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Rarieda District Mock - History Paper 1 Question Paper

Rarieda District Mock - History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

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311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST 2010
Time: 2 ½ Hours
RARIEDA DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 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
• 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 questions MUST be written in the answer booklet provided
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)
Answer ALL the questions in this section in the answer sheets provided
1. Give one disadvantage of oral traditions as a source of information on History and Government of
Kenya (1mk)
2. Name two groups of Cushitic speakers in Kenya (2mks)
3. State two factors which were considered while choosing the chairman of the council of elders
among the Nandi (2mks)
4. Give two roles of medicine-men among the Akamba during the pre-colonial period in
Kenya (2mks)
5. Identify one commodity that was imported from China to the Kenyan coast during the Indian
Ocean trade (1mk)
6. Identify one method of colonial administration applied by the British in Kenya (1mks)
7. Give two ways in which the construction of the Uganda Railway helped stop
Slave trade in Kenya (2mks)
8. Identify any two groups that provided Education to Africans during the colonial period (2mks)
9. State two characteristics of the Independent churches and schools in Kenya during the
colonial period. (2mks)
10. Give the main contribution of Daniel Arap Moi in the health sector in Kenya (1mk)
11. State two challenges the Harambee Philosophy has faced in Kenya since its inception in
Kenya (2mks)
12. Give one way in which the institution of the presidency promotes National Unity (1mk)
13. Identify two disadvantages of a written constitution (2mks)
14. Identify one class of human rights (1mk)
15. Name the body that was created to conduct elections following the disbanding of Electoral
commission of Kenya in 2008 (1mk)
16. Name the political head of a town council in Kenya (1mk)
17. What is the Main source of government revenue in Kenya (1mk)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any Three questions from this section in the answer sheets provided.
18. a) State five results of the migration of the Maasai into Kenya during the pre-colonial
Period (5mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Somali in Kenya during the pre-colonial
period (10mks)
19. a) State three reasons why the Omani Arabs appointed local Arab families to control the East
African coast on their behalf after defeating the Portuguese (3mks)
b) Explain the results of the development of plantation agriculture on the East African coast
by Seyyid Said (12mks)
20. a) State five benefits of the construction of the Uganda railway to the colonial
government in Kenya (5mks)
b) Outline the efforts made to improve health services in Kenya during the colonial
period (10mks)
21. a) Give five methods used by the African Nationalists in Kenya in their struggle for
Independence (5mks)
b) Explain any five results of Mau Mau uprising in Kenya (10mks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions from this section in the answer sheets provided.
22. a) Identify three aspects of democracy (3mks)
b) Outline six electoral malpractices that are a threat to democracy in Kenya (12mks)
23. a) Give any three roles of armed forces in Kenya (3mks)
b) What challenges does the provincial administration face in Kenya (12mks)
24. a) Identify three steps in the law making process that take place outside parliament (3mks)
b) Explain how parliament check the powers of other organs of the government in
Kenya (12mks)
End

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