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Nyamira District Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Nyamira District Mock-History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
July/August 2010
2 ½ Hours
NYAMIRA NORTH DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
July/August 2010
2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS 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. All the answers to the questions must be written on the answer booklet sheet provided.
This paper consists of 3 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
Ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all Questions from this section.
1. State two ways in which the Agikuyu and the Maasai interacted during the pre-colonial period.
(2mks)
2. Give two reasons why the Kenya’s coastal communities resisted the Portuguese rule. (2mks)
3. Give one economic reason for the migration of the Cushites from their original homeland to Kenya during the pre-colonial period. (1mk)
4. What two natural factors that enabled people from the outside world to visit the Kenyan coast by 1500AD. (2mks)
5. State the main political factor that made it difficult for the British to effectively administer Kenya during the colonial period. (1mk)
6. List two factors which enabled the white settlers to establish farms in Kenya highlands during the colonial period. (2mks)
7. Give two African cultural practices which were condemned by the Christian missionaries by 1929 in Kenya. (2mks)
8. What political crisis did president Moi face in 1982. (1mk)
9. Give two remedies to food shortage in Kenya today. (2mks)
10. State the main challenge faced by the government of Kenya in the provision of free education. (1mk)
11. State two constitutional changes introduced in Kenya in 1991. (2mks)
12. State two reasons why the allocation of the National Budget is done by Parliament. (2mks)
13. Who was the first Prime Minister of Independent Kenya. (1mk)
14. Identify two duties of the Speaker of the National Assembly in Kenya. (2mks)
15. Give two methods which the Government of Kenya uses to acquire her revenue. (2mks)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer three questions from this section
16. a) Why did the Bantu migrate from their dispersal point at Shungwaya in the 16th Century.(5mks)
b) Explain the effects of the Bantu migration and settlement in Kenya during the pre-colonial period.
(10mks)
17. a) Give three reasons for the growth of trade between the East African Coast and the outside world by A.D 1400. (3mks)
b) Explain the impacts of the Indian Ocean trade on the people of East Africa. (12mks)
18. a) Give three reasons for the construction of the Kenya-Uganda railway. (3mks)
b) Explain the consequences of the railway construction. (12mks)
19. a) State three contributions of African women towards the development of political associations in Kenya before 1939. (3mks)
b) Explain the role of African women in the Mau Mau liberation movement in Kenya. (12mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer two questions from this section.
20. a) Give the various specialized branches of the Kenya Police. (5mks)
b) Explain the challenges that the Kenya Police force face. (10mks)
21. a) List five types of local authorities in Kenya. (5mks)
b) Explain ways in which the Minister for Local Government controls the local authorities in Kenya.
(10mks)
22. a) Give three factors to be considered before making a constitution in Kenya. (3mks)
b) Explain the advantages of a written constitution. (12mks)
END

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