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2015 KCSE Gem Sub-County Joint Evaluation

Business Studies Paper 1

1.

Mention four ways in which the government participate in training businessmen in the country.

4 marks

2.

State four factors that limit the satisfaction of human wants.

4 marks

3.

Give four reasons why the governments draw their development plans.

4 marks

4.

Highlight four ways in which a firm would acquire dominance of a market.

4 marks

5.

Identify any four barriers to international trade that imposed by government.

4 marks

6.

Land is one of the factors of production. Outline four circumstances under which it may discourage the location of firms.

4 marks

7.

Give four reasons why manufacturing firm may offer after sale service to its consumers.

4 marks

8.

Tigen trders had the following balance as at 31st December 2012
shs
Opening stock 800,000
Closing stock 1,000,000
Sales 3,250,000
Rate of stock turnover 3 times
Calculate:
a) Cost of goods sold (2 marks)
b) Gross profit (2 marks)

4 marks

9.

Highlight four differences between bill of exchange and promissory note.

4 marks

10.

The government of a developing country intends to formulate an elaborate policy to address the widespread unemployment. Identify four areas of concern that the policy should look into.

4 marks

11.

Outline four monetary measures taken by the Central Bank to solve the problem of demand pull inflation.

4 marks

12.

Highlight four measures the state is putting in place to bring sanity in the matatu transport sector in Kenya.

4 marks

13.

Onyango intends to insure his motor vehicle with UAP insurance company. Outline the procedure he would follow to take the policy.

4 marks

14.

Indicate with a tick () in the relevant column whether each of the following business transactions will increase or decrease the capital account balance.

4 marks

15.

List any four business considerations taken into account when carrying out business opportunity evaluation.

4 marks

16.

Outline four canons of taxation.

4 marks

17.

Highlight circumstances under which the following chains of distribution are used.
a) Manufacturer → Consumer
b) Manufacturer → Retailer → Consumer
c) Producer → Marketing Board → Consumer
d) Manufacturer → Agent → Consumer

4 marks

18.

State four reasons why an entrepreneur would prefer a landscape type of office.

4 marks

19.

Highlight four factors that may have led to the shift in the demand curve from D0D0 to D1D1

4 marks

20.

State four reasons why John would prefer to obtain a loan from his Sacco but not from a commercial bank.

4 marks

21.

Kilunya traders had thefollowing transactions during the month of March 2010:
March 3: Sold goods to Waweru sh 800, Ken Sh 600 and Okwanya sh 700
March 4: Bought goods from Uwezo sh 15,000, Openo sh 2000.
March 6: Sold goods to Mayi sh 1200, Shiro sh 1500, paka sh 900
March 9: Sold goods to Launda sh 400
Required:
Enter the above transaction in the sales journal.

4 marks

22.

Outline four circumstances under which a public warehouse would be ineffective.

4 marks

23.

The following information was provided by Kisumu traders for the year ended 31st December 2013.

Details Shs
Stock
Creditors
Debtors
Machinery
Bank overdraft
Cash
1500
3000
2000
20,000
500
4000

Required.
Prepare Kisumu Traders Balance Sheet in order of permanency.

4 marks

24.

Outline four factors that a citizen would consider while holding money for day to day expenses.

4 marks

25.

Identify the accounts to be debited and accounts to be credited from the following transactions.

4 marks

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