NAME OF CANDIDATE: _____________________________EXAMINATION NUMBER_______________________________

NAMBIRO ZONE EXAMINATION BOARD

2023 STANDARD 8 MOCK EXAMINATIONS
PRIMARY SCIENCE
(100 MARKS)
Subject Number: P163
Time Allowed: 2 hours
9:00 – 11:00 am
NAME: (Surname First) ______________________________________________________________________

SCHOOL________________________________________________________DATE: __________________

Instructions

1. This paper contains 6 pages. Please

check.

2. Write your Name and Examination Question Tick 41 – 51 if Do not write

number in the spaces provided above Number answered in these
columns
1 – 40
3. There are 40 multiple choice questions
in section A and 11 questions in 41
section B. 42

43

44
4. Answer all questions. In section A,
encircle the letter that best completes 45

the question. In section B write your 46

answers in the spaces provided 47

48
5. Answer all questions
49

6. In the table provided on this page, tick 50-51

against the question number you have
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SECTION A (40 MARKS) D. Breed easily in ponds

AGRICULTURE Figure2. Is a diagram showing method of
1. Which of the following component of soil is made controlling parasites in animal production. Use it to
up of decaying animal parts? answer question 10.
A. soil air B. soil water
C. organic matter D. inorganic matter
2. Which of the following is a soil organism?
A. earth worm B. liver fluke
C. plasmodium D. anthracnose
3. Which of the following ways can improve soil 10. Identify the method of controlling parasite
fertility in the garden? shown.
A. making ridges A. Drenching B. Dipping
B. making box ridges C. Spraying D. Castration
C. making contour ridges 11. Which of the following is the function of a hitch
D. making compost manure in a plough?
4. Identify the practice that causes soil erosion from A. hold all parts of a plough
the following: B. sets the depth of ploughing
A. Cultivating on steep slope C. cuts the soil into thin layer
B. shifting cultivation D. attaches the plough to the chain
C. making ridges across the slope 12. Which of the following farm animals are used as
D. planting trees on bare ground a source of power?
Figure1. Is a diagram of diseases of Maize. Use it to A. pigs B. donkeys
answer question 5. C. rabbits D. goats
13. What type of flowers are money plants?
A. trees B. shrubs
C. creepers D. ground covers
Figure 3 is a diagram showing fruit propagation.
5. Identify the disease of maize shown. Use it to answer question 14 and 15.
A. leaf spot B. leaf bright
C. head smut D. maize streak
6. To which sub-branch of Agriculture does the
growing of vegetables belong?
A. pomoculture B. Olericulture
C. Horticulture D. Floriculture 14. Which of the following methods of propagation
7. Which of the following problems can be solved shown?
using the principle of substitution of inputs? A. budding B. grafting
A. how to produce B. what to produce C. use of seed D. use of suckers
C. where to produce D. when to produce 15. Which of the following fruits can be propagated
8. Which of the following is an example of using the method shown in figure 3?
indigenous fruits? A. pineapple B. apple
A. Mangoes B. Pawpaw C. guava D. orange
C. Tangerines D. Tamarind 16. Which of the following is the way of
9. Which of the following characteristics is the best maintaining a fish pond?
description of Mulamba? A. painting walls B. filling cracks
A. favours fresh water C. killing parasites D. applying lime
B. resistant to handling stress 17. A bag of fertilizer is indicated NPK. What does
C. Low survival rate K stands for?
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A. Calcium B. boron
C. potassium D. nitrogen
18. Why cassava chips should be kept dry and away
from wet condition?
A. to improve its color
B. to prevent from being stolen
C. to be easy to use
D. to prevent it from developing molds
19. Which of the following is an example of
groundnuts variety? 26. Name the lever shown in the diagram.
A. mawanga B. manyokola A. First order level
C. mbundumali D. gomani B. Second order lever
20. Which of the following is the disadvantage of C. Third order level
Arborloo toilet? D. pulley
A. it is too expensive to build 27. What name is given to point X?
B. require a lot of land A. wedge B. load
C. difficult to separate urine from faeces C. fulcrum D. effort
D. negative attitude of people to handle 28. Which of the following problems of market can
manure be solved by performing cooperatives?
A. lack of direct access to buyers
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY B. lack of storage facilities
21. Which of the following is contained in sperms? C. lack of knowledge of advertising
A. zygote B. fluid D. lack of customer care
C. amnion D. semen 29. Which of the following parts protects the brain
22. Which of the following is the sign of anemia? from damage?
A. luck of iron in the diet B. slow growth A. liver B. tongue
C. soft bones D. pale hands C. skull D. blood
23. Which of the following is the dangerous 30. Which of the following non-flowering plants can
chemical found in tobacco? reproduce by spores?
A. tar B. nicotine A. moss B. mushroom
C. cigarette D. smoke C. fern D. liverwort
24. The following are the first two stages of Use the food chain below to answer question 31 and
designing new technologies. 32.
i. planning new technology ii. Evaluating Green leaves caterpillars birds snakes
iii. Identifying the problem iv. Doing
research 31. Identify the producer
A. snakes B. birds
A. i and ii B. ii and iii C. green leaves D. caterpillar
C. iii and iv D. i and iv 32. What will happen to the caterpillars if all birds
die?
25. Which of the following types of energy is used A. will multiply B. will also die
for cooking? C. would eat snakes D. would be reduced
A. light B. potential 33. Which of the following part of circulatory
C. sound D. electrical system carry blood to the heart?
Figure 4 is a diagram showing the classes of the A. veins B. arteries
lever. Use it to answer questions 26 and 27. C. capillaries D. plasma

