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Kapsabet High School Pre-Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Kapsabet High School Pre-Mock-History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

Name………………………………………………… Index No. …………………….
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
MARCH/APRIL. 2009
Time: 2 ½ Hours
KAPSABET HIGH SCHOOL-EVALUATION EXAMINATION – 2009
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
March/April 2009
Time: 2 ½ Hours
Instructions to Candidates
This paper consists of THREE sections A , B and C
Answer ALL questions in Section A, THREE questions from section A and TWO questions from
section C
Answer to all questions MUST be written in the answer sheet provided.
Candidates may be penalized for not following the instruction given in this paper
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 (25mks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. Name the remnant community of the southern Cushites (1mk)
2. Identify the two subgroups of the Maasai community (1mk)
3. Mention two sources of history of the East African Coast (2mks)
4. Identify the first missionary station in Kenya (1mk)
5. Mention the independent church formed in Nyanza during the colonial period (1mk)
6. State one development right of a child (1mk)
7. What do you understand by the term National Integration? (1mk)
8. Identify two features of political organizations formed in Kenya by 1939 (2mks)
9. Give two methods used by the colonial government to obtain land for settlers in Kenya (2mks)
10. State two functions of the governor in colonial Kenya (2mks)
11. Give two reasons why colonial chiefs were un-popular (2mks)
12. Name two Africans who served in the colonial administration as ministers in Kenya (3mks)
13. State two characteristics of human rights (2mks)
14. Give two methods of conflict resolution in Kenya today (2mks)
15. Identify one national activity in Kenya that promotes national unity (1mk)
16. State one way by which one can become a Kenyan citizen (1mk)
Section B (45mks)
Answer any three questions from this section
17. (a) Name any five sub-tribes of the Mijikenda (5mks)
(b) Describe the political organization of the Mijikenda in the pre-colonial period (10mks)
18. (a) Mention three western countries that signed trade treaties with the sultan of Zanzibar in the 19th
century (3mks)
(b) Explain the factors that aided international trade in East Africa during the time of Said Seyyid
(12mks)
19. (a) Give reasons why the Nandi resistance against the British took too long (5mks)
(b) Explain the results of the Nandi resistance (10mks)
20. (a) What were the contribution of women during the man man war? (5mks)
(b) Explain give problems that hindered the man man activities (10mks)
Section C (30mks)
Answer any two questions from this section
21. (a) Give three circumstances under which the right to life can be denied (3mks)
(b) Explain the conditions under which one can be deprived of a Kenyan citizenship (5mks)
22. (a) Give five reasons for constitutional amendments in Kenya since independence (5mks)
(b) Explain five reasons why national integration is important (5mks)
23. (a) Give five importance of human rights (5mks)
(b) Explain the elements of good citizenship in Kenya today (10mks)

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