CGS 4E SS 2024 QP

CRESCENT GIRLS’ SCHOOL SECONDARY FOUR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2024 HUMANITIES 2260/1 Paper 1 Social Studies 2261/1 2262/1 22 August 2024 1 hour 45 mins READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and register number on your writing paper. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer all questions. Section B Answer both questions. Start each section on a fresh piece of writing paper. At the end of the examination, fasten the answers to Section A and Section B separately. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question. This paper consists of 7 printed pages. Class: Register No: Name:

2 Section A (Source-Based Case Study) Answer all questions. Exploring Citizenship and Governance Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources which you are told to use. In answering the questions, you should use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. 1 Study Source A. What is the message of Source A? Explain your answer using details from the source. [5] 2 Study Sources B and C. How different are the two sources? Explain your answer. [7] 3 Study Sources D and E. Does Source D make Source E surprising? Explain your answer. [7] 4 Study Source F. How far does this source prove that there is a need to prioritise development over conservation in Singapore? Explain your answer. [6] 5 “The Singapore government is the key stakeholder in deciding between conservation and development in Singapore.” Using sources in this case study, explain how far you would agree with this statement. [10]

3 Should Singapore prioritise conservation over development? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. In land -scarce, resource -starved Singapore, the use of land for housing and economic development has always been of the highest priority since its founding days. Yet at the same time, Singapore has always been aggressive in its pursuit of being a ‘City in Nature’ – an endeavour which has been earning it accolades as a top destination for tourism, events-hosting, and immigration. In recent times, the trade -off between conservation of Singapore’s limited, natural environment and development of these lands for housing and infrastructure has risen again as a national issue. The current government must grapple with increasing demands f or housing, the aspiration of a more environmentally conscious population, the direct impact of climate change, as well as Singapore’s obligations to t