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Siaya District Mock - History Paper 1 Question Paper

Siaya District Mock - History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
July/August 2010
2 ½ Hours
SIAYA DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST – 2010
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. Answers to all questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
This paper consists of 2 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 in this section
1. Indicate the archeological site in Kenya where the remains of Homo sapiens were found. (1mk)
2. Give two duties of warriors among the Maasai during the pre-colonial period. (2mks)
3. Give two reasons why the Portuguese attempts to introduce Christianity to the coastal people failed between 1500 – 1700 A.D (2mks)
4. Give the main role of the highest council of elders among the Luos. (1mk)
5. State the main role of the imperial British East African company in Kenya (1mk)
6. State two factors that prevented the Omani Arabs from effectively controlling East African coast after 1698. (2mks)
7. Name the trade union that served as an umbrella body for the trade unions during colonial period.
(1mk)
8. Identify two operational bases that were built in Kenya by the British to enhance political control during the colonial period. (2mks)
9. State the main objective of political parties which were formed in Kenya after 1945. (1mk)
10. State two challenges faced by early political organizations in Kenya during the colonial period.
(2mks)
11. Indicate two characteristics of human rights (2mks)
12. State two challenges facing education sector in Kenya today. (2mks)
13. Give two roles of Sergeant at arms in parliament (2mks)
14. State two limitations of a written constitution (2mks)
15. Name two parastatals of the government of Kenya falling under the ministry of finance. (2mks)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section
16 a) State the importance of the age-set system amongst the Nandi traditional society. (3mks)
b) Explain six effects of the Agikuyu migration (12mks)
17. a) Identify five characteristics of early political organizations in Kenya upto 1939. (5mks)
b) Explain the role played by African women in the struggle for independence in Keya (10mks)
18. a) Give reasons why the colonial government encouraged white settlement in Kenya. (7nks)
b) Explain problems which faced settler farming in Kenya. (8mks)
19. a) State the challenges of multi-party democracy and nation building. (7mks)
b) Outline the role of political parties in governance and national building. (8mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section
20. a) Identify five survival rights of the child as contained in the UN convention on the rights of the child. (5mks)
b) Explain five political duties of a Kenyan citizen. (10mks)
21. a) Under which three circumstances can a cabinet minister in Kenya lose his post? (3mks)
b) Discuss the reforms being undertaken in the prisons department. (12mks)
22 a) State three ways in which the local government minister exercises financial control over local authorities. (3mks)
b) Discuss the problems encountered by city council of Nairobi. (12mks)
END

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