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History And Government Paper 1 Question Paper

History And Government Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2007

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1 Oct. /Nov .2007
2 ½ hours
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. Give two reasons for studying Government. (2mks)
2. State two advantages of the discovery of fire by Early Man. (2mks)
3. Name the dispersal area of the Eastern Bantu. (1mk)
4. State two duties of the Orkoiyot among the Nandi. (2mks)
5. Give the main reason why the rulers of Malindi welcomed the Portuguese in the
16th century. (1mk)
6. Give two factors which influenced Seyyid Said to develop agriculture in Zanzibar
in the 19th Century. (2mks)
7. Apart from the Nandi, name two other communities that resisted the
establishment of colonial rule in Kenya.
8. State the main duty of the Governor during the British colonial rule in Kenya
(1mk)
9. State one reason why the colonial government established Local Native Councils
in Kenya in 1924. (1mk)
10. Identify two features of African farming in Kenya during the colonial period
(2mks)
11. State one recommendation of the Lennox-Boyd constitution regarding the
legislative Council in Kenya. (1mk)
12. Name one Ex-official Member of Parliament in Kenya. (1mk)
13. Who was the fist vice president of independent Kenya (1mk)
14. State two ways through which a person can become a citizen of Kenya. (2mks)
15. State two ways in which poor leadership affects sporting activities in Kenya.
(2mks)
16. State one type of government expenditure in Kenya. (1 mk)
17. Who gives assent to a parliamentary bill before it becomes law in Kenya? (1mk)

SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
18. a) Give five reasons for the migration of the Luo from their original
homeland into Kenya. (5mks)
b) What were the social effects of the expansion of the Luo into Western
Kenya?.
(10mks)
19. a) Identify five factors that led to the growth of town along the coast of
Kenya before the 19th Century. (5mks)
b) Describe the way of life in the Coastal towns of Kenya before the 19th
Century. (10mks)
20. a) give reasons why the British colonial government encouraged Europeans
to settle Kenya by 1939. (3mks)
b) Explain the effects of land alienation in Kenya during the colonial period.
(12mks)
21. a) Identify five methods that the colonial government used to discourage the
activities of the Mau Mau movement in Kenya. (5mks)
b) Explain five reasons why the MauMau movement was able to last for a
long time (10mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
22. a) Give three reasons that can make the parliament in Kenya to be dissolved.
(3mks)
b) Explain six functions of the National assembly in Kenya. (12mks)
23. a) Apart from the High Court, identify five other types of Courts in Kenya.
(5mks)
b) Why should there be separation of powers between the Legislature,
Executive in Kenya?
24. a) State five functions of the Kenya police. (5mks)
b) Describe five duties performed by a District Commissioner in Kenya.
(10mks)

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