EXAMINATION NO: _____________

DESHA EXAMINATION BOARD

2024 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
MOCK EXAMINATION
SOCIAL AND LIFE SKILLS
PAPER I
(50 marks) Subject Number: M019/I
Wednesday 20th March, 2024 Time Allowed: 1 hour
11:30am – 12:30pm

Instructions
1. This paper contains 9 printed pages. Please check.

2. This paper has 50 multiple – choice questions. Answer all questions. Each

question carries 1 mark.

3. Before you begin, fill in your examination number on your answer sheet.

4. In each question, encircle the letter representing the correct answer.

5. Hand in your answer sheet to the invigilator when time is called to stop writing.

Sample question

Which of the following is not a cause of national conflict?

A. Land disputes
B. Religious disputes
C. Marriage disputes
D. Ethnic rivalry

The correct answer is C. It should be marked like this©

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Section A (35 marks)
SOCIAL STUDIES
Answer all questions by encircling the letter corresponding to the correct answer
1. Arranged marriages are no longer d. Feeling of loneliness and
popular in African societies restlessness
because 4. One of the rights of pension
a. People are staying away from beneficiaries is to be protected
their parents. from any attachment or executions.
b. Of the global problem of This means that
economy. a. A pension benefits cannot be
c. People believe in the freedom used as a security in case of
of choice of marriage. bankruptcy
d. Arranged marriages do not last b. A beneficiary has a right to
long. make an inquiry complaint
c. A beneficiary shall receive a
2. Which of the following is not a pension upon retirement
cause of violation of human rights d. Members should be granted the
for special groups? scheme before a benefit is paid
a. Genocide
b. Mutilation of female genital 5. Which of the following is an
organs indicator of technological
c. Discrimination development?
d. Gender equality a. Presence of political
institutions
A student stopped participating in b. Raising of awareness about
spiritual activities after diagonisis benefits of technology
of HIV positive c. Market liberalization
3. Which of the following d. The ability by human beings to
consequences is seen through the undertake space exploration
boys action activities
a. Withdrawal to concentrate on
his studies
b. Inability to copy with reality
c. Unwillingness to change
attitude and behavior

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6. Which of the following financial a. 1, 2 and 3

institutions facilitates finances for b. 1, 2, and 4
external travel? c. 1, 3 and 4
a. The stock exchange d. 2, 3 and 4
b. The credit union
c. The Reserve Bank 10. Which of the following systems of
d. The National Bank government puts supreme consent
of the people
7. Which type of discrimination is a. Oligarchy
based on one’s ethnic group? b. Democrats
a. Tribal discrimination c. Federal system
b. Racial discrimination d. Republics
c. Age discrimination
d. Caste discrimination 11.Which of the following are duties
of electoral commission
People of Namalimwe area mobilized 1. Demarcation of constituency
themselves to guard against boundaries
vandalism of their newly constructed 2. Determining electoral petitions
clinic. Use this information to and complaints
answer questions 8 and 9. 3. Review of existing
constituency boundaries
8. Which of the following critical 4. Attending party functions
issue is addressed by action of the a. 1, 2 and 3
people? b. 1, 2 and 4
a. Affordability c. 1, 3 and 4
b. Accessibility d. 2, 3 and 4
c. User friendly
d. Care 12.Which of the following reasons
describe Malawi as a developing
9. Which of the following could be country
the impact of critical issues on the a. It has poor infrastructure
development system.
1. Increased poverty b. It is highly dependent on export
2. Reduced maintenance cost c. It has a low population.
3. Improved peoples living d. It is a land locked country.
standards
4. Sustainability for future use

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13.Which of the following is an c. Cultural dilution

importance of citizen participation d. Terrorism
when a project is completed?
a. Development
b. Cooperation 17. Which of the following is an
c. Ownership effect of gender bias in Africa?
d. Unionism a. Ineffective contribution
b. Violent society
14.Which of the following types of c. High crime rate
disasters are common in Malawi d. Vandalism
1. Floods
2. Earthquake 18.Which of the following unions
3. Cyclone deals with good governance in
4. Volcanism Malawi?
a. 1, 2 and 3 a. Malawi Congress of Trade
b. 1, 3 and 4 Union
c. 1, 2 and 4 b. Public Affairs Committee
d. 2, 3 and 4 c. The Consumers Association of
Malawi
d. Teachers Union of Malawi
Kalanda consists of people from
different tribes and races. Use this
19. Which of the following programs
information to answer question 15
is used for implementing
and 16
population policies in Malawi?
15.Which of the following terms best a. Gender equity
describes the community of b. Research analysis
Kalanda. c. Reproductive health
a. Multi-cultural d. Gender equality
b. Multi-racial
c. Multi-ethnic 20.Which of following is an example
d. Multiculturalism of national service in Malawi?
a. A man offering transport for a
16. Which of the following may arise sick person
from such a setting of Kalanda b. Young people filling up
community? potholes in order to receive
a. Cultural diversification money from motorists
b. Congestion of tribes

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c. Parents repairing a bridge for 24.Which of the following groups of

children to cross when going to people have the right to be issued
school with identity cards and travel
d. Pupils planting trees around the documents
school premises a. Street kids
21.Which of the following is the b. Stateless people
positive aspects of donors in c. Prisoners
developing nations d. Refugees
a. Promote good governance in
developing countries by 25.Which of the following best
pushing for political reforms defines fertility rate?
b. Instruction on the use of money a. Number of women who die at
donated the bearing age
c. Helps in campaigning for b. Number of babies who die per
political parties day
d. Decide on the developmental c. Number of children that a
projects to be done woman at the child bearing age
expects to have
22. How does provision of health d. Number of children born per
services help in the development day
of a country?
26. Which of the following social and
a. Investors go to where people
ethical values is shown by a group
are healthy
of people who go to cheer up
b. People working in health
prisoners?
facilities are highly educated
a. Respect of people’s rights
c. Health services provide skilled
b. Sympathy and empathy
labour
c. Racial and ethical equality
d. Healthy people are associated
d. Freedom of association
with high work output
27. Which of the following is the
23. Which of the following is a effect of drug and substance
negative impact of abuse?
multiculturalism? a. Good performance at school
a. Political exploitation b. Students become active in
b. Exchange of ideas sporting activities
c. Cultural exchange c. Impotence
d. Cultural dilution

