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Bungoma District Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Bungoma District Mock-History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2007

311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST 2007
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS.
BUNGOMA DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education 2007
311 / 1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.
_ This paper consists of THREE sections; A, B and C.
_ Answer ALL the questions in section A, THREE questions from section B and TWO questions
from section C.
This paper consists of 4 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicates and no
questions are missing.
SECTION A (25 marks)
Answer all the questions in this section on the answer sheets provided.
1. Identify two documentaries of historical information about the East African Coast before
the 17th Century. (2mks)
2. State two ways in which the Kenyan communities interacted in the pre-colonial period.
(2mks)
3. Give two functions of the Council of elders among the Akamba during the Pre-colonial
period. (2mks)
4. Identify the main duty of the Portuguese Captains at the Coast. (1mk)
5. Name two treaties which were signed between the British and the Coastal Arab rulers to
end slave trade and slavery at the Coast. (2mks)
6. Give the main reason why the British met varied African responses to the establishment of colonial rule in Kenya. (1mk)
7. Identify two factors which made the Africans to migrate to urban centres during the
colonial period. (2mks)
8. Give one way in which the government exercise control over parastatals in Kenya. (1mk)
9. State two functions of the Bill of rights in Kenya. (2mks)
10. State two functions of the Chief Justice in Kenya. (2mks)
11. What is the main function of opposition parties in Kenya? (1mks)
12. Mention two functions of the Electoral Commission of Kenya. (2mks)
13. Give two ways in which corruption undermines national unity in Kenya. (2mks)
14. Give one duty performed by the Leader of Government Business in Kenyan parliament.
(1mk)
15. Identify the main aim of a Co-operative Movement. (1mk)
16. Name the body in charge of all forms of tax collection in Kenya. (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions from this section.
17. (a) State five results of the settlement of the Agikuyu in the Mount Kenya region during the pre-colonial period. (5mks)
(b) Describe the organization of the Mijikenda in the pre-colonial period under the following
headings:
(i) Political organization (5mks)
(ii) Social organization. (5mks)
18. (a) Describe the Portuguese conquest of the East African Coast. (5mks)
(b) Explain five factors which led to the collapse of the Portuguese rule on the Kenyan Coast by the end of the 17th century. (10mks)
19. (a) State three functions of the Governor in colonial Kenya. (3mks)
(b) Explain the terms of the Devonshire White paper of 1923. (12mks)
20. (a) Give reasons why Independent School were established in Kenya during the colonial period.
(5mks)
(b) Explain the factors which hastened the achievement of independence in Kenya after 1945.
(10mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section.
21. (a) State the roles played by the Kenyan Constitution in governing the Country. (5mks)
(b) Explain the steps taken by the Kenyan government to promote national integration since
independence. (10mks)
22. (a) Identify the functions of the Legislature in Kenya. (5mks)
(b) What are the advantages of parliamentary supremacy in Kenya? (10mks)
23. (a) Identify the sources of revenue for local authorities in Kenya. (7mks)
(b) Explain the relationship between the central government and the Local Authorities. (8mks)

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