YEkA SUB City Wereda 11 Administration Education Office
SECOND SEMISTER SOCIAL STUDIES MODEL EXAMINATION FOR GRADE 8 TH
may 2015 E.C
Number of items 60 Time Allowed 60 minutes
Choose the correct answer in the given alternatives
1. Which of the following fold mountain in North America ?
A. Himalayas B. Alps C. Andes D. Rockies
2. Which types of forces forms block mountains?
A. Volcanism B. Folding C. Faulting D. earth quake
3. The bending of the land surface due to internal Force is---
A. Volcanism B. Folding C. Faulting D. earth quake
4. All are similar except A. Tatali B. Ertali C. Fentale dubbi D. Damailai
5. Which of the following is correct about extinct volcanoes ?
A. They are not expected to erupt in the future
B. They are likely to erupt again
C. They are Erupt for the future time
D. They can cause reverse fault mainly in Ethiopia
6. A mushroom shaped body of intrusive igneous rock mainly smaller than batholiths is ---
A. Sill B. laccolith C. Dyke D. batholith
7. The breaking down of rocks in to smaller particles is called ---
A. Erosion B. earth quake C. weathering D. Folding
8. The intensity of the earth quake is recorded by an instrument called ----
A. Anemometer B. seismometer C. Richter scale D. seismograph
9. Among the following type of running water erosion which one is occurs when Floods cut
deep wide gorges ?
A. Sheet erosion B. Gully Erosion C. rill Erosion D. sand dune
10. What is the most abundant gas in the earths atmosphere ?
A. Oxygen B. Nitrogen C. Argon D. carbondioxide
11. Among the following land forms of wind erosion which one is occurs when sand hill that has
acrecent moon shape ?
A. Loes deposit B. sand dune C. Barchan D. screes
12. Among one is not elment of weather and climate ?
A. Latitude B. Air pressure C. humidity D. ocean current
13. The process in which gas changes directly in to solid ?
A. Deposition B. condensation C. sublimation D. evaporation
14. In September , October and November in Ethiopia known as ---
A. Summer B. winter C. spring D. Autumn
15. The transfer of energy from one body to another through molecular contacts within and
between bodies is known as ------
A. Radiation B. convection C. condensation D. conduction
16. Among the following one is correctly matched?
A. Temperature anemometer
B. Air pressure Rain gauge
C. Wind thermometer
D. Earth quake seismometer
17. Which of the following is the effect of earth quake ?
A. Surplus of food production C. the rise and fall of sea floor
B. Diversification of plant species D. shortening of days and nights
18. The process of buying , selling or exchanging of commodities is called ---
A. Market B. trade C. culture D. globalization
19. Which of the following is odd ? A. Language B. cloth C. factories D. house
20. Which of the following economic activity is not classified as sendary economic activity?
A. power production B. manufacturing C. construction D. mining
21. which language belongs to Cushitic family
A. Agewigna B. guragaidna C. Berta D. baskto
22. Which of the following is the challenges of globalization
A. The access to cultural identity C. the access to new market
B. The loss of cultural diversity D. the spread of new technology and
innovation
23. The selling of domestic manufactured goods to another country is knowns as ---
A. Retail trande B. enterpot trande C. Export trade D. import trade
24. The process in which raw materials turns in to products by using labor and other
equipment is called ---
A. Mining B. Agriculture C. forestry D. manufacturing
25. The amount of goods that buyers are willing and able to purchase is called------
A. Supply B. demand C. surplus D. market
26. Among the following which one is smokeless industry
A. Transportation B. tourisms C. agricultures D. mining
27. Which types of trade involves the selling of goods directly to consumers by retailer
A. Whole sale trade B. import trade C. Retail trade D. export trade
28. A system of raising money to finance government expenditure is ------
A. Market B. tax C. taxation D. Government revenue
29. Which one of the following is the benefit of tax
A. Reduction of regional imbalance C. discouragement of export
B. Removal of equalities income and wealth D. capital reduction
30. What is the value of good thing that the Ethiopia people have in common
A. Hospitality and patriotism C. considering the elderily as asocial burden
B. prejudice and discrimination D. Extreme sentiment of Ethinicity
