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Bungoma District Mock-History Paper 2 Question Paper

Bungoma District Mock-History Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 2
JULY/AUGUST 2012
2 ½ HOURS
BUNGOMA JOINT INTER-SCHOOLS EVALUATION TEST (JISET)
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) 2012
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
JULY / AUGUST 2012
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.
_ Answers to all the questions must be written on the answer sheets provided.
_ This paper consists of 3 printed pages.
_ Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
SECTION A (25Marks)
Answer all the questions in this section on the answer sheets provided
1. Give one contribution of archeology in the study of History. (1mk)
2. State two distinct features of Homo erectus (2mks)
3. Identify one use of bronze in Benin. (1mk)
4. Identify one area in Africa where agriculture begun. (1mk)
5. State one advantage of using petroleum as a source of energy. (1mk)
6. Give two results of the invention of the wheel in Mesopotamia. (1mk)
7. Identify two disadvantages of silent trade. (2mks)
8. State two factors which undermined company rule in Africa during the 19th century. (2mks)
9. State two inventions that improved textile manufacturing industry in Britain in the 19th century.
(2mks)
10. Give the main reason why the Berlin conference was convened in 1884. (1mk)
11. State two privileges enjoyed by the assimilated Africans in the four French communes in Senegal.
(2mks)
12. What incident sparked off the First World War? (1mk)
13. What was the main contribution of religion in the Maji Maji uprising of (1905 -1907) against
Germany rule in Southern Tanganyika? (1mk)
14. Name two nationalist parties that fought for independence in Mozambique. (2mks)
15. Identify one factor that led to the end of the cold war in Europe. (1mk)
16. State two ways through which a person becomes a member of parliament in Britain. (2mks)
17. Mention two characteristics of the commonwealth countries. (2mks)
SECTION B (45Marks)
Answer any THREE questions from this section on the answer sheets provided.
18. a) State five factors which led to the development of early agriculture in Mesopotamia. (5mks)
b) Explain five effects of Agrarian Revolution in Western Europe. (10mks)
19. a) Identify five advantages of space exploration. (5mks)
b) Explain five economic effects of modern road transport. (10mks)
20. a) State three causes of nationalism in South Africa. (3mks)
b) Explain six problems faced by African nationalists in South Africa in their struggle for
independence. (12mks)
21. a) Give five reasons why Lobengula was defeated by the British in the Ndebele war of 1893.
(5mks)
b) Explain five effects of the British direct rule in Zimbabwe. (10mks)
SECTION C (30Marks)
Answer any TWO questions from this section on answer sheets provided.
22. a) State five factors that facilitated the growth of the Asante Kingdom during the pre-colonial
period. (5mks)
b) Describe the social organization of the Asante kingdom. (10mks)
23. a) State three objectives of Arusha declaration of 1967 in Tanzania. (3mks)
b) Explain six economic challenges which Tanzania has faced since independence. (12mks)
24. a) State five constitutional powers of the president of India. (5mks)
b) Explain five advantages of the federal system of Government in the United States of
America (USA). (10mks)

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