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Kisumu West District Mock-History Paper 1 Question Paper

Kisumu West District Mock-History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

311/1
HISTORY & GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY/AUGUST 2011
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)
History & Government
Paper 1
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:-
• This paper consists of three sections; A, B, & C
• Answer all questions in section A, three questions in section B and any two questions in section C.
• Answers to all questions must be written in the separate sheets provided.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that both pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
SECTION A. ( 25 MARKS)
Answer all questions
1.Give the main source of history of Kenyan communities. (1mk)
2. State two duties of the Orkoiyot among the Nandi during pre-colonial period. (2mks)
3. State two ways in which the Akamba and Maasai interracted during pre-colonial period. (2mks)
4. Give two reasons why the Portuguese attempts to introduce Christianity to coastal people
failed between 1500-1700 A.D (2mks)
5. Identify two main factors which facilitated traders from Arabia to come to the Kenya Coast. (2mks)
6. State two terms of Heliyoland treaty. (2mks)
7. Give the main reason that led to establishment of District Advisory Committee during
colonial administration. (1mk)
8. Name one society which offered mixed reaction to the British in western Kenya. (1mk)
9. State two functions of the governor during colonial period. (2mks)
10. Give two roles of welfare associations during colonial period. (2mks)
11. Name two African leaders who were detained in 1952 at declaration of state of emergency. (2mks)
12. Name one parliamentary committee chaired by the speaker of the national Assembly. (1mk)
13.Identify one level of government in Kenya as per the new constitution. (1mk)
14. Distinguish the role of the presiding officer from that of the rehiring officer. (1mk)
15. Identify a national philosophy used as a development strategy. (1mk)
16. Name the body charged with organizing of elections in Kenya (1mk)
17. State the main constitutional amendment in Kenya in 1991. (1mk)
SECTION B. ( 45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions in this section.
18. (a) State three reasons why Omari Arabs appointed local Arab families to control the East African Coast on their behalf. (3mks)
(b) Explain six results of the development of plantation agriculture at the coast. (12mks)
19. (a) state five problems faced by the Kenya – Uganda railway makers. (5mks)
(b) Explain five benefits of the construction n of Uganda railway to colonial government
in Kenya. (10mks)
20 (a) State three roles of African women into mau-mau liberation movement. (3mks)
(b) Explain six factors that facilitated long resistance by mau-mau movement. (12mks)
21 (a) State five benefits of re-introduction of multi-party democracy in Kenya. (5mks)
(b) Explain five roles of political parties in government and nation building. (10mks)
SECTION C. ( 30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions in this section.
22 (a) Outline five values of good citizenship. (5mks)
(b) Explain five effects of conflict in the society. (10mks)
23. (a) Identify three steps in the law making process which takes place outside the parliament. (3mks)
(b) Explain six ways in which the Kenya parliament demonstrate its supremacy over the
other organs of government. (12mks)
24. (a) Name three Kenyan defense forces. (3mks)
(b) Explain six challenges the national police service face in Kenya. (12mks)

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