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Kcse 2015 History And Government Past Paper Question Paper

Kcse 2015 History And Government Past Paper

Course:History And Government

Exam Year:2015

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Paper 1
Oct/Nov. 2015
2 ½ hours
K.C.S.E

SECTION A (25 marks)
Answer all the questions in this section in the answer booklet provided.
1. Define the term ‘pre-history’. ( 1 mark)
2. Identify two sub-groups of the Kalenjin speakers. ( 2 marks)
3. State two functions of the council of elders among the Somali. ( 2 marks)
4. State two economic activities of the Akamba during the pre-colonial period. ( 2 marks)
5. Name the winds that aided the early visitors to come to the Kenyan coast up to 1500 AD. ( 1 mark)
6. Give two reasons why Seyyid Said moved his capital from Muscat to Zanzibar. (2 marks)
7. Give two peaceful methods of resolving conflicts in Kenya. ( 2 marks)
8. State two ways in which direct democracy is exercised in Kenya. ( 2 marks)
9. Give one reason why the British used indirect rule in some parts of Kenya. ( 1 mark)
10. Identify two education commissions established in Kenya before independence. ( 2 marks)
11. Name the body that made laws in Kenya during the colonial period. ( 1 mark)
12. Outline two problems experienced by political associations in Kenya up to 1939. ( 2 marks)
13. Who formed the Kenya Peoples’ Union in 1966? ( 1 mark)
14. Give one type of parliamentary election held in Kenya. ( 1 mark)
15. Name one ex-officio member of the Senate in Kenya. ( 1 mark)
16. State one feature of African socialism in Kenya. ( 1 mark)
17. Identify one type of public revenue expenditure by the National Government of Kenya. ( 1 mark)
SECTION B ( 45 marks)
Answer any three questions from this section in the booklet provided.

18. (a) Give five reasons which influenced the migration of the Abagusii into Kenya during the pre-colonial period. ( 5 marks)
(b) Discuss five effects of migration and settlement of the Plain Nilotes during the pre-colonial period. ( 10 mark)

19 (a) State five reasons for the Portuguese success in the conquest of the Kenya coast. ( 5 marks)
(b) Explain five social effects of the Indian Ocean Trade on the people of the Kenyan coast up to 1500 AD. ( 10 marks)

20. (a) Give five reasons for the construction of the Uganda railway. ( 5 marks)
(b) Explain five problems encountered during the construction of the Uganda railway. ( 10 marks)

21. (a) State five factors that facilitated the Mau Mau movement. ( 5 marks)
(b) Explain five roles played by the trade union movement in the struggle for independence in Kenya. ( 10 marks)

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