HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

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PAPER 1
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

MOMBASA NOBLE EDUCATIONAL CENTRE

2024

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

PAPER 1

TIME 2 ½ HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

 This paper consists of three sections A,B and C

 Answer All questions in section A, three questions in section B and two Questions in
section C
 Answer to all question must be written in the answer booklet provided
 Candidate should answer the questions in English
 For examiner use only

SECTION QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATES

SCORE
A 1-17 25
B 15
15
15
C 15
15
TOTAL SCORE

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 SECTION A- 25 MARKS

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION

1) Give Two written sources of information in the study of history and government
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(2mks)
2) Give two economic reasons for the migration of luo into Kenya by the 19th C.

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(2mks)
3) Identify the center of power in decentralized government of pre-colonial Kenyan societies
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(1mk)
4) Name two sub tribes making up mijikenda
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5) Identify the Main political contribution of Christian missionaries in colonial Kenya
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(1mk)
6) Why is mob justice forbidden in Kenya?
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(1mk)
7) Identify two circumstances under which a person’s right to life may be denied
(2mks)

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8) Give two trade item from the interior during long distance trade in Kenya in the 16th Century
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(2mks)
9) State the Nandi leader who resisted British rule in Kenya
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(1mk)
10) Name the type of democracy used in Kenya
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(1mk)

11) State the main duty of the Governor during the British colonial rule in Kenya
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12) Identify two Kenyan communities who resisted colonial rule
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13) Give two reasons why tribalism is discouraged in Kenya
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14) Define the term “Devolution”
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15) State the education commission in Kenya which recommended the 8-4-4 system of education

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16) Name the ex-official member of the National assembly
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17) State two social advantages of nyayoism
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SECTION B - (45 MARKS)

ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTION FROM THIS SECTION

18) a) Identify three groups of nilotes in Kenya (3mks)
b) Explain six reasons which made the Nandi to resist the imposition of the British colonial
rule (12mks)
19) a) Identify five features of the coastal city states during the pre-colonial period
(3mks)

b) Explain five positive effects of the Indian Ocean trade to the people of east Africa

(10mks)

20) a) Identify five ways through which the colonial government promoted settler farming
(5mks)
b) Explain five effects of construction of the Kenya –Uganda railway during colonial perod.

(10mks)

21) a) Outline five characteristics of early political organizations in Kenya up to 1939.

(5mks)

b) Explain five reasons why the British defeated Kenyan communities that resisted(10mks)

SECTION C - 30 MARKS

ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION

22) a) Identify five elements of good citizenship in Kenya (5mks)

b) Explain five reasons why human rights are important in Kenya (10mks)

23) a) Give three non- military functions of the Kenya army (3mks)

b) Explain six factions of the president of the Republic of Kenya

(12mks)

24) a) Identify three national philisophies (3mks)

b) Explain six effects of Harambee as national philosophy (12mks)

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