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Laikipia District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Laikipia District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

NAME:............................................................................................INDEX NO.............................
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2008
TIME: 2½ HOURS.
LAIKIPIA DISTRICT JOINT MOCK EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)2008
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2008
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
_ This paper consist 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 in the answer booklet provided.
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. State two aspects of social history. (2mks)
2. Identify one characteristic of government. (1mk)
3. Name the author of the theory of evolution. (1mk)
4. Where did the domestication of crops and animals begin? (1mk)
5. State the meaning of “dumb” trade. (1mk)
6. Give one contribution of George Stephenson on railway transport. (1mk)
7. State two ways in which World War two contributed to industrialization in Japan.
(2mks)
8. Mention two negative effects of the scientific revolution on industry. (2mks)
9. Identify the main function of London. (1mk)
10. State two economic activities of the Baganda during the pre colonial period.
(2mks)
11. Why was the Berlin Conference called? (1mk)
12. Name the chartered company used to administrate Southern Rhodesia by the British.
(1mk)
13. Mention two external factors which promoted nationalism in Africa. (2mks)
14. Identify one member country of the Tripple Alliance in World War I. (1mk)
15. State the main reason for the formation of the Non- Aligned Movement (NAM)
(1mk)
16. Mention two organs of the current East African community. (2mks)
17. Which is the main political challenge in Africa? (1mk)
18. Give two functions of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom. (2mks)
SECTION B (45 Marks)
Answer any three questions in this section in the booklet provided.
19.
a) Give three characteristics of tools made by man during the late stone age
(3mks)
b) Explain the effects of the agrarian revolution in the USA (12mks)
20.
a) Mention five traditional forms of water transport. (5mks)
b) Describe the contribution of television on economic development. (10mks)
21.
a) Explain how water was used as a source of energy in early industries.(3mks)
b) Discuss the factors which have facilitated industrialization in Brazil (12mks)
22.
a) How did trade enable Samuore Toure to resist the French for a long time?
(5mks)
b) Explain why the British used traditional rulers to administer Northern Nigeria
(10mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any Two questions in this section on the answer booklet provided
23.
a) Discuss the functions of the Mwene Mutapa of the Shona during the Pre- Colonial
Period. (5mks)
b) Explain the social developments in Tanzania since independence. (10mks)
24.
a) How did the weakness of the league of Nations contribute to the outbreak of the
Second World War? (3mks)
b) Discuss the effects of the cold war. (12mks)
25.
a) State three functions of the cabinet in India (3mks)
b) Discuss the achievements of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
(12mks)

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