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Bungoma District Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Bungoma District Mock-History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
JULY/AUGUST 2012
2 ½ HOURS
BUNGOMA JOINT INTER-SCHOOLS EVALUATION TEST (JISET)
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) 2012
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST 2012
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
_ This paper consists of three sections; A, B and C.
_ Answer ALL the questions in section A, Three questions from section B, and two
questions from section C.
_ Answers to ALL the questions must be written on the answer sheets provided.
_ This paper consists of 3 printed pages.
_ Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed
as indicated and that no questions are missing.
© BGM 2012 311/1
SECTION A (25MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section.
1. Give two examples of oral traditions used in study of Kenya communities. (2mks)
2. Name the major dispersal point of Western Bantu. (1mk)
3. State two social activities of the Oloibon among the Maasai during the pre- colonial period. (2mks)
4. Identify one Arab dynasty that ruled East African Coastal city states in the 16th century AD. (1mk)
5. Name two Roman Catholic Missionary groups who started mission stations in Kenya during the colonial period.
(2mks)
6. State two ways in which the Maasai benefitted from their collaboration with British. (2mks)
7. Name one Kikuyu Independent Church that emerged in Kenya during the colonial period. (1mk)
8. Give one reason why Africans were denied equal educational opportunities with other races during the colonial
period. (1mk)
9. Identify two features of African Socialism as spelt out in the Sessional paper No. 10 of 1965. (2mks)
10. Give the main reason why KANU refused to form the government after 1961 elections. (1mk)
11. Give one reason why an aspiring candidate for a parliamentary seat in Kenya must be nominated by a political party. (1mk)
12. Give one function of the sergeant-at-arms in Kenyan parliament. (1mk)
13. What is contained in the government budget? (1mk)
14. State two external factors that led to the formation of many political parties in Kenya in 1991. (2mks)
15. Identify the main reason why suspected criminals are tried in a court of law in Kenya. (1mk)
16. State two ways in which the institution of presidency promotes national unity in Kenya. (2mks)
17. State two ways of becoming a Kenyan citizen. (2mks)
SECTION B (45Marks)
Answer any THREE questions from this section.
18. a) Give three reasons which led to the migration of the Cushites from their original homeland into Kenya during the pre-colonial period. (3mks)
b) Explain six results of the interaction between the Bantu and Cushites during the pre-colonial
period. (12mks)
19. a) Name three African communities that exhibited mixed responses to the coming of the British and
their occupation of Kenya. (3mks)
b) Discuss the results of the Wanga collaboration with the British. (12mks)
20. a) Give three roles played by women during the Mau Mau Uprising. (3mks)
b) Explain six positive results of the Mau Mau uprising on Africans. (12mks)
21. a) Name three treaties that were signed between the British and the Oman Arab rulers at the Coast of East Africa to end slavery and slave trade. (3mks)
b) Explain six effects of the coming of Christian missionaries in Kenya. (12mks)
SECTION C (30Marks)
Answer any TWO questions from this section.
22. a) Identify five measures the government has undertaken to provide quality and adequate health services for all Kenyan since independence. (5mks)
b) Explain five challenges that face provision of health care services in Kenya. (10mks)
23. a) Identify three non-military functions of the Kenya Defence Force. (3mks)
b) Describe six measures that have been introduced to improve the work of National Police Service.
(12mks)
24. a) State three functions of the Judicial Service Commission in Kenya. (3mks)
b) Explain six functions of the Chief Justice in Kenya. (12mks)

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