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Bureti District Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Bureti District Mock-History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST 2010
Time: 2 ½ HOURS
BURETI DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST – 2010
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST 2010
Time: 2 ½ HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
a) This paper consists of THREE sections: A, B, and C.
b) Answer all the questions in section A, three questions from section B and two questions from
section C.
c) Answers to all the questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
This paper consists of 4 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section.
1. Define the term pre – history period? (1mk)
2. Identity the main reason why the Mijikenda live in Kaya (1mk)
3. Give reasons why the Arabs migrated to the Kenya coast before 1500 A.D (2mks)
4. Name two communities who were actively involved in the long distance trade in
Kenya during the colonial period. (2mks)
5. Give two factors that caused conflict between the Oman rulers and Mazrui of the Mombasa.(2mks)
6. Identify two contributions of John Krapf to the spread of Christianity. (2mks)
7. Give two main aims of the building of the Kenya – Uganda railway. (2mks)
8. Give two reasons why Nabongo Mumia collaborated with the British. (2mks)
9. Give the reasons why KANU declined to form government despite having won the 1961
election. (1mk)
10. State two reasons why independent schools were established in Kenya (2mks)
11. State two features of Human rights (2mks)
12. State one way in which the Kenya constitution promotes national Unity. (2mks)
13. Name two types of local government authorities in Kenya. (2mks)
14. Identify two national philosophies used as development strategies in Kenya (2mks)
15. Name the organ of government that administers justice through court system. (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any THREE questions in this section.
16. (a) State five economic reasons why the cushites migrated from their original homeland into Kenya. (5mks)
(b) What were the results of the migration of the cushites into Kenya during it pre – colonial period. (10mks)
17. (a) State five features of the coastal city states by 1500A.D.
(b) Describe how Seyyid Said contributed towards the development of the international
trade along the Kenya coast in the Nineteenth centaury. (10mks)
18. (a) What were the activities of imperial British East Africa (IBEA Co) between 1888 and 1895
(5mks)
(b) Explain five benefits of colonial Agriculture to the African’s in Kenya (10mks)
19. (a) State five problems that faced the early political organizations in Kenya upto 1939.
(5mks)
(b) Explain the factors that promoted African nationalism in Kenya between 1945 – 1963
(10mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
20. a) What were the three features of the independence constitution of Kenya? (3mks)
b) Explain the powers that the constitution of Kenya gives to the president. (12mks)
21. a) States the functions of the police force. (5mks)
b) Explain five ways of reducing criminal activities in Kenya. (10mks)
22. a) Why does the government of Kenya prepare an annual budget. (7mks)
b) What measures does the Kenya government take to ensure that public funds are properly used.
(8mks)
END

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