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Bureti District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Bureti District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2010
Time: 2 ½ HOURS
BURETI DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST – 2010
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
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. Identify two forms of oral traditions that provided information on history
and government (2mks)
2. Give two physical characteristics of proconsul. (2mks)
3. Name the first animal that was domesticated by man. (1mk)
4. Which country pioneered agrarian revolution (1mk)
5. State two of the earliest forms of communication. (2mks)
6. Give one invention that was made by Isaac Newton. (1mk)
7. Where was Samoure Toure of the Mandinka deported to after his capture in 1898? (1mk)
8. Name one country that was colonized by Britain in North Africa. (1mk)
9. Identify two political antagonists in the 1960 Congo crisis. (2mks)
10. Name two leading Pan Africanists in West Africa. (2mks)
11. Name two permanent member states of the UNO. (2mks)
12. Give the role played by the International court of Justice in the Bakaz region in Africa in 2004 .
(1mk)
13. State the African Union objective on research. (1mk)
14. State two bodies that conduct elections in the USA. (2mks)
15. State one condition that one must fulfill to become a senator in the USA. (1mk)
16. Give two houses of parliament in India. (2mks)
17. Give one condition that aspiring parliamentary candidates in Britain must fulfill. (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any THREE questions in this section
18. a) Give three theories that explains about the origin of human beings. (3mks)
b) Explain six limitations of using archaeology as a source of information on History and
Government. (12mks)
19. a) Give three communities that collaborated with Europeans in Africa. (3mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Shona kingdom in the 19th C. (12mks)
20. a) Name three communes of Senegal where the French applied assimilation policy successfully.
(3mks)
b) Explain the privileges enjoyed by assimilated Africans in the four Communes of Senegal.
(12mks)
21. a) Give three challenges faced by the Ghanaian nationalists in the struggle for independence.
(3mks)
b) Describe methods used by the Nationalists in Ghana to Struggle for their independence.
(12mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any TWO questions in this section
22. a) Identify three main organs of organization of Africa Unity ( OAU). (3mks)
b) What are the objectives of the African Union. ( AU) (12mks)
23. a) State five objectives of Non – aligned Movement. (5mks)
b) Explain five effects of cold war (10mks)
24. a) Give five advantages of federal system of government. (5mks)
b) Explain five functions of the United States (US) president. (10mks)
END

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