Are you looking for better grades for O level and N level Geography? Or are you looking how to improve your child’s grades at the O and N level Geography exams?
So to do that, you have to first understand the Geography exam format and score system so that you be able to plan on how you can study and prepare better for the exam. Below is an explanation of the format of the exam paper which will help students and parents have a clearer picture of the type of questions and marks allocated.
Topics Covered:
Physical Geography
Weather and Climate
Tectonic Plates
Human Geography
Tourism
Food
Exam Format:
Duration: 1 hr 40 mins
Total Score: 50 percent/50 marks
Section A: 13 marks
Topics Focus:
Geographical Investigation (Weather & Climate/Tourism)
- 2 sets of short structured questions – with first set on Weather & Climate and the second set on Tourism
- Note that the last question for each set is 5 marks and the rest are between 1 to 3 marks.
Section B: 12 marks
Topics Focus:
Weather & Climate
Tourism
- Please note the questions are mixed. For example question 3 could consists of Weather & Climate for 3a and Tourism for 3b. But for question 4, it is either Weather & Climate or Tourism.
- The distribution of marks is always 4 for question a and 8 for question b for both questions 3 and 4.
Section C: 25 marks
Topics Focus:
Plate Tectonics
Food
- The first question is usually on one topic – either Food or Plate Tectonics.
The other question is a mixed question on both topics. But bear in mind that the last question for both sections which is 8 marks each will not be on the same topic, so if 5d is on food, then 6d would be on plate tectonics. - Section B: 12 marks
For Section B, there will be 2 questions. You only choose ONE. One question will be purely on either weather & climate or purely on tourism. The other question will be a Mix of Both.
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