KAM PAL A CIT Y EXAMINATIONS BOARD
PRE-PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATION
2025
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
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Candidate’s Name: …………………………………………………………………….…………………
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2. This paper has two sections: A and B Section A. has
20 questions and section B has 12 questions. The
paper has 16 printed pages. 1 - 10
11 - 20
3. Answer all the questions. All the answers for both
sections A and B must be written in the spaces 21 - 30
provided.
31 - 40
4. All the answers must be written using a blue or black
ball point pen or ink. Any answer written in pencil will 41 - 43
not be marked.
44 - 46
5. Unnecessary changes in your work and handwriting
that cannot be read easily may lead to loss of 47 - 49
marks.
50 - 52
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SECTION A: 40 MARKS
Questions 1 to 40 carry one mark each
1. State any one reason why organic matter should first decompose before applying
it as manure in the garden.
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2. Identify any one danger of clouds in the environment.
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3. Give a reason why a person suffering from gonorrhoea can easily get infected
with HIV/AIDs.
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4. Give any one way of managing rubbish in the rubbish pit.
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The diagram below shows joints. Study it and answer the questions 5 and 6.
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5. Name the type of movable joint at X.
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6. State the way through which joint Y allows movement.
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7. Identify the vector that spreads scabies.
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8. Mention one disorder of the respiratory system.
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9. State the use of juice produced by the liver during digestion.
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10. Give one way of preventing wilting of seedlings at nursery bed.
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11. State one way honeybees promotes food production in an area.
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12. Apart from causing soil erosion, give one danger of cutting down trees.
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13. Give one way through which condom use reduces the chances of contracting
HIV/AIDS.
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14. Mention one example of an object that does not produce light on its own.
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The diagram below shows a common accident. Study and answer the questions 15
and 16.
Stove
Crawling baby
Crawling baby
Fire
Fire wood
15. Name the common accident shown above.
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16. Give one way of preventing such accidents in homes.
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17. State one reason why sand soil is the best soil for building.
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18. Give one characteristic of birds of prey.
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19. Give the meaning of the term leaching.
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20. State one way of conserving wood fuel at home.
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21. Give any one activity done by crop farmers to improve crop yields.
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22. Mention one example of substance that can disappear when mixed with water.
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23. Give the way through which tapeworm’s infestation can lead to malnutrition.
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24. Give one danger of refraction of light in the environment.
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25. Mention one example of a mammal which does not give birth to life young ones.
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26. Apart from smoking, give one other way of reducing bad smell in a latrine.
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27. State one proper practice of using bathing towel.
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28. Give one way through which breathing maintains good health.
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The diagram below shows a bow harp. Study and use it to answer the questions
29 and 30.
29. Name the part marked M.
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30. State the function of the part marked N.
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31. Identify the method of harvesting trees that promotes the growth of the new
shoots.
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32. Name the part in the female productive system where implantation occurs.
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33. State one use of forms of energy to people.
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34. Give the difference between pitch of sound and volume of sound.
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35. Give one example of a healthy lifestyle.
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36. State one danger of friction force to vehicle drivers.
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37. Give one characteristic of images formed in a plane mirror.
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38. Mention one example of an antisocial behavior.
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39. Give one way people apply filtration in their daily life.
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40. State one way through which shedding leaves reduces transpiration in plants.
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SECTION : B 60 MARKS
Questions 41 to 55 carry four marks each
41. (a) In two sentences, explain how immunisation has helped to reduce on infant
mortality rate. (02 Marks)
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(b) Apart from immunisation, give two other ways of controlling disease in
infants.
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42. (a) Give any two reasons for sorting clothes before washing them.
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(b) In two sentences, explain the reasons why underwear should be spread
under the sun to dry. (02 Marks)
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43. (a) Name the method of keeping poultry which keeps eggs away from birds.
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(b) State two advantages of keeping poultry using the above method.
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(c) Apart from the above, name one other system of keeping poultry.
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44. The diagram below shows a common tuber crop. Study and use it to answer the
questions that follow.
(a) Name the tuber crop drawn above.
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(b) Mention one pest that can attack the above crop.
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(c) State the way the above crop is propagated.
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(d) Give one product that can be obtained from the above tubers after being
processed.
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45. (a) Give the meaning of the term agroforestry.
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(b) Mention any one importance of agroforestry to farmers.
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(c) State one reason why a farmer may not choose to practice agroforestry.
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46. (a) In two sentences, explain how the painting of iron tools help to conserve
minerals in the environment. (02 Marks)
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(b) Mention two other examples of non renewable resources.
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47. (a) Name the device that changes electrical energy to mechanical energy.
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(b) Write the type of energy pocessed by the following;
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(ii) a rolling ball …………………………………………………………………………………
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(c) State one way through which the use of electricity prevents air pollution.
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48. (a) State two ways crops benefit from trees growing together with them.
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(b) Give two ways farmers benefit from growing crops together with trees.
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49. The diagram below shows the female reproductive system. Study it and answer
the questions that follow.
(a) Name the part marked S.
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(b) State the importance of the part marked Q.
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(c) Give two ways of keeping the above organ in a good working condition.
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50. (a) Give the role of the following during distillation of alcohol;
(i) cold water ……………………………………………………………………………………
(ii) heat source …………………………………………………………………………………
(b) State two medical uses of alcohol.
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51. The list below shows different groups of vertebrates. Study them and answer the
questions that follow.
List A List B List C
Gecko Monkey Eagle
Chameleon Rat Duck
Snake Man Chicken
Tortoise Bat Pelican
(a) Name the group of vertebrates in list A.
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(b) State the similarity among all the above organisms in terms of reproduction.
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(c) Give two differences between organisms in list B and organisms in other
lists.
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52. The diagram below shows a simple circuit. Study it and answer the questions
that follow.
K
W
(a) State what happens to part W when K is closed.
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(b) Give a reason to support your answer in (a) above.
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(c) In two sentences, describe how you will help the person who arranged
the above circuit to A to correct his mistakes. (02 Marks)
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53. The table below shows vectors, diseases they spread and germs that cause them.
Complete it properly.
VECTOR DISEASE CAUSE
Mad dogs Rabies
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Black fly Worms
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Sleeping sickness Protozoa
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Tiger mosquito Yellow fever
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54. (a) Give two excuses some mothers give for feeding their babies on bottled
milk.
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(b) State one danger of feeding babies on bottled milk.
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(c) Name one other method of feeding babies.
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55. (a) Mention two components of a clean home.
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(b) Give two ways of maintaining hygiene in homes.
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