationship is a result of
_____________________________________________________. [1]

13.a) Traditional courts include

_______________________, _______________________________

and ________________________________ [1]

b) Who deals with conflict or problems at family level?

________________________________________________________ [1]
c) What is mukwerera?
_______________________________________________________[1]

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