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312/2 Geography Bomet Mock Question Paper

312/2 Geography Bomet Mock

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

312/2
GEOGRAPHY
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2011
TIME: 2 ¾ HOURS

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)

Geography
Paper 2

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

• This paper consists of two sections: A and B
• Answer all the questions in section A
• Answer question 6 and any two questions from section B
• All answers must be written in the answer booklet provided

This paper consists of 3printed pages . Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
SECTION A
Answer all the questions in this section

1. (a) List two non-food Agricultural industries . (2mks)
(b) Give three benefits which a country may derive from industrialization. (3mks)

2. (a) Differentiate between transport and communication. (2mks)
(b) State three Causes of the decline of letter writing as a means of communication in Kenya. (3mks)

3. (a) Give three measures the Kenya government has taken to check high population growth. (3mks)
(b) State three kinds of information that can be obtained from a population pyramid. (3mks)

4. (a) Outline three physical conditions that favour the cultivation of sugar cane. (3mks)
(b) State two uses of the by-products of sugarcane. (4mks)

5. State four problems facing softwood forests in Canada. (4mks)

SECTION B
Answer question 6 and any other two questions from this section

6. Use the following table to answer the questions that follow:
No of animals in Division x on the Kenya highlands in 2010.

TYPE NUMBER
Guernsey
Aryshire
Jersey
Friesian
Sahiwal 8442
7345
10830
14360
4270

a) (i) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 4000 animals represent the above data using a
divided rectangle. (6mks)
(ii) State two disadvantage of using a divided rectangle to represent data. (2mks)
b) Outline four similarities between dairy farming in Kenya and Denmark. (4mks)
c) Identify four features of commercial livestock farming in Kenya. (4mks)
d) State four limitations of beef farming in Kenya. (4mks)
e) Outline five human factors favouring beef production in Argentina. (5mks)

7. a) (i) Name two major fishing grounds of the world (2mks)
(ii) List two methods of preserving fish in Kenya. (2mks)

b) Explain four factors that favour fishing industry in the northern hemisphere
(temperature lands) (8mks)
c)(i) Describe four measures that African countries have undertaken to promote the
growth and development of fishing industries. (4mks)
(ii) Give three reasons why most African countries support international law that limits
temporal waters of each country to a distance of 320km. (3mks)
d) (i) Describe how trawling method is used in fishing. (6mks)

8. Use the map of east Africa below to answer questions (a)

a) Name
(i)The towns marked T,W and Q (3mks)
(ii) The lake port marked S (1mk)

b) (i) Explain four factors which have influenced the growth of major urban centres in
East Africa. (8mks)
(ii) Name three functional zones of a town. (3mks)
c) Explain three negative effects of urbanization. (6mks)
d) Compare the functions of Nairobi and New York cities. (4mks)

9. a) Differentiate between horticulture and market gardening. (2mks)
b) State three main characteristics of horticulture. (3mks)
c) (i) Explain four conditions favouring the development of horticulture industry in Kenya. (8mks)
(ii) State four contributions of horticulture to the economy of Kenya. (4mks)
d) (i) Explain three reasons why horticulture is more developed in Netherlands than Kenya. (6mks)
(ii) Give two advantages of growing crops under green houses . (2mks)
10. a) (i) What is an environmental hazard? (2mks)
(ii) Apart from floods name four other environmental hazards. (4mks)
b) Give four reasons why we need to manage and conserve the environment. (4mks)
c) (i) Explain three effects of land pollution on the environment. (6mks)
(ii) Outline five measures that may be used to combat pollution. (5mks)
d) State four ways in which people are affected by floods. (4mks)

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