31. A careful , efficient , wise and sustainable use of natural resources is known as ------------
A. utilization B. conservation C. deforestation D. Exploitation
32. which one is different from the other
A. glod B. natural gas C. petroleum D. plant
33. the resources that can be exhausted after their frequent usage
A. renewable resources C. Non renewable resources
B. resources Exhaustation D. resource conservation
34. the process of planting tree at the edge of farm land is called --------
A. Deforestation B. check Dam C. A fforestation D. shelter belt
35. Which of the following is not the benefits of water conservation
A. It builds safe and beautiful community C. It preserve our environment
B. It maximize the effect of drought D. none of the above
36. Which one is false about measures of conserving natural resource
A. Plant more tree C. construct water resources
B. Increase emission D. increase public awarness
37. Why is sustainable utilization of natural resource are important
A. To decrease soil fertility C. to ensure sustainable development
B. To supply of excess water D. B and c are correct answer
38. Soil conservation is the process where soil
A. Soil is destructed B. soil is polluted C. soil lacks basic nutrient D. soil protected
against erosion
39. Forest control drought by
A. Preventing floods B. increasing oxygen C. increasing humidity and rainfall D. soil
protected against erosion
40. A method of soil conserving that involves construction of fence like structure along the hill
side
A. Afforestation B. check Dam C. terracing D. shelterbelt
41. Which explorer visited part of western African coast along the atlantic ocean
A. prince henery C. Bartholomew Diaz
B. Christopher Columbus D. vasco Dagama
42. Renaissance war arose in -----
A. Greece B. Europe C. Portugal D. Italy
43. Which one is the result of great geographical discovery
A. The trade wealth of Europe increase
B. Europeans brought raw materials from Asia and Africa
C. Manufacture and bankers of European became very rich
D. All are correct Answer
44. The first movable printing materials was invented by
A. William shakespear C. Joun Gutenberg
B. Nicola Machiavelli D. Nicolas Copernicus
45. The authority of the catholic church was strengthened by
A. The transaction of the bible C. the council of trent
B. The election of new pope D. the assassination of catholic leaders
46. At the end of counter reformation which nations became predominantly catholic
A. France , England and Holland C. Belgium, hungary and Sweden
B. Southern Germany , Spain and poland D. Northern Germany, Norway and
Denmark
47. The American president who ended the cold war was -----
A. Ronald Regean C. micheal Gorvachev
B. samora machievels D. marthin luther
48. What was the Immediate cause of first world war ?
A. The formation of Alliance system
B. The Assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand
C. Nationalism, Imperialism and millenarianism
D. German troops invaded Poland
49. Which country placed the first satellite in to the orbit around the earth
A. Russia B. Italy C. USA D. France
50. Among the following which one is Allied nation
A. German B .France C. Italy D. Japan
51. What part of Africa did most slaves comes from
A. East Africa B. North Africa C. west Africa D. South Africa
52. The first president of independent of Algeria was -----
A. Augistino Neto C. Nnamdi azikwe
B. Kwame Nkrumah D. Ahmed Ben Bella
53. Which European states was slave trader?
A. German B. Italy C. Russia D. Dutch
54. The last African country which becomes the member of OAU?
A. Nigeria B. South Sudan C. Morocco D. Kenya
55. Which conferences adopted the OAU constitutive Act?
A. Sirte summite B. lome summite C. lusaka summit D. Durban summit
56. Aftre the death of Emperor Tewodros II who be came the king of Ethiopian
A. Wagshum Gobeze B. Yahannes IV C. Adal Tessma D. Tekle GIyorgis
57. The most basic cause of facist aggression againt Ethiopia was -------
A. Avise of Britan B. the walwal incident C. Revenge of Adwa D. the ambitionof Italian
solidies
58. The bloody battle that was fought between mahdist sudan and king Teklehaimanot was ---
A. Kufit B. Embebo C. sarwuha D. azule
59. Among the following which one is the source of air pollution
A. War B. agricultural activity C. industrial emission D. All are answer
60. The average condition that persist over multiple decades is called ---------
A. Weather B. temperature C. global warming D. climate