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Mutito District Mock - History Paper 1 Question Paper

Mutito District Mock - History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

NAME …………………………………..……………….. DATE …………………………………
INDEX NO. …………….……….……..…..… CANDIDATE’S SIGNATURE …………..…………..
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY, 2010
TIME: 2½ HOURS
MUTITO FORM FOUR JOINT EVALUATION TEST
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
TIME: 2½ HOURS
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 questions MUST be written in the answer booklet provided
This paper consists of 3 printed pages.
Candidates should check to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. Identify two roles of the ‘nzama’ among the Akamba during the pre-colonial period (2 marks)
2. Name one Kenyan community that belong to the southern cushites (1 marks)
3. State two reasons that made the age-set system significant among the Africans. (2 marks)
4. Give two cultural aspects that the coastal people of Kenya borrowed from the foreigners during the 16th
Century (2 marks)
5. What was the main social effect of plantation agriculture on the people of the Kenyan coast? (1 marks)
6. List two foreign goods that were introduced in the interior of Kenya during the long distance trade.
(2 marks)
7. State two ways in which the Uganda railway contributed to the development of settler farming in Kenya.
(2 marks)
8. Give two reasons why the colonial government denied Africans in Kenya equal educational
opportunities with other races. (2 marks)
9. Identify the main factor which made all forms of resistance to European invasion in Kenya fail.
(1 marks)
10. Give two features of political organizations formed in Kenya before 1939. (2 marks)
11. State the historic effect of the constitutional amendment made in 1982 in Kenya. (1 marks)
12. Mention two disadvantages of representative democracy (2 marks)
13. Under what two circumstances can general elections be held in Kenya? (2 marks)
14. Which government department is charged with the maintenance of law and order? (1 marks)
15. Who swears in the speaker of the National Assembly in Kenya? (1 marks)
16. Name the body in charge of all forms of tax collection in Kenya (1mrk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer THREE questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
17. a) Name three Bantu speaking communities which had settled in the coastal regions of Kenya by 1800.
(3 marks)
b) Explain the results of the migration and settlement of the Bantu speaking people into Kenya.
(12 marks)
18. a) Give five reasons for the successful Portuguese conquest of the coast. (5 marks)
b) Explain five effects of the Portuguese rule on the Kenyan coast (10 marks)
19. a) List three communities in Kenya that resisted British invasion. (3marks)
b) Explain the reasons why Kenyan communities were defeated by the British during the
establishment of colonial rule. (12 marks)
20. a) Name the three social basic problems that the government of Kenya has tried to solve since 1963.
(3 marks)
b) Discuss the impact of national philosophies in the development of Kenya. (12 marks)
SECTION C
Answer TWO questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
21. a) Name three circumstances under which the government can deprive one of Kenyan Citizenship.
(3 marks)
b) Discuss six factors that may lead to limitation of the rights and freedoms of individuals in Kenya.
(12 marks)
22. a) Identify circumstances that would lead to a by-election in Kenya. (5 marks)
b) Discuss five factors that undermine free and fair elections in Kenya. (10 marks)
23. a) State three constitutional provisions that can make a president to lose office in Kenya. (3 marks)
b) Describe chronologically any six stages of law making in Kenya. (12 marks)

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