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Form 4 History and Government Paper 1 Exam Sample Questions and Answers

Form 4 History and Government Paper 1 Exam Sample Questions and Answers

Lessons (78)

• 1.    Give two reasons of communal clashes in Kenya during the pre-colonial period.
  3m 47s

• 2.    State two reasons why it is important for the government to promote national unity.
  2m 58s

• 3.    What is the importance of conflict resolution?
  2m 12s

• 4.    Give the main disadvantage of sailing ships during the Indian Ocean trade.
  1m 29s

• 5.    State causes of rivalry between coastal city states.
  2m 47s

• 6.    Classify the following according to their specific linguistic groups.
  1m 18s

• 7.    Name two specialized sections of the police.
  2m 58s

• 8.    What were the functions of headman in the colonial system of administration in Kenya?
  2m 59s

• 9.    Give one provision of the Native Lands Trust Ordinance of 1930.
  1m 46s

• 10.    State the circumstances under which killing may not be illegal.
  1m 47s

• 11.    Identify two reasons for the nomination of twelve additional members to parliament.
  4m 1s

• 12.    What is the main functions of the opposition parties in Kenya?
  1m 44s

• 13.    What is meant by the term ‘parliamentary supremacy’?
  1m 53s

• 14.    Discuss five factors which made migrations of communities possible.
  5m 31s

• 15.    Highlight five factors which facilitated the coming of early visitors to the coast of east Africa.
  5m 17s

• 16.    Clearly explain the effects of Indian Ocean trade on the Kenyan communities.
  5m 32s

• 17.    Give eight reasons why early political and welfare associations were formed in colonial Kenya.
  6m 35s

• 18.    Explain effects of the establishment of independent churches in Kenya.
  6m 0s

• 19.    State factors which undermine activities of cooperative societies in Kenya
  3m 58s

• 20.    Explain five functions of cooperative societies in Kenya.
  6m 3s

• 21.    Identify eight functions of the independent Electoral and boundaries commission of Kenya.
  7m 7s

• 22.    Explain the challenges faced by the independent electoral and boundaries commission of Kenya.
  5m 33s

• 23.    Discuss the importance of budget preparation by the government.
  4m 46s

• 24.    Explain five challenges encountered in national budget in Kenya.
  6m 13s

• 25.    Explain the social, political and economic problems that Kenya has experienced since introduction of one party state up to 1991.
  6m 14s

• 26.    Give one difference in the social organization among the Bantu speakers.
  1m 38s

• 27.    State two reasons why the Portuguese attempt to spread Christianity at the coast of east Africa failed.
  2m 9s

• 28.    Identify two reasons why arbitration method is preferred to other methods as means of conflict resolution.
  2m 34s

• 29.    Mention two landmark constitutional amendments that were made in Kenya in 1991.
  2m 22s

• 30.    Define the term democracy.
  1m 29s

• 31.    State two reasons why human rights should be monitored and upheld.
  2m 0s

• 32.    Give one major significant of the anglo-german agreement of 1886.
  1m 37s

• 33.    State the main aim of the land ordinances and act passed in Kenya during colonial period.
  1m 43s

• 34.    Name any four groups in colonial Kenya which provide formal education.
  2m 33s

• 35.    Name any two settlement schemes that were established by the Kenyan government in the former Europeans farms.
  2m 9s

• 36.    Identify two main types of co-operatives in Kenya.
  2m 19s

• 37.    State reasons for the establishment of parastatals in Kenya.
  2m 59s

• 38.    What measures did the government take at independence to improve education in Kenya?
  3m 17s

• 39.    State the importance of cultural activities in Kenya.
  3m 9s

• 40.    Highlight two agricultural reforms that were introduced by the Swynerton plan 1954 in Kenya.
  3m 37s

• 41.    Name five social institutions shared by the Nilotic speakers.
  3m 41s

• 42.    Identify five ways how Kenyan communities interacted during the precolonial period.
  4m 39s

• 43.    Explain five terms of Anglo- German agreement of 1890.
  3m 57s

• 44.    Explains reasons that made Imperial British East Africa company (IBEAC) to surrender its chatter to Britain in 1894.
  4m 36s

• 45.    Identify five immediate impact of the colonial land policies on the Africans in Kenya.
  4m 28s

• 46.    Discuss five achievement made by the Mau Mau war of liberation in Kenya.
  5m 16s

• 47.    State eight political challenges encountered by Kenyatta’s government up to 1968.
  6m 2s

• 48.    Explain seven factors that led to the demands for multiparty democracy during the Moi era.
  5m 18s

• 49.    Name ten factors that can cause people who were living together peacefully develop disagreement.
  4m 35s

• 50.    Give the importance of national integration.
  4m 35s

• 51.    Give five responsibilities of a good citizen in Kenya.
  3m 56s

• 52.    Give the structure of the court system in Kenya.
  2m 12s

• 53.    State the functions of the high court of Kenya.
  2m 33s

• 54.    State two evidences which show that the Chinese visited the coast of east Africa during the middle age as traders.
  2m 12s

• 55.    Give the importance of the right of the protection by law as enshrined in the constitution.
  1m 33s

• 56.    State two ways in which poverty causes a limitation of national unity.
  2m 4s

• 57.    What is a constitution?
  2m 10s

• 58.    Mentions two recommendations of Lytteleton constitution of 1954.
  3m 11s

• 59.    Give two reasons why during the colonial period in Kenya education was first offered to Europeans children only.
  2m 32s

• 60.    State two contributions by Africans women in the development of political parties in Kenya during the colonial period.
  2m 0s

• 61.    State two main causes of differences between KANU and KADU before independence.
  3m 1s

• 62.    Why did the Asian business community living in Kenya during the colonial period give moral and financial support to freedom fighters?
  2m 21s

• 63.    State the function of the Kenya police.
  1m 51s

• 64.    Give two weaknesses of the coalition NARC government.
  1m 53s

• 65.    Give two reasons why Karuri wa Gakure collaborated with the British.
  1m 40s

• 66.    State one negative effect of urbanization in Kenya.
  2m 36s

• 67.    State seven factors which contributed to the migration of the Agikuyu into Kenya.
  5m 17s

• 68.    Describe the economic organization of the agikuyu during the pre-colonial period.
  3m 52s

• 69.    Explain five factors which contributed to the development of trade between different communities in the interior of Kenya by 1800.
  6m 16s

• 70.    State the results of intercommunity trade.
  5m 9s

• 71.    Mentions three methods used by the Europeans to establish their rule in Kenya.
  2m 33s

• 72.    Explain reasons which led to colonization of Kenya by the British.
  5m 15s

• 73.    Explain the importance of national assembly in Kenya.
  5m 12s

• 74.    State eight legislative powers of the president in Kenya.
  4m 5s

• 75.    Identify functions of the cabinet.
  3m 59s

• 76.    Mentions three reforms that the NARC government introduced in Kenya prisons.
  3m 46s

• 77.    Explain six challenges that NARC government faced.
  4m 33s

• 78.    Explain five roles played by the public servant in Kenya in national development.
  5m 36s