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Rarieda District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Rarieda District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

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311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2010
Time: 2 ½ Hours
RARIEDA DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2010
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2010
Time: 2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
• This paper consists of THREE sections A, B and C.
• Answer ALL questions in Section A, THREE questions from Section B and TWO
questions from Section C
• Answers to ALL questions must be written in a separate answer booklet provided.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper 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 . State one limitation in the use of linguistics as a source of information on history. (1mk)
2. Give the main reason why East Africa is believed to be the first home of man. (lmk)
3. Give two benefits that man got from the domestication of animals. (2 mks)
4. State two disadvantages of using the railway line as a modern means of transport. (2 mks)
5. Identify two uses of Bronze in Ancient Africa. (2 mks)
6. List two factors that contributed to the rise of Meroe as an early urban centre. (2 mks)
7. Identify one type of trade. (1 mk)
8. State two functions of the Lukiko in the Buganda kingdom in the 19th century. (2 mks)
9. Give two political factors that contributed to the scramble and partition of Africa. (2 mks)
10. State one economic effect of the Chimurenga war. (1 mk)
11. Give the main reason why the British applied the policy of direct rule in Zimbabwe. (1 mk)
12. Name two members of the Triple Entente alliance during the First World War. (2 mks)
13. Identify the political party that led Ghana to independence in 1957. (1 mk)
14. State the main political challenge that has faced Democratic Republic of Congo after
independence. (1 mk)
15. Give two reasons why the United Nations Organizations was formed. (2 mks)
16. Identify the highest organ of the new East African community. (1 mk)
17. State one role of the President in the government of India. (1 mk)
SECTIUN B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three Questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
18. a) Identify three agricultural practices that were used in Britain before 17th Century.(3mks)
b) Explain six ways in which the third world countries are trying to achieve food
security. (12mks)
19. a) Name three West African Kingdoms which grew as a result of the Trans-Saharan
Trade. (3mks)
b) Describe the organization of the Trans-Saharan trade. (12mks)
20. a) Give three reasons why Lewanika made his people to collaborate with the British.(3mks)
b) Explain six effects of the Buganda collaboration with the British. (12mks)
21. a) Identify three social features of the Asante empire in the 19th Century (3mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Shona Kingdom in the 19th century. (12mks)
SECTION C (30 mks)
Answer any two questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
22. a) Give three reasons why the French successfully applied the policy of assimilation
in the commune of Goree. (3mks)
b) Explain six social effects of the policy of Assimilation in Senegal (12mks)
23. a) Give three reasons that led to the formation of the Pan African movement. (3mks)
b) Explain six challenges that have undermined the existence of the Non-Aligned
Movement. (12mks)
24. a) Identify three main branches of the government of India. (3mks)
b) Explain the role of regional governments in the United States of America. (12mks)
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