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d. Students are always alert in A woman from a rural area

their studies arriving in town is being
discriminated to access
28. Which of the following are the employment at Zimatha
attempts that Malawi has made in Company.
order to promote gender equality 31.Which of the following reasons is
in education? the woman discriminated against?
1. Giving equal access in schools a. Level of education
for boys and girls b. Economic status
2. Promoting cultural beliefs and c. Cultural aspect
practices for girls d. Cultural status
3. Establishing the scholarship
fund for girls 32. Which of the following is the
4. Readmission of girls in schools emotional support for caring
a. 1, 2 and 3 people with STI and HIV/AIDs
b. 1, 3 and 4 patient?
c. 1, 2 and 4 a. Taking the patient to the
d. 2, 3 and 4 hospital
b. Providing financial support
29.Which of the following principles c. Attending prayers to the sick
of good governance checks the person
abuse of power in central d. Cooking food for the patient
government?
a. Separation of powers 33. Which of the following is not an
b. Participation objective of demographic and
c. Rule of law family planning
d. Transparency a. To slow down the highrate of
urbanization
30.Which of the following is a type of b. To achieve a lower population
economic policy? growth rate
a. Taxation c. To reduce population growth
b. Inflation and fiscal policy through abortion
c. Fiscal policy and monetary d. To lower maternal mortality
policy
d. Free trade

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The general manager of the d. Favouritism

company employs people upon
receiving money from them. Use 35.Which of the following
this information to answer organizations can effectively
questions 34 and 35. handle this case?
34. What form of social injustice is a. Malawi law society
the manager involved in? b. Office of the Ombudsperson
a. Discrimination c. The judiciary
b. Nepotism d. Anti-corruption Bureau
c. Corruption

Section B
Life skills
(15 marks)
36.Which of the following would be 38. One of the factors which may lead
the cause of drug and substance to low self-esteem is
abuse among youths? A. Suicide
A. Teenage pregnancy B. Rejection
B. Early marriages C. Mental disorder
C. Early sex D. Deliquency
D. Negative peer pressure
Zondeni and Tatha were playful.
Ulemu’s parents died when she was They rarely completed their
ten years old. She had no support assignments and their performance
and decided to be making door mats was poor. Use this information to
for sale, from pieces of cloth which answer questions 39 and 40.
she was finding locally. 39. Which of the following factors led
37.Which of the following skills has to poor performance for Zondeni
Ulemu used? and Tatha?
A. assertiveness A. Poor investigative skills
B. creative thinking B. Lack of understanding
C. self-control C. Poor time management
D. self confidence D. Lack of knowledge

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40. Which of the following ways 43. Which of the following is the
could help Zondeni and Tatha positive effect of the media on
improve their performance? adolescents’ behaviour?
A. communicating effectively A. encourages truancy
B. emulating their friends B. corrupts good morals
C. embracing their friends C. enhances social interactions
D. setting priorities D. exposes wrong role models

41. Which of the following best 44. Which of the following is an

explains the cause of conflicts emotional change that occurs at
between adolescents and parents? puberty?
A. Adolescents fail to cope with A. Sexual curiosity
changes taking place in their B. Development of pimples
bodies. C. Broadening of the hips
B. Adolescents get confused as D. Onset of menstruation
they do not understand what is
happening to them. 45.Which of the following are factors
C. Adolescents want to be given to consider when planning for a
freedom since they consider career?
themselves grown- ups. 1. family values
D. Adolescents get exposed to 2. marketability
activities that put their lives at 3. friends’ interest
risk. 4. cultural beliefs
A. 1, 2 and 3
42.Through which of the following B. 1, 2 and 4
can negative peer pressure be C. 1, 3 and 4
avoided? D. 2, 3 and 4
1. Assertiveness
2. Ambition 46. The following are reliable sources
3. Empathy of information on sex and
4. Tolerance sexuality among the youth except
A. 1 and 2 A. Peers
B. 1 and 3 B. Teachers
C. 2 and 4 C. Religious leaders
D. 3 and 4 D. Chiefs

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Mr. Phuma, a married man, is also in 4. productive marriage
a sexual relationship with a school A. 1, 2 and 3
girl called Ndaziona. He gives her B. 1, 2 and 4
pocket money and several other gifts C. 1, 3 and 4
as a token of appreciation for the D. 2, 3 and 4
sexual favours she renders him. Use
this information to answer questions 49. The following are benefits to a
47 and 48. donor by donating blood except
A. having anaemic patients’ life
47. Identify the type of sexual
saved
relationship between Mr. Phuma
B. having reduced unwanted
and Ndaziona.
calories
A. Boy, girl sexual relationship
C. having the body system
B. Transactional sexual
refreshed
relationship
D. having medical check- up
C. Incest sexual relationship
D. Rape sexual relationship
50. Which of the following best
depicts the process of refraining
48. Which of the following depicts
from sexual activities?
effects of the relationship between
A. having one partner
Mr. Phuma and Ndaziona?
B. using a condom
1. spread of HIV and other STIs
C. faithfulness
2. separation in marriage
D. abstinence
3. guilt feelings

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