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34. The cooking of food in a liquid for a long time is D. kills the sperm
called______________ 37. What name is given to the process shown above?
A. frying B. stewing A. fertilization B. ovulation
C. baking D. roasting C. implantation D. Zygote
Figure 5 shows the process that occurs in the 38. Which of the following foods provides protein to
female reproductive organ. Use it to answer the body?
questions 35-37. A. fish B. Irish
C. oranges D. sugarcane
39. What is the negative effect of improving the
quality of products to the buyer?
A. slow to sell B. quick to sell
C. become expensive D. cheap to buy
40. Which of the following is the last stage in
35. Identify the parts labeled Y.
Scientific Investigation?
A. egg membrane B. head of sperm
A. concluding stage
C. nucleus D. ovum
B. identifying the problem
36. Which of the following is the function of part
C. implementing stage
labeled Y?
D. planning stage
A. helps to support embryo
B. stops more sperm from getting in
C. allows other sperms to get in
SECTION B (60 MARKS)
AGRICULTURE
41. a. State two importance of farm calendar.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
A farmer shows the following type of record.
crop Field or plot hectare Yield
Vegetable 1 5 5 000kg
Maize 2 6 25 000kg
Cassava 3 4 30 000kg
Groundnuts 4 2 5 000kg
b. Name the type of record.
_________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
c. Which type of crop has the least amount of harvest?
_________________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
42. a. Name two tools used for transplanting seedlings
i. _______________________________________ii. _______________________________________ (2 marks)
b. When should transplanting of seedling be done?
__________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
c. Give one reason why mulching is important after transplanting seedlings.
_________________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
43. a. Give any two example of capital items.
i. _______________________________________ ii. ______________________________________ (2 marks)
b. State two things involved when grading.
i. _________________________________________ii. ____________________________________ (2 marks)
c. Give two factors to be considered when designing a fish pond.

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i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
44a. State any two characteristics of commercial farming.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
b. Give two ways of managing soil as one of the major elements of the Agricultural environment.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
c. Write down any two crop husbandry practices.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
45. a. State any three systems of agroforestry practiced in Malawi.
i. ___________________________________________ii. __________________________________________
iii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
b. Give two examples of fertilizer applied to flowers.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
c. Give two methods of fertilizer application in flowers.
i. _____________________________________________ii. _________________________________(2 marks)
d. State one function of the phosphorus in plants.
_________________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

46. a. State two ways in which a leaf is attached to the stem.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
b. List down two materials used to construct an enclosed kitchen.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
c. What is the main source of ventilation of the enclosed kitchen?
__________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
d. Explain one disadvantage of invertebrate to maize crops.
__________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
47. State two processes that happened in the body as blood is circulating.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
Figure 6 is a diagram showing a shape of a leaf

48. Identify the shape of the leaf.

________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

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49. b. Name two types of systems that are used to transmit messages in telephones
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
b. Define the term the ‘meal’
__________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
c. Mention two factors to consider when planning a meal.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
d. Explain one way of removing chewing gum on the garment.
__________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
49. a. Give any two functions of human skeleton.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
b. List down two accidents that occur in the community or home.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
c. Give one problem of fertilizer as technology used in the community.
__________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
d. Mention three ways of improving the nutritional value of food.
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________________
iii. _______________________________________________________________________________ (3 marks)
50. a. Explain one way through which people can get tapeworms.
__________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
b. What name is given t to organisms that feed on other living things?
___________________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)
Figure 7 is a diagram showing a fish. Use it to answer questions that follow

51. a. Identify the part labeled W.

__________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

b. Explain how the shape of the fish is helpful.

__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

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