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Teso North District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Teso North District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2010
Time: 2 ½ Hours
TESO NORTH 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 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 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
1. What is pre-history? (1mk)
2. Which was the most important development in the middle stone age? (1mk)
3. Give the main contribution of Jethro Tull in the development of agriculture in Britain (1mk)
4. List two European countries that were actively involved in the Trans-Atlantic trade (2mks)
5. Give two ways in which air transport has improved trade between nations (2mks)
6. Name one theory that explains the origin and spread of iron working in Africa (1mk)
7. Give two uses of sun energy in the early days (2mks)
8. State two ways in which centralization of authority contributed to the success of Buganda Kingdom (2mks)
9. Mention two territorial disputes that made it necessary to convene the Berline conference (2mks)
10. State two reforms that were introduced by Garfield Todd the prime minister of Zimbabwe in 1953
11. Identify two mandated territories in Africa after world war I (2mks)
12. Which event prompted U.S.A to join in the second world war? (1mk)
13. Give two ways in which member states of the Common market for Eastern and Southern
Africa (COMESA) benefit from the organization (2mks)
14. Name one organization of the UNO which was formed to promote educational activities
in the world. (1mk)
15. What was the main ideological differences between Patrick Lumumba and Joseph
Kasaraba? (1mk)
16. What are the qualifications of a senator in USA (2mks)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions in this section
17. a) State three economic uses of animals by the early man (3mks)
b) Explain six factors which promoted plantation farming in Europe during the
Agrarian Revolution (12mks)
18. a) State five reasons why road transport is commonly used all over the world (5mks)
b) Explain five ways through which modern society has benefited from the development
of Telecommunications. (10mks)
19. a) Outline five reasons that made Fredrick Lugard use indirect rule in Northern
Nigeria (5mks)
b) Explain five reasons why the policy of assimilation failed. (10mks)
20. a) Name three leaders of Pan – Africanism of America descent (3mks)
b) Explain six factors that led to the collapse of the East Africa Community (12mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section
21. a) Identify five factors that made the central powers to be defeated during the first
world war (5mks)
b) Explain the steps taken by the super-powers to ease the cold war (10mks)
22. a) Name three political antagonists who were involved in 1960 Congo crisis (3mks)
b) Explain six challenges Tanzania has faced since independence (12mks)
23. a) State five constitutional powers of a president in India
b) Explain 5 functions of the USA Congress (10mks)
END

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