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Kitui West District Mock - History Paper 2 Question Paper

Kitui West District Mock - History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

Name ……………………………..………...…………. Index No……………………….…………….
School ………………………………………………... Candidate’s Signature ………………………
Date ………………...........................………..
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST
2 ½ HOURS
KITUI WEST DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2011
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST
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 from section C
This paper consists of 2 printed pages.
Candidates should check to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION A (25MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section.
1. Identify two limitations of using linguistics as a source of information on History
and Government. (2mks)
2. Name two urban centers that grew as a result of development of early agriculture
in Mesopotamia. (2mks)
3. State two reasons why man abandoned stone tools. (2mks)
4. State two advantages of using currency as a method of trade. (2mks)
5. In what two ways did the railway transport promote industrialization in Europe. (2mks)
6. Identify two uses of satellites in the world today. (2mks)
7. State two ways in which centralization of authority contributed to the success of
Buganda kingdom. (2mks)
8. Name the European administrator who applied indirect rule in Northern Nigeria. (1mk)
9. State one major reason responsible for the growth of African nationalism in South Africa. (1mk)
10. Identify two reasons that made united states of America (U.S.A) to enter in 1917 World War(2mks)
11. Give two weapons that were used during the cold war (2mks)
12. Outline two factors which common wealth members states have in common. (2mks)
13. State two achievement of Pan-Africanism between 1945 and 1963. (2mks)
14. Identify one source of the British constitution. (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section
15. (a) Give five factors which promoted plantation farming in Europe during agrarian revolution. (5mks)
(b) Explain five advantages of the enclosure land tenure system in Britain. (10mks)
16. (a) Mention five roles of the Tuaregs in Trans-saharan trade. (5mks)
(b) Explain five ways how trans-saharan trade contributed to the development of
kingdoms in Western Sudan. (10mks)
17. (a) State three scientific discoveries in the field of medicine in the 19th century. (3mks)
(b) Explain six effects of scientific revolution on medicine. (12mks)
18. (a) State five factors that led to urbanization in pre-colonial Africa. (5mks)
(b) Discuss five problems of urbanization in Cairo. (10mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section.
19.(a) State three positive effects of indirect rule used by the British. (3mks)
(b) Explain six reasons why the British used direct rule in Zimbabwe. (12mks)
20. (a) Identify three qualifications for membership to Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). (3mks)
(b) Explain six factors that are undermining the activities of the Non-AlignedMovement. (12mks)
21. (a) Give three conditions that one should fulfill in order to be elected the president in India. (3mks)
(b) Write down six functions of the president in India. (12mks)

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