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Kisumu District Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Kisumu District Mock-History Paper 1 

Course:Secondary Level

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Exam Year:2008



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Paper 1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
July / August – 2008
Time: 2 ½ hours
KISUMU DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TESTS - 2008
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
Paper 1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
July / August – 2008
Time: 2 ½ hours
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.
Answer to ALL the questions must be written in the answer booklet provided.
This paper consists of 7 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the
Pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION A (25 Marks)
Answer ALL the questions from this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. Name two historical sites in Nyanza. (2 mks)
2. Give two limitations of linguistics as a source of information on the Kenyan history.
(2 mks)
3. Give two reasons for the decline of the Akamba long distance trade. (2 mks)
4. Identify one natural phenomenon that enabled traders from Arabia to come to the Kenyan Coast by 1000 A.D. (1 mk)
5. Give two ways by which the colonial government controlled African population in urban centres.
(2 mks)
6. State two results of the Littleton constitutional reform of 1954. (2 mks)
7. Give two reasons which can make a person loose his/her citizenship acquired through registration.
(2 mks)
8. Identify two problems encountered by trade unions during the colonial period in Kenya.
(2 mks)
9. State two principles of democracy. (2 mks)
10. State one principle of African socialism. (1 mk)
11. Name one special court in Kenya. (1 mk)
12. Give one occasion when the president must attend parliament. (1 mk)
13. Identify one way through which the government spends its revenue. (1 mk)
14. What is the main role of the Kenya Anti-corruption Commission? (1 mk)
15. Give one function of the sergeant – at – arms in the Kenyan parliament. (1 mk)
16. State one function of the bill of rights in Kenya. (1 mk)
17. State the main function of prison department in Kenya. (1 mk)
SECTION B (45 Marks)
Answer ANY THREE questions from this section in the booklet provided
18. a) Give five consequences of the interaction between the Southern Cushites and the Bantus in Kenya. (5 mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Agikuyu in the pre-colonial period. (10 mks)
19. a) Identify five reasons which made Said Seyyid to move his capital from Muscat to Zanzibar in 1840. (5 mks)
b) Explain the factors which contributed to the decline of Portuguese rule along the Kenyan coast.
(10 mks)
20. a) Why did Nabongo Mumia of Wanga collaborate with the British during the colonial period.
(5 mks)
b) Explain how the Wanga collaborated with the British. (10 mks)
21. a) Give five terms of the Devonshire whitepaper of 1923. (5 mks)
b) Explain the factors that hastened the achievement of independence on Kenya after 1945.
(10 mks)
SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer any TWO questions from this section in the answer booklet provided
22. a) State five roles played by the Kenyan constitution in governing the country. (5 mks)
b) Explain steps taken by the Kenyan government to promote National integration since
independence. (10 mks)
23. a) Give three challenges facing the implementation of free primary Education in Kenya.
(3 mks)
b) Explain the measures taken by the Kenyan Government to ensure that public funds are properly
used. (12 mks)
24. a) Give five functions of Chief justice in Kenya. (5 mks)
b) Explain the factors that are likely to interfere with free and fair elections in Kenya.
(10 mks)
END






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