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Kwanza District Mock- History Paper 1 Question Paper

Kwanza District Mock- History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST 2010
Time: 2 ½ HOURS
KWANZA DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION EXAM – 2010
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST 2010
Time: 2 ½ HOURS
Instructions to Candidates.
a) Answer all questions in section A.
b) Answer Any three questions in section B
c) Answer Any Two questions in section C
This paper consists of 2 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
INSTRUCTION: Answer All question in this section
1. Identify one pre-historic site in Kenya (1mk)
2. What is arbitration? (1mk)
3. State two ways in which the Akamba interacted with the Agikuyu (2mks)
4. Name the document which contains the right of a citizen. (1mk)
5. State two types of democracy. (2mks)
6. Identify one survival right of a child. (1mk)
7. Identify any two types of trade. (2mks)
8. State two features of political organization before 1939. (2mks)
9. State two advantages of a coalition government. (2mks)
10. Give two reasons why the trade union movement was concentrated in towns. (2mks)
11. Give two special court. (2mks)
12. Identify one reason why the protectorate was transferred from Mombasa to Nairobi (1mk)
13. Identify two communities which responded with mixed reaction to the British colonial rule.
(2mks)
14. Mention one Newspaper that published African grievances in the 1920’s (1mk)
15. Identify one aspect of Natural law. (1mk)
16. Give one factor which has influenced constitutional changes in Kenya (1mk)
SECTION B 45 MARKS
Answer any three questions from this section
17. a) What factors led to the migration of the Eastern cushites in Kenya during the pre –
colonial period (3mks)
b) Describe the socio – political organization of the masaai in the pre – colonial period.
(12mks)
18. a) What were the reasons for the construction of the Kenya – Uganda Railway during
the colonial period. (5mks)
b) Explain the impacts of the construction of Kenya – Uganda Railway. (10mks)
19. a) Outline three reasons why some communities collaborated with the British. (3mks)
b) Explain six factors which enabled the Nandi to resist for a long time (12mks)
20. a) Describe the characteristics of the coastal towns by 1500 AD (5mks)
b) Explain five factors which led to the decline of the coastal settlement between
1500 – 1700AD (10mks)
SECTION C .30MARKS
Answer any two questions from this section
21. a) Why are the general elections conducted in every five years. (5mks)
b) Describe the factors that are likely to interfere with free and fair elections in Kenya.
(10mks)
22. a) Identify five categories of the prisons in Kenya. (10mks)
b) Explain at least five challenges facing police Department in Kenya (10mks)
23. a) What constitutes the budget? (3mks)
b) Describe how the government spent its revenue. (12mks)
END

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