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Nyamira District Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Nyamira District Mock-History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

NAME: ……………………………………. INDEX NUMBER: ……………………………….
SCHOOL: ………………………………… CANDIDATES SIGNATURE: …………………..
DATE: ……………………………………………..
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY/AUGUST 2009
11/2Hours
NYAMIRA DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2009
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY/AUGUST 2009
11/2Hours
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
This paper consists of 4 Printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the Papers are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. State the main economic way in which the Abagusii and the Luo interacted in the pre-colonial
period. (1mk)
2. Name the remaining group of the Southern Cushitic community (1mk)
3. State two advantages of the age-set system among Traditional African Communities who
had the practice. (2mks)
4. State two factors that facilitated the coming of Arabs to the East African Coast. (2mks)
5. Name the area in central Africa that was the source of Gold traded in the Indian Ocean
Trade (1mk)
6. Give the main discovery made during the 19th century that facilitated the spread of
Christianity in Kenya (1mk)
7. Name two chartered companies which established spheres of influence in East Africa
In the 1880s (2mks)
8. Give two reasons why Europeans gave inferior formal Education to the Africans during
the colonial period (2mks)
9. State two social grievances of early political organizations in Kenya up to 1939 (2mks)
10. Name two trade unions formed in Kenya during the colonial period (2mks)
11. State two ways through which the government of Kenya has attempted to preserve
Cultural heritage since independence (2mks)
12. Identify the major constitutional change that was effected in 1992 (1mk)
13. State two characteristics of human rights (2mks)
14. What is the meaning of the rule of law (1mk)
15. State one way in which the government of Kenya is trying to minimize poverty among
Kenyans (1mk)
16. Give one occasion when the president attends parliament (1mk)
17. Identify the major emerging problem in the police force condemned by the International
Community (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
18. a) Give five reasons why the Mijikenda Migrated from Shungwaya in the sixteenth
century (5mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Mijikenda during the pre-colonial period. (10mks)
19. a) Give five reasons leading African Communities to collaborate with colonialists (5mks)
b) Explain the results of the Maasai collaboration with the British (10mks)
20. a) State five political developments which hastened the achievement of independence in
Kenya between 1945 and 1963 (5mks)
b) Explain challenges that have faced industrial sector since independence in Kenya (10mks)
21. a) Identify three positive results of the Portuguese rule along the East African Coast (3mks)
b) Explain six factors that led to the collapse of the Portuguese rule on the Kenyan Coast (12mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
22. a) Identify three types of elections held in Kenya (3mks)
b) Describe the reasons that can lead to the disqualification of one as a candidate for
parliamentary elections (12mks)
23. a) Identify three main disciplined forces in Kenya (3mks)
b) Explain five problems facing the provincial administration in Kenya (12mks)
24. a) Identify five main domestic sources of government revenue (5mks)
b) Explain why the government of Kenya prepares the National budget every year (10mks)

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