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KCSE CLUSTER TESTS 25

History and Government Paper 1

SECTION A (25 Marks)

Answer ALL questions in this section
1.

What is social History?

1 marks

2.

Name two archeological sites in Kenya where remains of Kenyapithecus were found. (2mks)

2 marks

3.

Name two groups of people that are part of the Mijikenda.

2 marks

4.

Give the major dispersal point of Eastern Bantu’s in Kenya.

3 marks

5.

State two religions functions that were performed by Orkoyoit among the Nandi.

2 marks

6.

State two factors which enabled the Arabs to come to the Kenyan Coast before 1500A.D.

2 marks

7.

Name one community in Kenya which played a leading role in the long distance trade.

2 marks

8.

Name the document which contains the rights of citizens in Kenya.

2 marks

9.

Give one way through which education in Kenya has promoted national unity.

1 marks

10.

State one way in which the Kenyan constitution guarantees the rule of law.

1 marks

11.

Name the political party that was formed by Oginga Odinga after falling out with the Government of Jomo Kenyatta.

1 marks

12.

. Give two reasons why Britain used the Imperial British East Africa Company to administer Kenya.

1 marks

13.

State two duties of the British Governor during the colonial period.

2 marks

14.

Identify two factors that enabled the white settlers to establish farms in the Kenya Highlands during the colonial period.

2 marks

15.

. State one reason why the independent churches movement started in Kenya during the nineteenth century.

1 marks

16.

Name one political leader from Western Kenya who was detained alongside Jomo Kenyatta after a state of emergency was declared in 1952.

1 marks

17.

. State two factors that may undermine the effectiveness of the traffic police in Kenya.

2 marks

SECTION B: (45 Marks)

Answer three questions in this section
18.

a) Give five reasons which led to the migration of the cushites from their original homeland into Kenya during the pre-colonial period.

b) Explain five social effects of the expansion of the Luo into western Kenya

15 marks

19.

. a) Give five reasons why Christian missionaries established mission stations in Kenya.

b) Explain five factors which led to the decline of the Coastal towns after 1500.

15 marks

20.

. a) Give five political political reasons that led to the colonization of Kenya by the British during the 19th century.

b) Explain five effects of land alienation during the colonial period.

15 marks

21.

a) State five problems that were encountered by early political organizations in Kenya up to 1939.

b) Explain five reasons why the Mau Mau movement lasted for a time.

15 marks

SECTION C (30 Marks)

Answer two questions from this section
22.

. a) Give five values of good citizenship in Kenya.

b) Explain five factors that have promoted national unity in Kenya.

15 marks

23.

. a) State five requirements in the constitution making process in Kenya.

b) Explain the procedures followed before a bill becomes law in Kenya.

15 marks

24.

a) Give five roles of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Kenya.

b) Explain five factors that may interfere with free and fair elections in Kenya.

15 marks

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