Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education
2025 FORM 2 END OF TERM I
EXAMINATION
311 HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
March, 2025 TIME: 2Hours 30 MIN
Name: …………………………………….……Admission No:
…………… 311 – HISTORY AND
GOVERNMENT
Target: ……………………….. Signature: ……….........
Instructions to Candidates
(a) This paper consist of three sections A, B and C
(b) Answer all the questions in section A, ALL questions from section B and ALL questions from
section C.
(c) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
(d) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
SECTION A SECTION B SECTION C TOTAL
1-17
SECTION A 25mks
Answer all the questions from this section
1 Define prehistory 1mks
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2 Identify the main method used by Archeologist to get information of the past 1mk
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3 Identify two forms of oral Traditional used as sources of information in History and Government
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3 Identify the arm of government that interprets law in Kenya 1mk
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4 Give two factors which led to the migration and settlement of the Iteso into Kenya by 1800 2mks
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5 State three ways through which communities in Kenya interacted during the pre-colonial period
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6 Give three functions of the council of elders among the Akamba during the re colonial period
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7 State three factors which made it possible for the Arab traders to come to the Kenya coast before
1500
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8 Name one Christian missionary who worked in Kenya 1mk
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9 Give three conditions that a person should meet to qualify to be a citizen by birth 3mks
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two advantages of road transport 2mks
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11 Identify one use of steam engine in the ancient times 1mk
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12 Identify two early forms of writing used in the ancient period 2mks
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SECTION B 45MKS
Answer all questions from this section
13 a) State five economic activities of the Nilotes the pre-colonial period 5mks
b) Explain five results of the interactions between the Bantu and the Cushites in Kenya during the pre-
colonial period 12mks
14 a) Give the evidence which shows that early visitors reached the Kenyan coast before the 15 th
century
b) Explain six factors that hindered the work of early Christian missionaries in Kenya 12mks
15 a) Give three symbols of National unity 3mks
b) Explain six factors that have undermined national unity in Kenya 12mks
SECTION C 30mks
Answer all questions
16 a) Identify three peaceful methods of conflict resolution in Kenya 3mks
b) Explain six effects of conlicts in Kenya 12mks
17 a) Identify three traditional forms of transport 3mks
b) Explain six economic effects of air transport
