Primary 4 (Basic 4) Third Term Examination for All Subjects and Answer keys

THIRD TERM SOCIAL STUDIES EXAMINATION QUESTIONS FOR PRIMARY 4 (BASIC 4)

SOCIAL STUDIES EXAM QUESTIONS 

SECTION A – Objectives INSTRUCTION – Attempt all the questions in this section. 

1. ______ means being occupied in a job to earn a living.

[a] Apprenticeship

[b] Employment

[c] Unemployment

2. Which of these does a worker usually get at the end of a month?

[a] Wages

[b] Salary

[c] Tax

3. ______ is a way of passing news, ideas or information to one another.

[a] Communication

[b] Transportation

[c] Politics

4. The first treatment given to an injured person before medical attention is ______.

[a] safety

[b] first born

[c] first aid

5. ______ is an unexpected event that occurs.

[a] Victim

[b] Road

[c] Accident

6. ______ is not healthy promotion behaviour.

[a] Regular exercise

[b] Fighting

[c] Laughing

7. One of these is not consequence of not having a job to earn a living.

[a] Robber

[b] Bad habit

[c] Good living

8. Which of these is not a way of reducing unemployment?

[a] More industries should be established.

[b] self employment should be encourage.

[c] more guns should be imported.

9. ______ can make a worker not to be hardworking.

[a] Low wages

[b] Promotion

[c] Regular payment of bonus

10. Wages , profit, interest and rent are all part of ______.

[a] debt

[b] income

[c] salary

11. Which of these will help to prevent accident?

[a] Playing in a bush

[b] Playing with sharp objects

[c] Ensuring play ground is safe

12. ______ is not health effect of abuse of alcohol, tobacco.

[a] Kwashiokor

[b] Mental disorder

[c] Lung disease

13. Which of these is not a punishment for drug traffickers?

[a] Death penalty

[b] Jail

[c] Pardon

14. The legal union of man and woman as husband and wife is ______.

[a] courtship

[b] marriage

[c] fellowship

15. The right or state of being a citizen is ______.

[a] constitution

[b] obligation

[c] citizenship

SECTION B – THEORY 

INSTRUCTION – Attempt all questions in this section. 

Define the following term:

1. Employment

2. Unemployment

3. What is wages and income?

4. First Aid treatment can be defined as ______.

5. Define communication.

6. List and explain types of communication that we have.

7. Define Accident.

8. List 5 materials that can be found in first aid box.

9. Define Drug abuse.

10. Write 4 reasons why people work.

THIRD TERM SOCIAL STUDIES EXAMINATION PRIMARY 4 – ANSWER KEYS

SECTION A – OBJECTIVE ANSWERS 

1. b 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. c 6. b 7. c 8. c 9. a 10. b 11. c 12. a 13. c 14. b 5. c

SECTION B – THEORY 

1. Employment is work done to earn a living.

2. Unemployment is having no work to do to earn money.

3. Wages are the money paid to workers for the work they do, mostly on daily or weekly basis. Income is the total money a person earns,mostly at the end of the month.

4. First aid is emergency care given immediately to an injured person.

5. Communication: Passing information and ideas with others through talking, writing, body language, or technology.

6. Types: oral, written, electronic

7. Accident: It is unexpected harmful event.

8. Bandage, cotton wool, antiseptic, scissors, plaster

9. Drug abuse: misuse of drugs.

10. To earn money, survive, support family

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