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Form 4 2017 History And Government Paper 1 Question Paper

Form 4 2017 History And Government Paper 1

Course:History And Government

Exam Year:2017

311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
MARCH-MAY 2017
2.5hours

Kenya certificate of secondary Education -Trial Examination

Instructions to candidates
1. This paper consist of three section A, B and C.
2. Answer all the questions in section A, three in section B and any two in section C.
3. Answer to all the questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
4. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that the question are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.

TAP TRIAL 1

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Page 1

Section A(25 marks)
Answer all the questions in this section in the booklet.

1) Identify two disadvantages of written materials as a source of information on Kenyan history. (2marks)
2) State two ways in which the Kenyan communities in teracted during precolonial period. (2marks)
3) Name the largest linguist group in Kenya (1mark)
4) GIve one natural factor that enabled the early visitor to come to the Kenyan Coast before 1500AD. (1mark)
5) Give two lessons why Seyyid Said moved his capital from Muscat to Zanzibar.(2marks)
6) Give meaning of natural integration (1mark)
7) Identify the type of constitution used in Kenya.(1mark)
8) Identify two methods used by the British to occupy Kenya. (2marks)
9) Name one group in Kenya that provided formal education during colonial rule. (1mark)
10) Identify the main incidence that prompted the declaration of the state of emergency in Kenya in 1952.(1mark)
11) Give the main significance of the repeal of section 2A of the constitution of Kenya in 1991. (1mark)
12) Identify two sources of the Nyayo philosophy.(2marks)
13) Give the main role of the court of Appeal.(1mark)
14) Give one level of government in Kenya today.(1mark)
15) State two ways in which the government of Kenya has promoted the culture of the Kenyan people since independence. (2marks)
16) State two ways in which the village elders can promote law and order in the village. (2marks)
17) Identify two types of cooperatives in Kenya. (2marks)

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Section B(45 marks)
answer any three questions from this section.

18 a) State five factors which made migration of Kenyan communities possible during precolonial period. (5marks)
b) Describe the political organisation of the Somali during the precolonial period in Kenya.(10marks)
19 a) Give three lessons why the early visitors came to the Kenyan Coast by 1500 AD. (3marks)
b) Explain six factors which led to the decline of the Coastal towns after 1500 AD. (12 marks)
20 a) State five lessons why the colonial government encouraged white settlers to come to Kenya. (5marks)
b) Explain five negative effects of urbanization in Kenya during the colonial rules. (10marks)
21 a) State three aims of Harambee philosophy in Kenya.(3marks)
b) Describe the achievements of Nyayoism in Kenya's development. (12marks)

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Section C(30marks)
Answer any two questions from this section.
22 a) State five constitutional changes in the executive in 2010. (5marks)
b) Why is parliament an important institution in Kenya.(10 marks)
23 a) State three functions of the attorney general in Kenya. (3marks)
b) Explain six challenges facing county governments in Kenya.(12 marks)
24 a) Identify three methods that have been used to conduct elections in Kenya.(3marks)
b) Explain six ways in which multi-partism has promoted democracy in Kenya.(12marks)

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