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ZIMSEC GCE Geography Public Diagnostic Mock

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Title ZIMSEC GCE Geography Public Diagnostic Mock
Description Original timed online diagnostic covering physical, human, mapwork and environmental Geography. Twenty objective questions with instant scoring. No signup required; one attempt.
Total Marks 100 points
Duration 75 minutes

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Session Window Started 04 Sep 2026 04:14 and closes 04 Sep 2026 05:29.

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Question 1

Multiple Choice - 5.00 marks

Prompt Which instrument measures rainfall?
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Question 2

Multiple Choice - 5.00 marks

Prompt Climate is best described as what?
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Question 3

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Prompt What do contour lines join on a map?
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Question 4

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Prompt When giving a grid reference, which figures are read first?
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Question 5

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Prompt On a 1:50,000 map, 4 cm represents what ground distance?
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Question 6

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Prompt Which valley shape is typical of a river upper course?
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Question 7

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Prompt Which process is most associated with meander migration?
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Question 8

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Prompt Which human activity commonly accelerates soil erosion?
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Question 9

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Prompt Which resource can be renewable when managed sustainably?
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Question 10

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Prompt Population density is population divided by what?
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Question 11

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Prompt Urbanisation is the growth of what?
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Question 12

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Prompt Subsistence farming mainly produces food for whom?
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Question 13

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Prompt Which is an important Zimbabwean cash crop?
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Question 14

Multiple Choice - 5.00 marks

Prompt The Great Dyke is especially associated with which mineral?
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Question 15

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Prompt Kariba power generation mainly uses which energy source?
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Question 16

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Prompt Earthquakes are most common near what?
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Question 17

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Prompt An ecosystem contains living organisms and what else?
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Question 18

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Prompt Which gas makes a major contribution to the enhanced greenhouse effect?
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Question 19

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Prompt Sustainable development meets present needs without harming whose ability to meet theirs?
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Question 20

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Prompt What is the three-figure bearing for due east?
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