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312/2 Geography Question Paper

312/2 Geography

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

312/2
GEOGRAPHY
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2011
TIME: 2¾ HRS.

BARINGO COUNTY EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
GEOGRAPHY PAPER 2

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

This paper consists of two Sections A and B.
Answer ALL the questions in Section A.
In Section B answer question 6 and any other two questions.
All answers must be written in the Answer Booklet provided.

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SECTION A:

Answer ALL the questions in this section.

1. (a) State three ways in which minerals may occur. (3 marks)

(b) Name two areas which gold is mined in South Africa. (3 marks)

2. (a) Give two exotic dairy breeds of cattle kept in Kenya. (2 marks)

(b) Differentiate between dairy farming in Kenya and Denmark. (3 marks)

3. (a) What is ecotourism? (2 marks)

(b) State three physical factors favouring tourism in Switzerland. (3 marks)

4. (a) Distinguish between rural and urban settlements. (2 marks)

(b) State three factors that contribute to the emergence of slums in urban centres. (3 marks)

5. (a) State three problems resulting from prolonged drought in Kenya. (3 marks)

(b) Identify two methods through which flooded land are rehabilitated. (2 marks)
SECTION B:

Answer question 6 and any other two questions from this section.

6. Use the following statistical data to answer question (a).

Secondary school student enrollment population in Kenya.

FORM 1992 1999 2000 2001
One 195262 189119 206331 219599
Two 184988 197134 200357 211394
Three 168164 176456 190162 198750
Four 152124 159955 175617 188564
Total 700538 722664 772467 818307

Statistical abstract 2002.

(a) (i) Draw a comparative bar graph based on the data above. (8 marks)

(ii) State two advantages of using bar graphs in presenting statistical data. (2 marks)

(b) Give three primary sources of population data. (3 marks)

(c) Explain three ways in which the population of Kenya differs from that of Sweden. (6 marks)

(d) Explain three problems which may result from high population growth rate in Kenya. (6marks)

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7. (a) (i) Define the team fishing. (1 mark)

Use the map of the world below to answer question a(ii)

(ii) Name the following shaded fishing grounds. (3 marks)

(b) (i) Explain three factors that have influenced fishing in Japan. (6 marks)

(ii) Describe trawling method of fishing. (5 marks)

(c) State four economic significance of fish farming in Kenya. (4 marks)

(d) (i) State four problems facing fishing industry in L. Naivasha. (4 marks)

(ii) List two measures used in the conservation of fish. (2 marks)

8. (a) State three problems hindering the development of telecommunication in Kenya. (3 marks)

(b) Explain how the following factors limits the development of transport network
in Africa.

(i) Relief.
(ii) Drainage. (4 marks)

(c) Explain three roles of transport and communication in the economic
development in Africa. (6 marks)

(d) (i) Identify five recent developments telecommunication industry in Africa. (5 marks)

(ii) State four advantages of pipeline transport. (4 marks)

9. (a) State three physical conditions required for the growing of tea in Kenya. (3 marks)

(b) Describe the cultivation of tea in highlands of Kenya from land preparation
to harvesting. (7 marks)

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(c) Explain four problems experienced in small scale tea farming in Kenya. (8 marks)

(d) Your class visited a tea factory for a field study on tea processing.

(i) Outline four stages of tea processing that the class may have observed. (4 marks)

(ii) Apart from observation, name three methods that the class may have
used to collecting data. (3 marks)

10. (a) (i) What is forestry? (2 marks)

(ii) State five factors favouring the growth of forests in Mount Kenya region. (5 marks)

(iii) Explain four measures that the government of Kenya is has taken
conserve forests in the country. (8 marks)

(b) List two species of indigenous hardwood trees in Kenya. (2 marks)

(c) Give three effects of forest depletion in Kenya. (3 marks)

(d) State five main problems encountered in the exploitation of softwood forests
in Canada. (5 marks)

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