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Masinga District Mock - History Paper 1 Question Paper

Masinga District Mock - History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

NAME: ………………………………………………………. INDEX NO: ..…...……………………….
SCHOOL: ……………………………………………………. Candidate’s signature: …………………
Date: …………………………………….
311/1
History and Government
Paper 1
July/August
2 ½ Hours
MASINGA DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2011
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
History and Government
Paper 1
July/August
2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
a) This paper consists of three sections A, B and C.
b) Answer all the questions in section A, three questions from section B and two questions from Section C in the answer booklets provided.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages.
Candidates should check to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
SECTION A (25MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions.
1. What was the basis of the political organization of pre-colonial African communities in Kenya before
colonial rule? (1Mark)
2. Give the main reason why the Arabs were interested in the Kenyan coast. (1Mark)
3. Name the major export from the Kenyan coast by 1500. (1Mark)
4. Identify two economic activities which the Maasai acquired as a result of interacting with the Agikuyu during their settlement in Kenya. (2Marks)
5. Give two factors which influenced the Abaluyia to become farmers by the beginning of the 19th century. (2Marks)
6. Give two reasons why rivers were not used as a means of transport in Kenya during the colonial period. (2Marks)
7. Give two reasons why the Africans were denied equal educational opportunities with other races during the colonial period. (2Marks)
8. What incident prompted the declaration of the state of emergency in 1952? (1Mark)
9. What was the main problem facing African traders in colonial Kenya? (1Mark)
10. Identify two types of parliamentary committees in Kenya in parliament. (2Marks)
11. Name two social basic problems that the government of Kenya has tried to solve since 1963.
(2Marks)
12. Name two occasions when the president always attends the National assembly. (2Marks)
13. Give one reason why parliament is regarded as supreme. (1Mark)
14. Name the treaty which marked the colonial spheres of influence in East Africa in 1886. (1Mark)
15. Give one function of the judiciary in Kenya.
16. Name the process through which the citizens of Kenya would vote to either, adopt or reject a proposed constitution. (1Mark)
17. Name the first British commissioner who declared Kenya a British protectorate during the 1895.
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any THREE questions
18. a) What were the reasons for the construction of the Kenya Uganda railway during the colonial period? (3Marks)
b) Explain six effects of the construction of the Kenya Uganda railway. (12Marks)
19. a) Why did the Nandi resist British invasion of their territory between 1896 – 1905. (5Marks)
b) Explain five factors which enabled the Nandi to resist the British invasion for a long time.
(10Marks)
20. a) List three factors that facilitated urbanization in colonial Kenya. (3 Marks)
b) Explain six reasons as to why Africans moved to urban centres. (12 Marks)
21. a) State five roles played by the Kenya federation of labour during the colonial period (5 Marks)
b) Explain five ways through which Thomas Mboya contributed to the struggle for Independence in Kenya (10 Marks)
SECTION C (30MARKS)
Answer any TWO questions
22. a) Give five advantages of written constitution. (5 Marks)
b) Explain five features of the Kenyan constitution. (5 Marks)
23. a) Why are general elections conducted in Kenya every five years? (5 Marks)
b) Describe the circumstances which may lead to a by-election in Kenya. (10 Marks)
24. a) Give five symbols of National unity in Kenya. (3 Marks)
b) Explain six factors which undermine national unity in Kenya. (10 Marks)

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