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311/1 History And Goverment Paper 1 Question Paper

311/1 History And Goverment Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

TURKANA COUNTY FORM 4 ENTRANCE 2012
311/1 HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1

SECTION A: (25 MARKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section
1. Give dispersion place of Western Bantu. (1 mks)

2. Identify ONE of the early inhibitants in Kenya. (1 mk)

3. Give the main reason which made the Abagusii to migrate from their settlement at Ramogi Hills in the 16th Century. (1 mk)

4. Give TWO reasons why the Portuguese attempts to introduce Christianity to the coastal people failed between 1500- 1700 AD. (2 mk)

5. Give TWO reasons why the colonial government encouraged white settlement and settler agriculture in Kenya. (2 mks)

6. State TWO ways in which Africans in Kenya benefited from the Devonshire White Paper of 1923. (2 mks)

7. Identify the main objective of political parties which were formed in Kenya after 1945. (1 mk)

8. Name TWO Kenyan nationalists who rose from being trade unionists in the colonial period. (2 mks)

9. State TWO reasons why the colonial government established local native councils in Kenya in 1924. (2 mks)

10. Give TWO reasons why trade unions movement concentrated in urban centres during the colonial period. (2 mks)

11. Identify TWO rights of an alien in Kenya. (2 mks)

12. State TWO ways in which the education sector has benefited from constituency development fund (CDF) (2 mks)

13. Name the process through which the citizens of Kenya would vote to either adopt or reject a proposed constitution. (1 mk)

14. Give TWO circumstances under which freedom of movement can be restricted in Kenya. (2 mks)

15. Identify ONE specific group of people in Kenya recognized by the new constitution. (1 mk)

16. Name TWO factors that led to the formation of early political organization in Kenya upto 1939. (2 mks)

SECTION B: (45 MARKS)
Answer any THREE questions from this section.
17. a) Describe the migration and settlement of eastern Bantu speaking communities in Kenya upto 1800 A.D. (3 mks)
b) Discuss the results of the migration and settlement of the eastern Bantu into Kenya by the 19th century. (12 mks)

18. Name THREE Oman Arab dynasties that ruled East African coastal city states in the 17th Century. (3 mks)
b) Explain contributions made by Seyyid Said to the economy of the Kenya coast in the 19th Century. (12 mks)

19. a) Give THREE reasons why Africans started independent schools in Kenya during the colonial period. (3 mks)
b) Describe the role of African elected members of parliament played in the struggle for independence upto 1963. (12 mks)

20. a) State THREE external factors which facilitated the formation of many political parties in Kenya since 1991. (3 mks)
b) Explain SIX changes which have taken place in Kenya as result of the introduction of multi-party democracy. (12 mks)

SECTION C: (30 MARKS)
Answer any TWO questions from this section.
21. a) What is the symbolic meaning of the colours on the national flag of Kenya? (3 mks)
b) Explain SIX factors which may undermine national unity in Kenya. (12 mks)

22. a) State THREE functions of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in Kenya. (3 mks)
b) Explain SIX functions of the Chief Justice in Kenya. (12 mks)

23. a) Define democracy. (3 mks)
b) Give THREE demerits of democracy. (6 mks)
c) Explain THREE merits of democracy. (6 mks)

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