2024 Swiss Cottage Secondary School Question Paper

SWISS COTTAGE SECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY FOUR/FIVEPRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONOName:()Class:HUMANITIESPaper 1 Social StudiesAdditional Materials: Writing Paper2260/01, 2261/01 2263/01,2264/01 2272/01,2273/01, 2274/0126 August 2024 Monday 1 hour 45 Minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRSTWrite your answers on the writing paper provided.Write your name, class and index number on all the work you hand in.Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use highlighters or correction fluid.Section A (35 Marks)Answer all Questions. Start each question on a fresh page of writing paper.You are advised to spend no more than 70 minutes on this section.Section B (15 Marks)Answer all Questions.Start each question on a fresh page of writing paper.You are advised to spend no longer than 35 minutes on this section.At the end of the examination, fasten your answers for Sections A and B separately.The number of marks for each part question is given in brackets [ ] at the end of the question.This document consists of 9 printed pages.Setter: Ms Rose Nabilah & Ms Kelly TanVetter: Mdm Serene Tang[Turn overHome of Thoughtful Leaders: Serve with Honour, Lead with Humility

2SECTION A (Source-Based Case Study)Answer all questions.Exploring Citizenship & GovernanceStudy 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 issue to help you interpret and evaluate the sources.1Study Source A.What can you learn from Source A about the impact of the release of the Fukushima wastewater on China? Explain your answer. [5]2Study Sources B and C.How far does source B agree with source C? Explain your answer, using details from the source. [6] 3Study Source D.How useful is this source as evidence that the risk of contamination from the release of Fukushima wastewater is low? Explain your answer.[7]4Study Sources E and F.Does Source E make Source F surprising? Explain your answer.[7]5‘The Japanese government was right to release the Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.’ Using the sources in the case study, explain how far you would agree with this statement. [10]

3What are the implications of the release of the Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific Ocean?BACKGROUND INFORMATIONRead this carefully. It may help you answer some of the questions.An earthquake of magnitude scale 9.1 hit Japan on 11 March 2011. The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan triggered a tsunami that caused the meltdown of three nuclear reactors from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where heat is used to generate electricity. The inability to sufficiently coo