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311/1 History And Government Paper 1 Question Paper

311/1 History And Government Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

PRE KCSE JOINT EVALUATION EXAMINATION-2012
(KEGOYE, BUGINA, GAVALAGI, MUKINGI) (KIBUGAMU)
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (KCSE)

SECTION A (25 MARKS)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS:

1. State TWO limitations of using anthropology as a source of information on the cultural past of the Kenyan communities. (2 mks)

2. Give ONE group of the earliest inhabitants of Kenya. (1 mk)

3. State TWO economic practices that the Luo adapted from their Bantu neighbours during the pre-colonial period. (2 mks)

4. Give the MAIN reason for the constant rebellions against the Portuguese by the coastal communities. (1 mk)

5. State ONE reason why the Oman Arabs were unable to rule the east African coast after expelling the Portuguese from the coast. (1 mk)

6. Identify the MAIN reason why christianity failed to take root among the people of the East African Coast. (1 mk)

7. Give ONE importance of national integration. (1 mk)

8. State ONE characteristics of good constitution. (1 mk)

9. Give the meaning of common roll in elections to the Legislative Council during the colonial period. (1 mk)

10. State TWO demands of the African Elected Members Organization (AEMO) following Lyttelton recommendations in 1954. (1 mk)

11. Identify the MAIN reason for the establishment of independent churches and schools in Central Kenya during the colonial period. (1 mk)

12. What does it mean to say the three arms of government operate in a "system of checks and balances?"

13. Name TWO organs of government which maintain law and order in Kenya according to the new constitution. (2 mks)

14. State TWO achievements of the Independent Interim Electoral Commission. (IIEC) (2 mks)

15. Give TWO reasons according to the Old constitution, why general elections were held in Kenya.

16. Identify TWO ways open to a person wishing to stand in elections according to the new constitution. (2 mks)

17. Name TWO political parties that constitute the current grand coalition government. (2 mks)

SECTION B (45 MARKS)
ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION.

18. (a). State FIVE social activities of the Agikuyu during the pre-colonial period. (5 mks)

(b). Explain the political organization of the Mijikenda during the pre-colonial period. (10 mks)

19. (a). Give THREE reasons for Seyyid Said's decision to settle in Zanzibar. (3 mks)

(b). Describe SIX factors that contributed to the development of international trade during the reign of Seyyid Said. (12 mks)

20. (a). Why was Britain interested in colonizing Kenya? (5 mks)

(b). Explain FIVE negative effects of Maasai collaboration with the British. (10 mks)

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