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2015 KCSE Murang'a South Mock

History and Government Paper 1

SECTION A (25 Marks)

Answer all questions in the section.
1.

Identify one main source of History and Government of the Kenyan communities during the pre colonial period.

1 marks

2.

Name two groups of people that form the Coastal Bantu of Kenya.

2 marks

3.

Name one Kenyan community that had a centralized form of government in the pre-colonial period.

1 marks

4.

Give two crops that were introduced by the Portuguese at the East African Coast.

2 marks

5.

State two terms of the Anglo-German agreement of 1886.

2 marks

6.

Define dual citizenship.

1 marks

7.

Identify the main grievance of Ukamba Members Association.

1 marks

8.

Identify two Kenyan communities that showed mixed reactions against colonial invasion.

2 marks

9.

Mention the woman who led the Agiriama resistance.

1 marks

10.

State two reasons why Africans in Kenya were denied the right to grow cash crops during the colonial period?

2 marks

11.

Give two demands of African Elected Members Organization (A.E.M.O).

2 marks

12.

Who introduced dairy farming in Kenya?

1 marks

13.

What was the main ideological difference between KANU and KADU before independence in 1963?

1 marks

14.

Give the main function of Parliament in Kenya.

1 marks

15.

State the two levels of government in Kenya today.

1 marks

16.

Identify the constitutional amendment that reverted Kenya to a multi-party state.

1 marks

17.

Mention two types of funds in which government revenue is deposited.

2 marks

SECTION B (45 Marks)

Answer any three questions from this section.
18.

(a) State five reasons for the migration of the Nilotes. (5marks)
(b) Describe the social organization of the Maasai. (10marks)

15 marks

19.

(a) Mention five characteristics of Coastal towns by 1500 AD. (5marks)
(b) Explain five results of plantation agriculture in the East African Coast by Seyyid Said. (10marks)

15 marks

20.

(a) Outline five ways used by the colonial government to provide labour for the settler farmers. (5marks)
(b) Explain five effects of colonial land policies. (10marks)

15 marks

21.

(a) Identify three methods used by African nationalists in their struggle for Independence. (3marks)
(b) Explain six effects of Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. (12marks)

15 marks

SECTION C (30 Marks)

Answer any two questions in this section
22.

(a) State five functions of Kenya correctional facilities. (5marks)
(b) Explain five factors that undermine the administration of justice in Kenya. (10marks)

15 marks

23.

(a) Give three political causes of conflicts. (3marks)
(b) Explain six ways through which education fosters National Unity. (12marks)

15 marks

24.

(a) What is the composition of the County Assembly? (3marks)
(b) Describe six challenges facing devolution in Kenya today. (12marks)

15 marks

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