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Rarieda District Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Rarieda District Mock-History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
July/ August 2009
Time: 2 ½ Hours
RARIEDA DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOLS
JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2009
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
July/ August 2009
Time: 2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
This paper consists of THREE sections A, B and C.
Answer ALL questions from section A, THREE questions from section B and TWO questions
from section C.
Answers to ALL questions MUST be written in a separate answer booklet provided.
This paper consists of 3 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 from this section in the answer sheets provided.
1. Identify the largest linguistic group in Kenya. (1 mark)
2. State TWO reasons for the migration of the Borana into Kenya in the 19th Century. (2 marks)
3. Give the highest administration organ among the Ameru. (1 mark)
4. Give TWO archaeological evidence of the existence of trade between the East African Coast and the outside world before 1500 A.D. (2 marks)
5. State TWO factors that led to the emergence of the Akamba as long distance traders in the pre-colonial period. (2 marks)
6. Give the main way in which the use of Kiswahili promotes national unity in Kenya (1 mark)
7. Give TWO reasons why the Kenyan Constitution is regarded as the fundamental law of the
country? (2 marks)
8. Identify TWO survival rights of children. (2 marks)
9. Name TWO chartered companies that were used by the Europeans to administer their spheres of influence in East Africa. (2 marks)
10. Give the main effect of colonial land policies in Kenya. (1 mark)
11. What were the objectives of the second Lancaster House Conference of 1962? (2 marks)
12. Identify TWO non-elected members of the National Assembly in Kenya. (2 marks)
13. Who appoints permanent secretaries in Kenya? (1 mark)
14. Give the function of the Industrial Court in Kenya. (1 mark)
15. Identify the main political challenge to the Government of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in 1975.
(1 mark)
16. Give ONE example of Direct tax in Kenya. (1 mark)
17. Name ONE parliamentary committee that monitors government expenditure in Kenya. (1 mark)
SECTION B: (45 MARKS)
Answer any THREE questions from this section
18. a) State FIVE economic activities of the Maasai (5 marks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Mijikenda in the l9 century. (10 marks)
19. a) State THREE factors that facilitated urbanization in colonial Kenya. (3 marks)
b) Explain SIX problems of Nairobi City. (12 marks)
20. a) State FIVE reasons for the rise of independent churches and schools in Kenya during the Colonial period. (5marks)
b) Explain the challenges faced by independent churches and schools during the colonial
period. (10 marks)
21. a) State THREE benefits of multipartism in Kenya. (3marks)
b) Explain the challenges facing the agricultural sector in Kenya since independence.
(l2marks)
SECTION C:
Answer any TWO questions from this Section in the answer sheets provided.
22. a) Identify THREE types of elections that constitute a general election in Kenya. (3marks)
b) Describe the preparations made by the Electoral Commission before elections are held in
Kenya. (12marks)
23. a) State THREE reasons why Parliament is regarded as the supreme Institution in the
Constitution of Kenya (3 marks)
b) Explain SIX merits of a parliamentary government. (l2marks)
24. a) Identify FIVE sources of revenue for local authorities in Kenya (5mks)
b) Establish the relationship between the Local Authorities and the central government in
Kenya. (10 marks)
END

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