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Kakamega South District Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Kakamega South District Mock-History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

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PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST - 2008
Time: 2 ½ Hours
KAKAMEGA SOUTH DISTRICT MOC EXAMINATION - 2008
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST - 2008
Time: 2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS
• This paper consist of three sections A, B and C
• Answer all questions in section A , three questions in section B and two questions in sections C.
This paper consists of 4 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all
pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
SECTION A (25MKS)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONING IN THIS SECTION.
1. Give two limitations of Anthropology as a source of History and Government
(2mks)
2. Give two factors that facilitated the participation of the Akamba in the long
distance trade (2mks)
3. Identify one contribution of Johann Ludwing Krapf to the spread of
Christianity in Kenya during the 19th C. (1mk)
4. Identify two functions of the Constitution in Kenya. (2mks)
5. State two terms of the Anglo-German Agreement of 1886 2mks)
6. Name two Bantu communities in Kenya which offered mixed reaction against
British rule. (2mks)
7. Why was the nomination of Eliud Mathu to the legislative council important (2mks)
8. Give the main reason why African nationalists in Kenya formed the Kenya African
democratic Union(KADU) (2mks)
9. Give two reasons why chiefs’ Baraza is important in Kenya (Imk)
10. State the main function of the Kenya prisons department. (1mk)
11. Give two ways in which Africans benefited from the Devonshire white paper
of 1923 (2mk)
12. Identify two reasons why suspected criminals are tried in a court of law (2mks)
13. Identify the main role of the speaker of the National Assembly (I mk)
14. State two social factors that undermine National integration (2mks)
15. Identify one element of good citizenship (Imk)
16. State one function of the District Magistrates Courts (Imk)
SECTION B (45MKS)
Answer any three questions from this section.
17. a) Describe the migration and settlement of the Eastern Bantu speaking communities
into Kenya up to 1800 AD (5mks)
b. Discuss the results of the migration and settlement of the Eastern Bantu into Kenya by 1900 AD
(l0mks)
18a) Why were the Portuguese able to control the Kenyan coast between 1500 and
1700AD (3mks)
b. Explain six factors which led to the collapse of the Portuguese rule on the Kenyan coast by the end
of 17th C. (12mks)
19a. Explain major reforms which resulted from the Littleton constitution of 1954 in
Kenya (5 mks)
b. Explain the contributions of Trade Union movement to the struggle of independence in
Kenya. (l0mks)
20a. Identify three features of political movements formed in Kenya up to 1939 (3mks)
20 b. Give the contribution of Daniel Arap Moi in the struggle for independence in
Kenya. (12mks)
SECTIONC (30MKS)
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION.
21. a. Describe five ways in which parliament can help to resolve conflicts in
Kenya (l0mks)
b. Outline the main steps followed in the process of mediating in a conflict. (5mks)
22a. what are the rights of a Kenyan voter? (3mks)
b. Explain six problems faced by the electoral commission of Kenya. (12mks)
23a. Give reasons why the government of Kenya prepares the National Budget
8mks)
b. Explain how the government of Kenya controls public finance. (7mks)

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