SAINT MARY’S SCHOOL DAMATURU

PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION 2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION

CLASS: PRIMARY 4
SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
1. Food become harmful if they contain disease carrying ____ (a) organism (b) parasites (c)
ring worm
2. One of the following is not a disease-causing organism (a) bacteria (b) rotten vegetables (c)
virus
3. Not chewing food properly before swallowing causes _____ (a) fatness (b) indigestion (c)
restlessness
4. Frequent eating i.e at meal times and in-between meals causes ____ (a) sickness (b) fatness
(c) yawning
5. Technology is the application of scientific and engineering knowledge to design, produce
and maintain equipment and devices which make life more ____ and ____ (a) comfortable
and useful (b) discomfort and harmful (c) harmful and beneficial
6. What is the full meaning of ICT (a) identification computer and technology (b) computer
information training (c) information communication and technology
7. Modern gadgets include the following excepts (a) television (b) donkey (c) radio
8. Analogue systems use signals or represent information with a _____ quantity that changes
continuously (a) physical (b) chemical (c) phytochemical
9. Digital system use signals or represent information with _____ which are discrete values (a)
digits (b) quantity (c) quality
10.ICT gadgets are generally used for passing out and _____ information (a) receiving (b)
sending (c) promoting
11.Shapes can be constructed either representing their ____ and _____ (a) length and breadth
(b) parallel and breadth (c) height and parallel
12.Which of the following is not a material for shape construction (a) plastics (b) colours (c)
paper
13.Tools used for cutting materials into bits and shapes required for making objects called
_____ (a) farming tools (b) cutting tools (c) sawing tools
14.A _____ is a structure constructed with walls and roof to serve different purposes (a)
building (b) family (c) home
15._______ is a building for selling provisions (A) bungalow (b) poultry house (c) shop
 SECTION B: ESSAY
INSTRUCTION: Answer only three (3) questions from this section
1. (a) Define energy
(b) List four forms of energy
2. (a) What is technology?
(b) Mention two examples of modern technology
3. (a) Give the full meaning of the following acronyms:
(i) I.C.T
(ii)S.E.T
(b) List two properties of wood.
4. List three examples of harmful food.
 SAINT MARY’S SCHOOL DAMATURU
PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION 2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION
CLASS: PRIMARY 5
SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
1. _____ is a state of preventing danger or harm to ourselves or somebody (a) safety (b)
accident (c) playing
2. Accidents are mishaps that can cause harm, damages or even _____ (a) friction (b) death (c)
movement
3. Some safety gadgets include the following except (a) helmet (b) fire extinguisher (c) pulley
4. _______ is the way we take proper care of our things in other to serve us longer (a)bicycle
(b) maintenance (c) device
5. How many types of maintenance do we have? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 2
6. Routine maintenance is an example of ______ maintenance (a) in-corrective maintenance
(b) corrective maintenance (c) preventive maintenance
7. ________ is the picture representation of object or an idea (a) colours (b) drawing (c)
painting
8. Tee-square is used in drawing ____ lines (a) horizontal (b) vertical (c) curve
9. One of the following is not a way of transferring heat (a) objection (b) conduction (c)
radiation
10.The graduation in clinical thermometer ranges from ____ to _____ (a) 35.00C to 42.00C (b)
20.00C to 40.00C (c) 5.00C to 10.50C
11.The unit of temperature on Kelvin scale is represented by _______ (a) 0F (b)0K (c)K
12.The type of electricity generated as a result of the movement of electrons in chemical
substance and metals is called _______ (a) current electricity (b) static electricity (c) non-
static electricity
13.When two or more simple cells are connected together, we have a _____ (a) battery (b) wire
(c) circuit
14.Materials that would not allow electricity to pass through them are called _____ (a)
conductors (b) non-conductors (c) cotton wool
15._________ is a setup of electric devices used to generate energy (a) fuse (b) circuit (c) cell
SECTION B: ESSAY
INSTRUCTION: Answer any three questions from this section
1. (a) Define safety
(b) List five safety gadgets you know
2. (a) What is temperature?
 (b) Mention three scales of measurement that you know, with their unit of temperature
3. (a) Define drawing.
(b) In tabular form list three instruments used for drawing and their uses.
4. (a) List five sources of heat
(b) Mention three ways of transferring heat.

SAINT MARY’S SCHOOL DAMATURU

 PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION 2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION
CLASS: PRIMARY 6
SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
1. Our natural light comes from the _____ (a) moon (b) sky (c) sun
2. Colours are basically classified into ____ and _____ (a) primary and tertiary colours (b)
secondary and tertiary colours (c) primary and secondary colours
3. Beautiful colours in the rainbow are due to dispersion of sunlight by water droplets
suspended after rain has _____ (a) dropped (b) fallen (c) lining
4. The addition of primary colours of light to produce other colours is known as ______ (a)
additive colour mixing (c) re-arranging colour mixing
5. One of the following is not a material needed for doormat making (a) coconut fibres (b)
mineral salt (c) ropes
6. How many steps are there in doormat making using coconut fibres (a) five steps (b) seven
steps (c) ten steps
7. _______ maintenance involves taking measures or steps to correct what is already wrong
(a) dusting maintenance (b) preventive maintenance (c) corrective maintenance
8. There are _____ major types of maintenance (a) three (b) four (c) two
9. Which of the following is not a material used for maintenance (a) brush (b) toothpaste (c)
spanner
10.______ is the state of been free from danger or harm (a) safety (b) drafty (c) moveky
11.A person who rendered assistanc to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is
available is called _____ (a) a first aider (b) police man (c) doctor
12.Any device that can make work easier, faster and convenient is called _____ (a) manual
machine (b) simple machine (c) wheel barrow
13.Levers machine are classified into _____ (a) two (b) three (c) five
14.Pulleys are classified into two namely _____ and ______ (A) non-movable and fixed (b)
movable and fixed (c) natural and artificial
15.____ is a force which occurs between two bodies that are in contact with each other (a)
contact force (b) movable force (c)field force
SECTION B: ESSAY
INSTRUCTION: Answer only three questions from this section
1. (a) What is a force
(b) List two types of force you know
2. (a) Define maintenance
(b) Differentiate between preventive and corrective maintenance
3. (a) Define safety
(b) Mention any three (3) safety devices
4. (a) Define simple machine
(b) List any three types of simple machine