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Machakos District Mock - History Paper 1 Question Paper

Machakos District Mock - History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

NAME__________________________________________________INDEX
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Candidate’s Signature
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Date
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311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY/AUGUST 2011
2 ½ HOURS
FORM 4 MID –YEAR ASSESSMENT TEST 2011
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
2 ½ HOURS
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
1. This paper consists of three sections A, B and C
2. Answer all the questions in section A, three questions from section B and two
questions from section C.
3. Answers to all questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
This paper consists of 3 printed pages

SECTION A 25 MARKS.
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. Give two examples of oral tradition used in the study of Kenyan communities
(2mks)
2. Identify one of the early inhabitants in Kenya.
(1mks)
3.Give the main reason which made the Abagusii to migrate from their settlement at
Ramogi
Hill in the sixteenth century.
(1mks)
4.Identify one cultural practice which was introduced by the cushites to the Bantu
communities in Kenya.
(1mks)
5. Give two reasons why the Portuguese attempts to introduce Christianity to the coastal
people failed between 1500-1700 AD.
(2mks)
6. State the main leader of the Agiriama resistance.
(1mks)
7. State the first African nationalist newspaper that published African grievances in the
1920s. (1mks)
8. Name one pioneer white settler who helped in the establishment of settler farming in
Kenya. (1mks)
9.State two ways in which Africans in Kenya benefited from the Devonshire white
paper of 1923 .
( 2mks)
10. State two organizations which were established by Africans to provide education in
Kenya during the colonial period.
(1mks)
11. Give the main objective of political parties which were formed in Kenya after 1945.
(1mks)
12. Why was the trade union movement concentrated in urban centers during the colonial
period?(2mks)
13. What political crisis did retired president Moi face in 1982?
(1mks)
14. Give the main challenge faced by the government in the provision of free education.
(1mks)
15.State two ways in which the government of Kenya plans to promote
industrialization by 2030.
(2mks)
16. Define the term Bill of Rights.
(1mks)
17. Who swears in the speaker of the National Assembly in Kenya.
(2mks)
18. State two occasions which the president must attend parliament in Kenya.
(2mks)
SECTION B (45MKS)
Answer any three questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
19 (a) Give three ways in which the Agikuyu and Maasai interacted during the
pre-colonial period.
(3mks)
(b) Describe the political organisation of the cushites in the pre –colonial
period. (12mks)
20. (a) Identify three reasons which made Seyyid Said to transfer his capital from
Muscat to Zanzibar in 1840.
(3mks)
(b)Explain six contributions made by Seyyid Said to the economy of the Kenyan
Coast in the 19th century.
(12mks)
21 (a)Give three contributions of African women towards the development of
political associations in Kenya during the colonial period .(3mks)

(b)Describe six problems encountered by the political organizations in Kenya
during the struggle for independence.
(12mks)
22. (a) Identify three National philosophies used as development strategies in Kenya.
( 3 mks)
(b)Describe six ways in which the National philosophies have enhanced
development in Kenya since independence.
(12mks)
SECTION C (30MKS)
Answer any two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
23. (a) What is the symbolic meaning of the colours on the national flag of Kenya.
(3mks)
(b)Explain six practices that may interfere with National unity of Kenya.
(12mks)
24. (a) State three ways in which Kenyans practice direct democracy.
(3mks)
(b) What are the functions of the cabinet in Kenya?
(12mks)
25. (a) Identify three branches of the Kenya Defence Forces.
(3mks)
(b)Describe six measures that have been introduced to improve the work of
the National Police service.12mks).

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